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Why Intelligent Traffic Steering is Critical for Performance and Cost Optimization

DNS
Network Experience
Internet Performance Monitoring
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
March 31, 2025

When SSL Issues aren’t just about SSL: A deep dive into the TIBCO Mashery outage

Outage/Incident Review
Internet Sonar
DNS
October 2, 2024

The Need for Speed: Highlights from IBM and Catchpoint’s Global DNS Performance Study

DNS
News & Trends
Customer Experience
Website Experience
Application Experience
September 3, 2024

DNS misconfiguration can happen to anyone - the question is how fast can you detect it?

Network Experience
DNS
Outage/Incident Review
August 14, 2024

A deep dive into global DNS connection performance with IBM & Catchpoint

DNS
Network Experience
Website Experience
Customer Experience
June 26, 2024

DNS security: Fortifying the core of Internet infrastructure

DNS
Internet Performance Monitoring
February 27, 2024

3 Lessons from a DNS Resolution Failure Incident

DNS
Network Experience
Ecommerce
September 15, 2022

Incident Review For the Facebook Outage: When Social Networks Go Anti-social

Incident Management
BGP Monitoring
DNS
SRE
DevOps
October 4, 2021
3031

Incident Review - Slack Outage Impacts A Subset Of Users Worldwide Due To DNS Issue

Application Experience
Workforce Experience
DNS
October 1, 2021
3030

Integration Spotlight: Catchpoint and Slack, More Than A Collaboration Tool

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
API Monitoring
SLA Management
July 16, 2021
3009

SRE Report 2021: The Highlights

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
SRE
June 30, 2021
3003

Transforming Network Monitoring For The “Everything-As-A-Service” Era

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
June 17, 2021
2999

Incident Review – Fastly Outage Impacts Major Websites Worldwide

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
June 8, 2021
2996

Resolving Issues Caused By the May 6th Neustar UltraDNS Outage

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
API Monitoring
DevOps
Workforce Experience
May 27, 2021
2991

reIMAGINE: The Catchpoint Hackathon Winter 2021

News & Trends
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
May 19, 2021
2990

Reliability Monitoring for Improved Digital Experience

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
May 18, 2021
2989

Monitoring DNS Performance The Right Way With Catchpoint

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
Workforce Experience
April 23, 2021
2985

Vodafone Idea BGP leak: global routing system must implement MANRS

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
BGP Monitoring
Workforce Experience
April 19, 2021
2983

Multi-Cloud Management: What Do You Need to Know For 2021?

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
DevOps
ITOps
April 14, 2021
2981

CDN Monitoring Is More Than Just Performance, It’s About Hard Dollars

DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
DevOps
March 23, 2021
2976

How Endpoint Monitoring Saved My Life (Or At Least My Sanity)

Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SLA Management
Workforce Experience
March 16, 2021
2974

IT Operations Monitoring, Evolved

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
BGP Monitoring
API Monitoring
March 9, 2021
2972

How To – Monitor Your Email Service with Catchpoint

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
SLA Management
Workforce Experience
SaaS
February 26, 2021
2969

How to – Benchmark CDNs with Catchpoint

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
February 4, 2021
2967

HLS Monitoring with Catchpoint

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
Workforce Experience
SaaS
January 20, 2021
2964

Instant Test Integration with Slack

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
API Monitoring
SLA Management
Workforce Experience
January 5, 2021
2962

“Catchpoint is the Gold Standard for Customer Success and Support”

News & Trends
DNS
API Monitoring
DevOps
November 30, 2020
2952

Our Customer’s Take on Why Catchpoint Leads the way

News & Trends
Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
November 18, 2020
2947

Location Matters when Monitoring Digital Experience

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
Workforce Experience
November 5, 2020
2943

Scripting with Catchpoint Recorder

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
SRE
DevOps
ITOps
November 3, 2020
2941

Basic VS Complete Synthetic Monitoring Solution

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SRE
DevOps
November 2, 2020
2940

Event in Review: ONUG Fall 2020

News & Trends
Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
October 29, 2020
2939

Event in Review: Networking Field Day 23

News & Trends
Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
October 16, 2020
2935

Catchpoint Detects 50% More End User Problems Than Dynatrace!

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
BGP Monitoring
October 14, 2020
2934

BGP Monitoring with Network Insights

Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
SLA Management
October 13, 2020
2933

Boost CDN Performance by 20-40% with Synthetic Monitoring

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SLA Management
October 5, 2020
2931

Wi-Fi and Application Health with Endpoint Monitoring

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
September 29, 2020
2928

One Company, Multiple Monitoring Mindsets

Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SRE
September 21, 2020
2922

AT Internet – Elevating Product Quality with Catchpoint

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
Workforce Experience
September 18, 2020
2921

DevOps India Summit 2020

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
BGP Monitoring
API Monitoring
September 17, 2020
2920

Evaluating Cloud Service Providers

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
DevOps
September 11, 2020
2916

CenturyLink Outage and Everything That Went Down With It

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
BGP Monitoring
SLA Management
September 3, 2020
2913

Monitoring eCommerce – How to Keep your Customers

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
SLA Management
September 1, 2020
2912

Employee Experience – Monitoring the Metrics That Matter

Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SLA Management
August 31, 2020
2910

How a Financial Services Leader Gained Visibility with DEM

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
API Monitoring
SRE
DevOps
August 13, 2020
2904

Monitoring CDN Cache Hit Miss Ratio

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SLA Management
August 11, 2020
2903

DNS Monitoring 101 – Troubleshoot Anycast DNS Issues

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SLA Management
Workforce Experience
August 4, 2020
2900

Catchpoint Digital Monitoring: Offering lowest cost options without compromising quality

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
July 31, 2020
2899

Three Ways Catchpoint Monitors the Edge

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
DevOps
July 24, 2020
2896

DNS Monitoring 101 – How to Guard Against DNS Attacks

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
SLA Management
July 21, 2020
2894

Maintaining Employee Experience with G Suite Monitoring

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
SLA Management
July 15, 2020
2893

The Need for ‘Real ISP’ Visibility in your DEM Strategy

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SLA Management
July 2, 2020
2889

DNS Monitoring 101 – Verify DNS Mapping

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
DevOps
SLA Management
Workforce Experience
June 23, 2020
2885

Accelerate Observability with Catchpoint and Tanzu Observability

Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
June 17, 2020
2883

Monitoring APIs for Better Performance

Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
API Monitoring
DevOps
May 26, 2020
2877

Building an Effective Alert Strategy

DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
May 19, 2020
2874

Three Ways to Improve Service Reliability

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SLA Management
May 15, 2020
2873

Effective Digital Experience Monitoring

Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
SLA Management
May 5, 2020
2868

BGP Route Hijack Incident Review

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
SLA Management
April 30, 2020
2866

5 Tips for Retooling Your APM for Digital Banking and Insurance

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
API Monitoring
DevOps
April 15, 2020
2860

Troubleshoot DNS Issues When “Your Site Could Not Be Reached”

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
BGP Monitoring
SLA Management
April 14, 2020
2859

How to Implement Network Monitoring for Full End-to-End Visibility

Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
SLA Management
April 8, 2020
2857

Rethinking Ecommerce Performance Management

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
March 10, 2020
2848

Monitoring at the Edge of the Third Act of the Internet

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
SLA Management
February 28, 2020
2846

Five Steps to a Better eCommerce Digital Experience

News & Trends
Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SLA Management
February 20, 2020
2844

50 SRE Twitter Accounts to Follow

News & Trends
Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SRE
February 14, 2020
2842

DEM Powers Digital Banking Initiatives

News & Trends
Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
API Monitoring
January 23, 2020
2837

50 Service Level Agreement (SLA) Resources

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
January 8, 2020
2833

Top 9 Monitoring Stories of 2019

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
BGP Monitoring
API Monitoring
December 23, 2019
2831

Incident Review: Maintaining Sessions, Cookies, & Persistence

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
December 19, 2019
2830

Catchpoint: Improving Human Experiences Around the World

Real User Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
DevOps
Workforce Experience
December 18, 2019
2829

The Changing Nature of Network Monitoring

Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
BGP Monitoring
December 11, 2019
2827

Black Friday and Cyber Monday Performance 2019

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
SLA Management
December 3, 2019
2826

The Problem of BGP Insecurity and the Need for Monitoring

News & Trends
Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
DevOps
November 27, 2019
2824

The Great Firewall of China: A Digital Black Hole

Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
November 18, 2019
2823

A BGP Guide for the non-Network Engineer

Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
API Monitoring
November 7, 2019
2822

Digital Experience Monitoring Platform: You Get What You Pay For

Real User Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
DevOps
November 5, 2019
2821

Four Ways to Mitigate the Impact of DNS Attacks

Synthetic Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
API Monitoring
October 28, 2019
2820

BGP and Your Brand’s Bottom Line

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
BGP Monitoring
API Monitoring
October 23, 2019
2816

AWS Users Blindsided by DDoS Attacks

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Workforce Experience
October 23, 2019
2817

How to Monitor the Networks You Don’t Control

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
October 17, 2019
2813

Back By Popular Demand: Black Friday Assurance

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
Workforce Experience
September 26, 2019
2811

End-user experience monitoring: Catchpoint and Google Lighthouse #2

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SLA Management
August 28, 2019
2809

DEM with Catchpoint and Google Lighthouse (Part 1)

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
DevOps
SLA Management
August 27, 2019
2808

Synthetic Monitoring of DNS in Changing Times

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
ITOps
SLA Management
August 21, 2019
2807

Why We Built Catchpoint Orchestra

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
API Monitoring
SLA Management
August 8, 2019
2805

Synthetic Testing: Monitor Everything, Everywhere

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
API Monitoring
July 11, 2019
2800

Four pillars of DEM: reachability, availability, performance, & reliability

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
BGP Monitoring
API Monitoring
July 10, 2019
2799

What I Learned About How Facebook Infrastructure Serves Our Photos

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
SLA Management
July 5, 2019
2798

Cloudflare Outage: A Case for Better CDN Reliability

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
Workforce Experience
July 3, 2019
2797

BGP leak highlights the fragility of the Internet with real consequences

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
DevOps
June 26, 2019
2796

How to Choose the Right Digital Experience Monitoring Solution

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
June 21, 2019
2795

Why APM Synthetic Monitoring Isn’t Enough to Protect Your Revenue

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
June 19, 2019
2794

5 lessons from the Google Cloud Outage

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
SRE
June 10, 2019
2791

Introducing Catchpoint’s Managed Monitoring Service

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
April 11, 2019
2783

Facebook outage analysis

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
BGP Monitoring
Workforce Experience
March 15, 2019
2780

Web Performance 101: Alerting Strategy

Endpoint Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
SLA Management
March 14, 2019
2779

What is Digital Experience Monitoring?

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
API Monitoring
March 12, 2019
2778

Catchpoint’s major product updates of 2018

Synthetic Monitoring
Real User Monitoring
DNS
DevOps
SLA Management
January 29, 2019
2775

A CIO’s Take On Preparing for SaaS Outages

Synthetic Monitoring
DNS
Edge, CDN, and Cloud Optimization
DevOps
SLA Management
January 16, 2019
2774
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