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Network Monitoring to Measure CDN Performance

Posted by on May 2nd, 2018
May 2nd, 2018

Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) have become the architectural cornerstone of network design for enterprises looking to deliver fast and highly available digital experience to their customers. When you rely on a third-party service, like a CDN, to deliver business critical services, it is crucial to continuously monitor their performance and SLA commitments. Because when any one of the cogs in your well oiled digital experience machine fails, your business fails.… Read More »

Modern Wide Area Network Monitoring: Migrating to DIA

Posted by on March 29th, 2018
March 29th, 2018

In my last post in this mini-series, I covered why so many customers we’re talking to are considering migrating away from MPLS and the journey to SD-WAN. In this follow-up post on wide area network monitoring, we’ll look at the growing pains associated with migrating to Direct Internet Access (DIA). Regardless of whether you choose to implement a more basic branch DIA architecture using per-site policy routing, or an SD-WAN, moving away from MPLS networking creates a major challenge and one which all of the customers I’ve been speaking to recently have been wrestling with.… Read More »

Modern Wide Area Network Monitoring: Migrating from MPLS

Posted by on March 21st, 2018
March 29th, 2018

Working at ThousandEyes I frequently talk to customers looking to move away from MPLS wide area networks to direct internet access (DIA), typically as part of a branch/edge router refresh and often incorporating cloud proxy and SD-WAN technologies. The success of these network transformations generally depends on uncovering issues related to a greater reliance on 3rd parties for application delivery early on, creating proof points with impartial data and enabling workflows to proactively manage such issues.… Read More »

Network Performance Monitoring for Cisco Hybrid WAN

Posted by on February 12th, 2018
February 15th, 2018

Enterprise networks are rapidly transforming, disrupting classic network boundaries and giving way to WAN architectures that are hybrid in nature. With SaaS applications mainstreaming, cloud migrations inflight and SD-WAN deployments on the rise, the enterprise branch is becoming intelligent now more than ever. The benefits of these new trends are undeniable, however, it comes with its own challenges, especially in the area of network performance monitoring and cloud visibility.… Read More »

Top Internet and Cloud Outages of 2017

Posted by on January 17th, 2018
January 17th, 2018

Now that we have rung in the new year and settled into our daily routine, let’s take a few minutes to reflect on the state of the Internet and key outages that shook the world in 2017. Over the past few years, as we analyze many such outage events, we’ve noticed an undeniable trend that governs today’s cloud era: The Internet is the backbone of human communication. We start and end our day with it. Be it calling a ride to work or ordering dinner on the way back, the Internet has a part to play in our quality of life. Which is why when it breaks, it causes havoc.… Read More »

How Much Data is Enough? Tips on Selecting a Test Interval

Posted by on January 10th, 2018
January 10th, 2018

Given the huge amount of data that traverses a network, all network monitoring boils down to choosing which samples of data you should pay attention to. And active monitoring, sending and receiving diagnostic traffic or device info is no different. More samples can increase fidelity, but can also cost more in network overhead and analysis. So choosing the right sample size is important.… Read More »

Introducing Device Layer: Diagnose Root Cause from App to Network Device

Posted by on October 25th, 2017
October 25th, 2017

Troubleshooting application and network issues is seldom fun — it’s rarely clear where the root cause of the issue lies, and context-switching between multiple monitoring platforms adds to the confusion. Today, we’re taking a step forward on tackling this problem with our new Device Layer feature, which uses Enterprise Agents to provide additional visibility into network devices within your own internal network.… Read More »

Best Practices for an Internet-based SD-WAN

Posted by on May 3rd, 2017
May 3rd, 2017

CIOs and IT executives are constantly challenged with reducing IT spend, optimizing operating expenditures while increasing service agility, delivering and maintaining superior quality of service. Enterprises are constantly searching for innovative solutions to execute on these business objectives.… Read More »

Tune Your Network Monitoring with Instant Tests

Posted by on January 18th, 2017
January 18th, 2017

This week we released a redesign of Instant Tests, the feature that allows you to quickly validate test settings and configuration. Instant Tests provide results from a single iteration of an application or network layer test and serve as a preview platform for troubleshooting and error detection.… Read More »