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Virtual Network Functions in VPC and Integration With Event Notifications in IBM Cloud

Dzone - DevOps

Previously, proprietary hardware performed functions like routers, firewalls, load balancers, etc. In IBM Cloud, we have proprietary hardware like the FortiGate firewall that resides inside IBM Cloud data centers today. What Are Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)?

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The Network Also Needs to be Observable, Part 2: Network Telemetry Sources

Kentik

Networkers running enterprise and critical service provider infrastructure need infrastructure-savvy analogs of the same observability principles and practices being deployed by DevOps groups. Data center : Leaf and spine switches, top of rack, modular, fixed and stackable. API gateways for digital services. Conclusion.

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Cascaded Lag: The Cumulative Impact of Latency on Applications and User Experience

Kentik

Over the last 3 years of my last gig, I built a little bundle we could deploy with tools across public cloud instances or in our data center. However, we are now finding that our integrations with APM suites also add value to the DevOps side of the world. I was ecstatic! Was it network or application or OS related?

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Optimizing Long?—?Haul TCP Throughout

taos

Haul TCP Throughout First Published: August 1, 2012, By Simon Karpen, Technical Consultant Background TCP, or Transmission Control Protocol, is the primary layer-4 communication protocol for file copies, database synchronization, and related tasks over the WAN. To enable selective acknowledgments on a Linux host: sysctl –w net.ipv4.tcp_sack=1

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Kentik’s Journey to Deliver the First Cloud Network Observability Product

Kentik

This is happening at the same time that SRE and DevOps teams are actually speeding up and enjoying the agility of the cloud. Consider the edge components of an on-prem network: the expensive routers, switches, and firewalls. The SD-WAN systems, the DDoS scrubbers, and the intrusion detection appliances.

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