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Practical Steps for Enhancing Reliability in Cloud Networks - Part I

Kentik

When evaluating solutions, whether to internal problems or those of our customers, I like to keep the core metrics fairly simple: will this reduce costs, increase performance, or improve the network’s reliability? It’s often taken for granted by network specialists that there is a trade-off among these three facets. Resiliency.

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Network Architect vs Network Engineer

The Crazy Programmer

Should you be a network engineer vs network architect? There are thousands of job opportunities available in the IT industry for network engineers and network architects. Thus, in this article, we will help you by telling you about the difference between network engineer and network architect.

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Reinforcing Networks: Advancing Resiliency and Redundancy Techniques

Kentik

The truth is, designing a network that can withstand the test of time, traffic, and potential disasters is a challenging feat. That’s where network resiliency and redundancy come into play, helping network planners construct robust and efficient networks. But do we always need 100% redundancy to achieve resilience?

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AWS Disaster Recovery Strategies – PoC with Terraform

Xebia

This post explores a proof-of-concept (PoC) written in Terraform , where one region is provisioned with a basic auto-scaled and load-balanced HTTP * basic service, and another recovery region is configured to serve as a plan B by using different strategies recommended by AWS. Backup service repository. Backup and Restore.

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Announcing Complete Azure Observability for Kentik Cloud

Kentik

Kentik customers move workloads to (and from) multiple clouds, integrate existing hybrid applications with new cloud services, migrate to Virtual WAN to secure private network traffic, and make on-premises data and applications redundant to multiple clouds – or cloud data and applications redundant to the data center.

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Data Gravity in Cloud Networks: Achieving Escape Velocity

Kentik

But what are network operators to do when their cloud networks have to be distributed, both architecturally and geographically? As a cloud network scales, three forces compete against the acceptable accumulation of this gravity: cost, performance, and reliability. One of my personal experiences is with identity.

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Testing the Limits of Firewall Performance and Flexibility

Palo Alto Networks

5 New Firewall Platforms Extend the Palo Alto Hardware Portfolio for New Use Cases Cyberthreats are increasing in volume and complexity, making it difficult for network defenders to protect their organizations. Cosmos launch event to learn how our newest innovations are pushing the boundaries of network security.