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"As hotels, resorts, and restaurants scale up their use of these systems, the critical question becomes one of always-on performance. Can these automated solutions perform reliably, every time? The answer depends not only on the intelligent automation itself, but on the strength and resilience of the networks connecting them." Mike Hicks in Hospitality Technology >> https://www.downtownmelody.com/_x/bG5rZC5pbg/gABZ5fYN

At approximately 18:11 UTC on October 9, ThousandEyes observed a network-related incident affecting multiple Microsoft services, including Microsoft 365, Teams, and others. Our data indicates that the incident predominantly impacted users in the United States who were trying to access Microsoft services from AT&T’s network. ThousandEyes data showed significantly elevated packet loss between AT&T and Microsoft networks during the incident. Microsoft confirmed this was a network-related event and addressed the issue by rerouting impacted traffic. The event was fully resolved at 18:48 UTC. Explore within the ThousandEyes platform (no login required): https://www.downtownmelody.com/_x/bG5rZC5pbg/dWshXd5x

On October 9, at approximately 07:40 UTC, ThousandEyes began observing an issue affecting Microsoft Azure Front Door (AFD), the content delivery network (CDN) that front-ends many key services such as Microsoft 365 and Azure cloud management portals. The incident primarily impacted customers outside the United States, with users in EMEA and Asia experiencing more disruption. ThousandEyes detected significant packet loss within Microsoft's network, preventing successful connections to affected services. During the peak of the outage, requests frequently timed out or returned service-related errors. The service started to recover around 11:10 UTC, though intermittent issues continued until the issue fully resolved at approximately 13:10 UTC. Explore within the ThousandEyes platform (no login required): https://www.downtownmelody.com/_x/bG5rZC5pbg/gTBykvX4

Death, taxes, and digital disruptions. All are inevitable. But it's what we learn from them along the way to improve our resilience that matters. Many times what appears to be an application degradation can require correlation to multiple degrees of separation or more. Case in point app degradation due to subsea cable cuts. Learn about these outages and many more in the latest Cisco ThousandEyes Internet Report from Mike Hicks. https://www.downtownmelody.com/_x/bG5rZC5pbg/gQg_qUPw

When milliseconds matter, your network is the production line, and any delay is downtime. For critical Industry 4.0 applications like AMRs or traffic management, reliable network performance is essential—latency and jitter can cause serious risks. Cisco ThousandEyes provides end-to-end visibility across your entire network, helping you proactively detect and resolve issues before they impact operations. 👁️ Watch the demo video to see how ThousandEyes Assurance for industrial networking delivers comprehensive visibility and actionable insights: https://www.downtownmelody.com/_x/Y3MuY28/6044AU97m #IndustrialIoT #SmartManufacturing #Industry40

Catch up on global outage trends and key takeaways from recent outage events. On the podcast this week, Mike Hicks and Barry Collins cover: ✅ Insights from outages that impacted Starlink and Google Maps SDKs ✅ An update on the Red Sea cable cuts ✅ Global outage trends we’re seeing Listen Now: https://www.downtownmelody.com/_x/bG5rZC5pbg/gPxB74Ui

🔐 The Great Cybersecurity Consolidation Debate: Are all-in-one platforms the future? https://www.downtownmelody.com/_x/bG5rZC5pbg/evvkzKPy With Palo Alto Networks' massive $25B CyberArk acquisition and Google Cloud's $32B Wiz deal dominating 2025, the cybersecurity landscape is clearly moving toward platform consolidation. But is bigger always better? Key insights from this deep-dive analysis: 💡 The platform play: Major players like Palo Alto Networks are building "platform-of-platforms" approaches, while Cisco, Zscaler, and Fortinet are doubling down on unified solutions 🤖 AI agent challenge: With AI deployments potentially creating "80 billion" new identities to manage, identity and access management (IAM/PAM) is becoming mission-critical ⚖️ The trade-off: Consolidated platforms promise faster detection and response, but risk losing best-of-breed capabilities if integration isn't seamless What the experts are saying: Allie Mellen from Forrester warns that poorly integrated tools can be worse than separate solutions Joe Vaccaro from Cisco ThousandEyes reports customers are "reducing their ticket count by over 90%" with AI-powered automation James Tucker from Zscaler notes that typical security processes involve 50-100 overlapping tools The verdict? Success depends on execution. As one expert puts it: "Palo Alto Networks needs to invest in ensuring its acquisitions are fully integrated into the platform seamlessly." Read the full analysis from Giacomo L.: https://www.downtownmelody.com/_x/bG5rZC5pbg/evvkzKPy #Cybersecurity #NetworkSecurity #AI #IdentityManagement #ZeroTrust #SecOps