Posts by Kevin Woods
About Kevin Woods
Kevin Woods is head of product marketing for Kentik. Kevin has helped both enterprise and service provider customers with new technology adoption and deployment. Prior to Kentik, Kevin has led product management and marketing teams at Cisco, Brocade and Avaya. Outside of work, Kevin spends dark, clear nights studying the stars in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Why latency is the new outage
Adding more bandwidth from the business to the cloud is like adding more cowbell to Grazing in the Grass. In many cases, it won’t improve the end-user experience when latency is the real problem.
Visibility into the cloud path of application latency
A company with thousands of remote employees connecting to the same SaaS applications will randomly experience slowness. How can we troubleshoot this sluggishness?
Network observability: Hype or reality?
If you haven’t heard of network observability, you soon will, and you’ll be hearing it a lot. Some say it is just marketing hype and that networks have always been observable. This post will explore why that’s not the case.
Hybrid vs. Multi-cloud: The Good, the Bad and the Network Observability Needed
How do you pinpoint latency problems between systems in a hybrid or multi-cloud environment? It requires insight into the complete path, end-to-end, hop-by-hop.
How to Monitor Packet Loss and Latency in the Cloud
Most of us have experienced packet loss, like standing in line at the store when the clerk says, “The system is really slow today.” For NetOps teams, would you guess the problem was packet loss or latency? How would you confirm your answer? In this post, we’ll share how you can proactively find and fix these issues.
Why You Need to Monitor BGP
BGP is a critical network protocol, and yet, BGP is often not monitored. BGP issues that go unchecked can turn into major problems. This post explains how Kentik can help you to easily monitor BGP and catch critical issues quickly.
5 Things to Know About Monitoring Your Cloud Network
Networking in the cloud can be like a black box. In this blog we discuss five essential properties of network observability for cloud, giving you the ability to answer any question about your cloud network.
Monitoring vs. Observability: Understanding the Role of Each
What is the difference between monitoring and observability? There’s a big difference! While monitoring can give you information, observability is what you need to answer questions and solve problems. In addition, we touch on some of the specifics of network observability.
What Is Port Mirroring? SPAN Explained
Port mirroring is one key tool in the network observability toolbelt. Find out how it can help your team in this quick guide
Network Troubleshooting in Depth: A Complete Guide
The basics of network troubleshooting have not changed much over the years. When you’re network troubleshooting, a lot can be required to solve the problem. You could be solving many different issues across several different systems on your complex, hybrid network infrastructure. A network observability solution can help speed up and simplify the process.