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Managing Traffic During Peak Demand; Plus, Microsoft, Akamai Outages

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Let’s Talk Status Pages & Salesforce, Microsoft Outages
A recent Salesforce outage highlighted the limitations of status pages and the importance of considering a variety of data points when identifying the source of an outage.
Let’s Talk Status Pages & Salesforce, Microsoft Outages
ServiceNow, Microsoft & Workday Outages, Explained
A recent certificate problem impacted ServiceNow, and other issues prevented users from accessing key cloud services including Microsoft 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Workday.
ServiceNow, Microsoft & Workday Outages, Explained
Managing Traffic During Peak Demand; Plus, Microsoft, Akamai Outages
The recent Oasis reunion tour ticket sales process revealed a lot about current techniques for web traffic management. Learn more about this, and also explore traffic-related outages at Microsoft and Akamai.
Managing Traffic During Peak Demand; Plus, Microsoft, Akamai Outages
The Current Subsea Cable Ecosystem: Resiliency & What’s Next
Let’s dive into the fascinating world of subsea cables. With special guest Murray Burling—Executive Director of Oceans and Environment at RPS—we’ll explore the current subsea cable ecosystem and chat about what the future might hold.
The Current Subsea Cable Ecosystem: Resiliency & What’s Next
Analyzing X’s Livestream & GitHub, Google Outages
Explore the recent Google Cloud and GitHub outages, plus insights on the August 12 X livestream event featuring Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Analyzing X’s Livestream & GitHub, Google Outages

Insights on All Things Internet and Networking

Outage Analyses

Go under the hood of recent outages to explore what happened and why, and get expert takes on lessons learned from these incidents.

Outage Trends

Get insights on the latest Internet outage numbers and trends for ISP, public cloud, and edge service networks.

Expert Insights

Join industry leaders to explore the latest trends and technologies shaping the future of the Internet.

Technical Tips

Learn practical tips from networking experts to help you take a proactive approach to assuring resilient digital experiences.

Meet the Team

Mike Hicks

Principal Solutions Analyst

Mike is a recognized expert in network and application performance, with more than 30 years of industry experience supporting large, complex networks and working closely with infrastructure vendors on application profiling and management. He is the author of "Managing Distributed Applications: Troubleshooting in a Heterogeneous Environment" (Prentice Hall 2000) and "Optimising Applications on Cisco Networks" (Cisco Press 2004).

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Angelique Medina

Head of Internet Intelligence and Director of Product Marketing

Angelique has worked in technical marketing roles related to network infrastructure and network visibility for the past ten years, most recently at ThousandEyes, where she works on multi-layer visibility spanning application, DNS, L3, and BGP. She’s particularly focused on performance monitoring for SD-WAN and cloud/SaaS adoption. In 2018, she served as the lead author of the Global DNS Performance Benchmark Report. Prior to joining ThousandEyes, she spent time working on data center networking at Big Switch Networks and visibility switching at VSS Monitoring.

Barry Collins

Host, Journalist, & Senior Contributor at Forbes

As host of The Internet Report podcast, Barry partners with the ThousandEyes Internet Intelligence team to bring you the latest insights on Internet health and outage trends. A seasoned technology journalist and current senior contributor at Forbes, he previously served as associate editor and columnist for The Sunday Times' technology section, as well as editor of PC Pro. He has also appeared on BBC News, BBC Newsnight, ITV News at Ten, and various national radio stations.

Barry Collins

Contributors

Kemal Sanjta

Principal Internet Analyst

Brian Tobia

Lead Technical Marketing Engineer

Chris Villemez

Lead Technical Marketing Engineer

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Internet Outages Map

See a real-time, global view of network outages across ISPs, public cloud, UCaaS, and edge service providers.

Internet Outages Timeline

See this timeline for insights from recent Internet outages and tips to help you prevent downtime and respond effectively when an outage hits.

In-Depth Outage Analysis

Check out the ThousandEyes blog to keep your finger on the pulse of Internet health and notable outage events.

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Internet Outage Survival Kit

Equip yourself with the tools and knowledge you need to mitigate future outages.

Outage Survival Kit

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