# 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 \\ \\ [AI](/content/blog/category/ai/index.html), [Network Security](/content/blog/category/network-security/index.html) [AI for Good: Securing Networks in the Age of Autonomous Attacks](/content/blog/ai-for-good-securing-networks-in-the-age-of-autonomous-attacks/index.html) by [Steve Stover](/content/blog/author/steve-stover/index.html) November 20, 2025 The rise of autonomous AI attacks operating at machine speed demands that network security evolve beyond human capacity and manual processes. Kentik AI Advisor counters this threat by using AI for good, reasoning across full network context to proactively eliminate vulnerabilities and guide immediate, confident defense. [Read More](/content/blog/ai-for-good-securing-networks-in-the-age-of-autonomous-attacks/index.html) \\ \\ [AI](/content/blog/category/ai/index.html), [Network Intelligence](/content/blog/category/network-intelligence/index.html) [Introducing Kentik AI Advisor: The Future of Network Intelligence](/content/blog/ai-advisor/index.html) by [Eric Hian-Cheong](/content/blog/author/eric-hian-cheong/index.html) November 18, 2025 Introducing Kentik AI Advisor, a powerful new AI designed to deeply understand your network, reason through complex issues, and deliver clear, actionable guidance for designing, operating, and protecting your networks. By autonomously querying Kentik’s rich telemetry and tools, it explains what’s happening, why it matters, and what to do next — from troubleshooting and capacity planning to cost optimization and risk mitigation. [Read More](/content/blog/ai-advisor/index.html) \\ \\ [Network Observability](/content/blog/category/network-observability/index.html), [Network Intelligence](/content/blog/category/network-intelligence/index.html) [From Observability to Network Intelligence: How Kentik Built the Foundation for Networks That Think](/content/blog/network-observability-to-network-intelligence-kentik-built-the-foundation/index.html) by [Mav Turner](/content/blog/author/mav-turner/index.html) November 05, 2025 The age of dashboards is ending, as observability has only created more noise for network teams to sift through. Kentik SVP of Product, Mav Turner, lays out why true network intelligence requires a clean, contextual data foundation to finally create a network that thinks. [Read More](/content/blog/network-observability-to-network-intelligence-kentik-built-the-foundation/index.html) \\ \\ [Life at Kentik](/content/blog/category/life-at-kentik/index.html) [Walktober Wrap-Up: From Quick Strolls to Bucket-List Hikes](/content/blog/walktober-wrap-up-from-quick-strolls-to-bucket-list-hikes/index.html) by [Mary LeBlanc](/content/blog/author/mary-leblanc/index.html) November 03, 2025 Discover how a simple month-long walking challenge helped remote employees reconnect with movement, enjoy fall weather, and support wellness together. [Read More](/content/blog/walktober-wrap-up-from-quick-strolls-to-bucket-list-hikes/index.html) \\ \\ [Industry Trends](/content/blog/category/industry-trends/index.html) [Redefining NetOps: Agent Systems and Practical AI from the ONUG AI in Networking Summit](/content/blog/redefining-netops-agent-systems-and-practical-ai-onug-ai-networking-summit/index.html) by [Phil Gervasi](/content/blog/author/phil-gervasi/index.html) October 28, 2025 AI in networking isn’t theoretical anymore. It’s here, reshaping how we operate. At the ONUG AI Networking Summit, we saw firsthand how agent systems are moving from hype to hands-on reality, from secure automation to data-driven root cause analysis. The future of NetOps isn’t dashboards and tickets — it’s intelligent agents, observability, and measurable business outcomes. [Read More](/content/blog/redefining-netops-agent-systems-and-practical-ai-onug-ai-networking-summit/index.html) \\ \\ [Network Monitoring](/content/blog/category/network-monitoring/index.html) [How to Escape Legacy Monitoring (and Thrive in the Era of AI Networks)](/content/blog/how-to-escape-legacy-monitoring-and-thrive-in-the-era-of-ai-networks/index.html) by [Phil Gervasi](/content/blog/author/phil-gervasi/index.html) October 22, 2025 It’s no exaggeration to say the network has transformed dramatically: Hybrid cloud architectures and AI-powered infrastructure seem to expand in scale and complexity every day. But legacy tools to monitor and observe these networks have not kept up. Let’s directly compare the fragmented world of legacy network monitoring with network intelligence, and an all-in-one SaaS platform that unifies metrics, flow, cloud, and AI. [Read More](/content/blog/how-to-escape-legacy-monitoring-and-thrive-in-the-era-of-ai-networks/index.html) \\ \\ [Data Center Networking](/content/blog/category/data-center-networking/index.html), [Network Monitoring](/content/blog/category/network-monitoring/index.html) [Closing Visibility Gaps in the Modern Data Center](/content/blog/closing-visibility-gaps-in-the-modern-data-center/index.html) by [Phil Gervasi](/content/blog/author/phil-gervasi/index.html) October 08, 2025 In today’s high-performance data centers, “all green” dashboards can mask catastrophic issues hiding just beneath the surface. If you’re missing the microbursts, hidden oversubscription, and routing imbalances that are devastating application performance, you’re flying blind. Learn how to close these visibility gaps and shift from reactive firefighting to proactive network intelligence. [Read More](/content/blog/closing-visibility-gaps-in-the-modern-data-center/index.html) \\ \\ [BGP Monitoring](/content/blog/category/bgp-monitoring/index.html), [Internet Analysis](/content/blog/category/internet-analysis/index.html), [Internet Market Insights](/content/blog/category/internet-market-insights/index.html) [A Network Crumb Back Story: A Baker’s Dozen Retrospective](/content/blog/crumb-back-story-a-bakers-dozen-retrospective/index.html) by [Doug Madory](/content/blog/author/doug-madory/index.html) October 01, 2025 Loaf and behold, this retrospective covers nearly 20 years of the Baker’s Dozen style annual ranking of the biggest ASes of the internet. In it we discuss the DFZ, de-peerings, and partitions. It was the yeast we could do. [Read More](/content/blog/crumb-back-story-a-bakers-dozen-retrospective/index.html) \\ \\ [Internet Analysis](/content/blog/category/internet-analysis/index.html), [Internet Outages](/content/blog/category/internet-outages/index.html) [Afghanistan Downs Internet to “Prevent Immorality”](/content/blog/afghanistan-downs-internet-to-prevent-immorality/index.html) by [Doug Madory](/content/blog/author/doug-madory/index.html) September 30, 2025 Afghanistan has imposed its first nationwide internet shutdown, cutting off connectivity to “prevent immorality” — a blow to digital freedoms, education, and media already under severe strain since the Taliban’s 2021 return. [Read More](/content/blog/afghanistan-downs-internet-to-prevent-immorality/index.html) \\ \\ [Cost Optimization](/content/blog/category/cost-optimization/index.html) [How to Boost Revenue and Cut Network Spending with Kentik Traffic Costs](/content/blog/how-to-boost-revenue-and-cut-network-spending-with-kentik-traffic-costs/index.html) by [Lauren Basile](/content/blog/author/lauren-basile/index.html) September 30, 2025 Network operators across the digital ecosystem are under pressure to cut costs while protecting revenue. This post explores three practical use cases where Kentik Traffic Costs helps turn traffic insight into commercial intelligence that helps teams negotiate smarter, protect margins, and boost profitability. 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