# Kentik Blog [Most Recent](/content/blog/index.html) Highlights \\ \\ Introducing Kentik AI Advisor: The Future of Network Intelligence\\ \\ by Eric Hian-Cheong](/content/blog/ai-advisor/index.html) \\ \\ Beyond Observability: Why Network Intelligence Will Make Traditional Network Management Obsolete\\ \\ by Avi Freedman](/content/blog/network-intelligence/index.html) \\ \\ Kentik Brings Network Intelligence to ServiceNow\\ \\ by Jason McKerr](/content/blog/kentik-brings-network-intelligence-to-servicenow/index.html) \\ \\ Announcing the Cloud Latency Map\\ \\ by Doug Madory](/content/blog/announcing-the-cloud-latency-map/index.html) \\ \\ The Cloud Conundrum: Optimizing Without Compromise\\ \\ by Rosalind Whitley](/content/blog/the-cloud-network-conundrum-optimizing-without-compromise/index.html) \\ \\ Simplifying Multi-cloud Visibility\\ \\ by Phil Gervasi](/content/blog/simplifying-multi-cloud-visibility/index.html) \\ \\ RPKI ROV Deployment Reaches Major Milestone\\ \\ by Doug Madory, Job Snijders](/content/blog/rpki-rov-deployment-reaches-major-milestone/index.html) \\ \\ Unleashing the Power of Kentik Data Explorer for Cloud Engineers\\ \\ by Phil Gervasi](/content/blog/unleashing-the-power-of-kentik-data-explorer-for-cloud-engineers/index.html) \\ \\ The Benefits and Drawbacks of SNMP and Streaming Telemetry\\ \\ by Phil Gervasi](/content/blog/the-benefits-and-drawbacks-of-snmp-and-streaming-telemetry/index.html) \\ \\ Diving Deep into Submarine Cables: The Undersea Lifelines of Internet Connectivity\\ \\ by Phil Gervasi](/content/blog/diving-deep-into-submarine-cables-undersea-lifelines-of-internet-connectivity/index.html) \\ \\ A Brief History of the Internet’s Biggest BGP Incidents\\ \\ by Doug Madory](/content/blog/a-brief-history-of-the-internets-biggest-bgp-incidents/index.html) \\ \\ BGP Routing Tutorial Series: Part 1\\ \\ by Avi Freedman](/content/blog/bgp-routing-tutorial-series-part-1/index.html) Contributors \\ \\ Lauren Basile\\ \\ Principal Product Marketing Manager](/content/blog/author/lauren-basile/index.html) \\ \\ Avi Freedman\\ \\ Co-founder & CEO](/content/blog/author/avi/index.html) \\ \\ Eric Hian-Cheong\\ \\ Senior Product Marketing Manager](/content/blog/author/eric-hian-cheong/index.html) \\ \\ Jezzibell Gilmore\\ \\ General Manager, Service Provider](/content/blog/author/jezzibell-gilmore/index.html) \\ \\ Mike Ho\\ \\ VP of Emerging Technology](/content/blog/author/mike-ho/index.html) \\ \\ Aaron Kagawa\\ \\ Technical Product Manager](/content/blog/author/aaron-kagawa/index.html) \\ \\ David Klein\\ \\ CMO](/content/blog/author/david-klein/index.html) \\ \\ Mary LeBlanc\\ \\ People Operations](/content/blog/author/mary-leblanc/index.html) \\ \\ Doug Madory\\ \\ Director of Internet Analysis](/content/blog/author/doug-madory/index.html) \\ \\ Justin Ryburn\\ \\ Field CTO](/content/blog/author/jryburn/index.html) \\ \\ Steve Stover\\ \\ Vice President of Product Marketing](/content/blog/author/steve-stover/index.html) \\ \\ Greg Villain\\ \\ Director, Technical Product Management](/content/blog/author/greg-villain/index.html) Categories - [AI](/content/blog/category/ai/index.html) - [Cloud Networks](/content/blog/category/cloud-networking/index.html) - [Data Center Networking](/content/blog/category/data-center-networking/index.html) - [Digital Experience Monitoring](/content/blog/category/digital-experience-monitoring/index.html) - [Internet Analysis](/content/blog/category/internet-analysis/index.html) - [Life at Kentik](/content/blog/category/life-at-kentik/index.html) - [NetFlow](/content/blog/category/netflow-analysis/index.html) - [Network Engineering](/content/blog/category/network-management/index.html) - [Network Intelligence](/content/blog/category/network-intelligence/index.html) - [Network Monitoring](/content/blog/category/network-monitoring/index.html) - [Network Observability](/content/blog/category/network-observability/index.html) - [Network Security](/content/blog/category/network-security/index.html) - [Network Troubleshooting](/content/blog/category/network-troubleshooting/index.html) - [Peering and Transit](/content/blog/category/peering-analytics/index.html) - [Product](/content/blog/category/product/index.html) - [Synthetic Monitoring](/content/blog/category/synthetic-monitoring/index.html) - [WAN and SD-WAN](/content/blog/category/sd-wan/index.html) Search the blog… Subscribe \\ \\ [Network Automation](/content/blog/category/network-automation/index.html) [What’s Stopping the Adoption of Network Automation?](/content/blog/whats-stopping-the-adoption-of-network-automation/index.html) by [Phil Gervasi](/content/blog/author/phil-gervasi/index.html) November 29, 2023 Is there a gap between the potential of network automation and widespread industry implementation? Phil Gervasi explores how the adoption challenges of network automation are multifaceted and aren’t all technical in nature. [Read More](/content/blog/whats-stopping-the-adoption-of-network-automation/index.html) \\ \\ [Internet Analysis](/content/blog/category/internet-analysis/index.html) [Cloud Observer: Subsea Cable Maintenance Impacts Cloud Connectivity](/content/blog/cloud-observer-subsea-cable-maintenance-impacts-cloud-connectivity/index.html) by [Doug Madory](/content/blog/author/doug-madory/index.html) November 28, 2023 In this edition of the Cloud Observer, we dig into the impacts of recent submarine cable maintenance on intercontinental cloud connectivity and call for the greater transparency from the submarine cable industry about incidents which cause critical cables to be taken out of service. [Read More](/content/blog/cloud-observer-subsea-cable-maintenance-impacts-cloud-connectivity/index.html) \\ \\ [Kubernetes](/content/blog/category/kubernetes/index.html), [Community](/content/blog/category/community/index.html) [Kubecon 2023: Code, Culture, Community, and Kubernetes](/content/blog/kubecon-2023-code-culture-community-and-kubernetes/index.html) by [Leon Adato](/content/blog/author/leon-adato/index.html) November 21, 2023 Kubecon 2023 was more than just another conference to check off my list. It marked my first chance to work in the booth with my incredible Kentik colleagues. It let me dive deep into the code, community, and culture of Kubernetes. It was a moment when members of an underrepresented group met face-to-face and experienced an event previously not an option. [Read More](/content/blog/kubecon-2023-code-culture-community-and-kubernetes/index.html) \\ \\ [Alerting](/content/blog/category/alerting/index.html) [Alerts Should Work for You, Not the Other Way Around](/content/blog/alerts-should-work-for-you-not-the-other-way-around/index.html) by [Leon Adato](/content/blog/author/leon-adato/index.html) November 15, 2023 The entire reason we have monitoring is to understand what users are experiencing with an application. Full stop. If the user experience is impacted, sound the alarm and get people out of bed if necessary. All the other telemetry can be used to understand the details of the impact. But lower-level data points no longer have to be the trigger point for alerts. [Read More](/content/blog/alerts-should-work-for-you-not-the-other-way-around/index.html) \\ \\ [Internet Analysis](/content/blog/category/internet-analysis/index.html), [Internet Outages](/content/blog/category/internet-outages/index.html) [Digging into the Optus Outage](/content/blog/digging-into-the-optus-outage/index.html) by [Doug Madory](/content/blog/author/doug-madory/index.html) November 14, 2023 Last week a major internet outage took out one of Australia’s biggest telecoms. In a statement out yesterday, Optus blames the hours-long outage, which left millions of Aussies without telephone and internet, on a route leak from a sibling company. In this post, we discuss the outage and how it compares to the historic outage suffered by Canadian telecom Rogers in July 2022. [Read More](/content/blog/digging-into-the-optus-outage/index.html) \\ \\ [Network Analytics](/content/blog/category/network-analytics/index.html) [Analyzing the Traffic Patterns of Broadband Subscriber Behavior](/content/blog/analyzing-the-traffic-patterns-of-broadband-subscriber-behavior/index.html) by [Nina Bargisen](/content/blog/author/nina-bargisen/index.html) November 02, 2023 Broadband subscriber behavior analysis is the process of collecting and analyzing data on how broadband subscribers use the internet. This data can be used to gain insights into subscriber needs and preferences, as well as to identify potential problems with the broadband service. [Read More](/content/blog/analyzing-the-traffic-patterns-of-broadband-subscriber-behavior/index.html) \\ \\ [Company](/content/blog/category/company/index.html) [The Driving Force of Community at All Things Open 2023](/content/blog/the-driving-force-of-community-at-all-things-open-2023/index.html) by [Leon Adato](/content/blog/author/leon-adato/index.html) October 31, 2023 The most noticeable takeaway from All Things Open 2023 was how visibly and demonstrably people were there for the event itself. Not to check a box or browse the swag but to be together, show their support of open source, and glean every last bit of knowledge they could. 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[Read More](/content/blog/visibly-kentik/index.html) \\ \\ [Network Security](/content/blog/category/network-security/index.html) [How to Harden Zero-Trust Cloud Network Policy with Kentik](/content/blog/how-to-harden-zero-trust-cloud-network-policy-with-kentik/index.html) by [Phil Gervasi](/content/blog/author/phil-gervasi/index.html) October 26, 2023 Zero trust in the cloud is no longer a luxury in the modern digital age but an absolute necessity. Learn how Kentik secures cloud workloads with actionable views of inbound, outbound, and denied traffic. 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