Migrating systems to the cloud leads to a shift in network traffic patterns that can present a performance challenge for businesses. Network analytics company Kentik is launching its new Network Performance Monitoring (NPM) aimed at meeting the needs of modern, digital businesses. It builds on Kentik Detect, a big data-based, SaaS network analytics platform and also includes the nProbe host-based and sensor monitoring agent software from ntop. This can be deployed into hybrid data center and cloud environments, and monitors network performance factors such as latency, retransmits, out of order packets, and packet fragments based on actual application traffic flows,… [Continue Reading]