Cloud networking costs can escalate due to inefficient routing and limited visibility. Kentik’s cloud visibility and analytics solution helps engineers optimize transit, reduce costs, and improve performance by analyzing AWS Transit Gateways and exploring alternatives like direct peering, storage endpoints, and AWS CloudWAN.
In 2024, the Kentik Cares Giving Program achieved incredible success! We’ve collectively donated $14,904 to causes close to our hearts. From local shelters to global relief efforts, we’ve made a real impact. Curious to see how we did it and what’s next? Read on to learn more about our first year of giving back — and the positive change we’re creating together!
AI has the power to optimize network performance, detect anomalies, and improve capacity planning, but its effectiveness depends on high-quality data. Without a strong data foundation, AI remains a theoretical tool rather than delivering real operational value.
Kentik’s Doug Madory looks into this weekend’s 14-hour outage of popular video sharing service TikTok, which was slated to be banned from the US per recent legislation. While TikTok came back, it is notably no longer being served by parent company Bytedance’s US CDN. We delve into the traffic statistics in this blog post.
In this post, discover how Kentik Journeys integrates large language models to revolutionize network observability. By enabling anyone in IT to query and analyze network telemetry in plain language, regardless of technical expertise, Kentik breaks down silos and democratizes access to critical insights simplifying complex workflows, enhancing collaboration, and ensuring secure, real-time access to your network data.
On Monday, Netflix debuted professional wrestling as its latest foray into live event streaming. The airing of WWE’s Monday Night Raw followed Netflix’s broadcasts of a heavily-promoted boxing match featuring a 58-year-old Mike Tyson and two NFL games on Christmas Day. In this post, we look into the traffic statistics of how these programs were delivered.
AWS re:Invent 2024 brought together a record-breaking 80,000 attendees in Las Vegas to explore the latest innovations in cloud computing, from generative AI to sustainability. In this post, Justin Ryburn shares his key takeaways from the event, highlighting AWS’s vision for the future and the vibrant energy of the conference.
Azure VNet flow logs significantly improve network observability in Azure. Compared to NSG flow logs, VNet flow logs provide broader traffic visibility, enhanced encryption status monitoring, and simplified logging at the virtual network level enabling advanced traffic analysis and a more comprehensive solution for modern cloud network management.
Leon Adato takes a lighthearted and personal look back at 2024, reflecting on the standout moments and trends that caught his eye throughout the year. In his signature off-the-cuff style, Leon shares his unique perspective on the past year’s highlights.
In this post, Doug Madory reviews the highlights of his wide-ranging internet analysis from the past year, which included covering the state of BGP (leaks and the state of RPKI adoption), submarine cables (both cuts), major outages, and how geopolitics has shaped the internet in 2024.