The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Recently, we added another powerful tool to our arsenal: neural networks for video downscaling. In this tech blog, we describe how we improved Netflix video quality with neural networks, the challenges we faced and what lies ahead. How can neural networks fit into Netflix video encoding?

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DZone

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As studied earlier, computer networks are one of the most popular and well-researched automation topics over the last many years. But along with advantages and uses, computer vision has its challenges in the department of modern applications, which deep neural networks can address quickly and efficiently. Network Compression.

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DZone

JANUARY 16, 2024

The convergence of software and networking technologies has cleared the way for ground-breaking advancements in the field of modern networking. One such breakthrough is Software-Defined Networking (SDN), a game-changing method of network administration that adds flexibility, efficiency, and scalability.

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DZone

APRIL 8, 2021

It's often said that your network is the backbone of your IT infrastructure, underlying every other part of your enterprise IT. If your Cisco network infrastructure goes down or is experiencing performance issues, it's crucial that you have a real-time solution to identify and resolve the problem as soon as possible. Introduction.

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DZone

JANUARY 8, 2024

This comprehensive guide will walk you through the crucial steps of setting up networking, managing storage, running containers, and installing Docker. Thanks to Docker, a leading containerization platform, applications can be packaged and distributed more easily in portable, isolated environments.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 7, 2021

By Alok Tiagi , Hariharan Ananthakrishnan , Ivan Porto Carrero and Keerti Lakshminarayan Netflix has developed a network observability sidecar called Flow Exporter that uses eBPF tracepoints to capture TCP flows at near real time. Without having network visibility, it’s difficult to improve our reliability, security and capacity posture.

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DZone

JANUARY 19, 2023

There may be a scenario when you want to test an application when the network is slow(we also call it high network latency). Or you are reproducing a customer scenario(having high network latency) where some anomalous behavior is observed. In the Chrome browser, we can easily Simulate a slower network connection.

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DZone

AUGUST 24, 2021

As a frontend developer or QA, we want to test our website performance in different network conditions and with different API latencies too. Here are some scenarios where you would like to delay the network requests. Testing certain components of web applications requires simulating delay in one or more web app components.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In today's interconnected world, computer networks have become the backbone of modern communication and information exchange. This article delves into the evolution, components, and significance of computer networks.

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DZone

MAY 15, 2023

PolyScale operates a global network of PoPs (Points of Presence). This versatility provides a cost-effective solution to reduce global network latency by bringing the database closer to the end user. The network of PoPs spans multiple cloud providers , thereby bridging the gap between cloud providers.

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DZone

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Accurate time is crucial for all financial transactions, data synchronization, network security, and even just making sure that devices around the world are in sync. NTP servers, which manage the Network Time Protocol, are essential in achieving this.

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DZone

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

In the changing world of data centers and cloud computing, the desire for efficient, flexible, and scalable networking solutions has resulted in the broad use of Software-Defined Networking (SDN). Traditional networking models have a tightly integrated control plane and data plane within network devices.

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DZone

DECEMBER 28, 2023

With the constant evolution of this sector, the dynamic duo of AI and ML is revolutionizing the telecommunications industry, propelling it towards greater network efficiency, unparalleled customer service, and fortified security measures. Here's an example of how machine learning can optimize network performance:

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DZone

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This is where Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) offer an edge, providing a powerful tool for modeling complex time-dependent phenomena. Traditional statistical methods like ARIMA and exponential smoothing have served us well but have limitations in capturing complex non-linear relationships in data.

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DZone

JANUARY 19, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, Network Access Control (NAC) stands out as a critical technology and process for authenticating and authorizing users on a private or corporate network. Why Implement NAC?

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DZone

MARCH 18, 2024

What Are Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)? VNFs are virtualized network services that are packaged as virtual machines (VMs) on commodity hardware. VNFs are virtualized network services that are packaged as virtual machines (VMs) on commodity hardware. These hardware functions are packaged as virtual machine images in a VNF.

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DZone

JUNE 30, 2020

JMeter Netconf Plug-in and Network Service Automation. Network service automation-related requirements are usually realized by means of commercial or open-source network orchestrator or controller software system. JMeter Netconf plug-in implementation includes two modules.

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DZone

APRIL 7, 2021

When 54 percent of the internet traffic share is accounted for by Mobile , it's certainly nontrivial to acknowledge how your app can make a difference to that of the competitor!

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Dynatrace

MARCH 27, 2024

This blog originally appeared in Federal News Network. The post How AI and observability help to safeguard government networks from new threats appeared first on Dynatrace news. When we protect our systems, we’re also protecting them.

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DZone

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In this blog article, we will deep dive into network quality and its usage. SpeedTest, Speed from Cloudflare , Netflix's Fast , or if you use Google search , you can test the internet speed and its analytics. In macOS Monterey, Apple has released a command-line tool called networkQuality. Launching networkQuality.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 1, 2020

To extend Dynatrace diagnostic visibility into network traffic, we’ve added out-of-the-box DNS request tracking to our infrastructure monitoring capabilities. Ensure high quality network traffic by tracking DNS requests out-of-the-box. Slower response times can be a sign of a stressed DNS server or network communication issues.

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DZone

AUGUST 14, 2019

Organizations are in search of improving network agility, but what exactly does this mean? Network agility is represented by the volume of change in the network over a period of time and is defined as the capability for software and hardware component’s to automatically configure and control itself in a complex networking ecosystem.

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DZone

JANUARY 14, 2023

Improving 4G Networks Traffic Distribution With Anomaly Detection Previous generations of cellular networks were not very efficient with the distribution of network resources, providing coverage evenly for all territories all the time.

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VoltDB

APRIL 25, 2024

To move as fast as they can at scale while protecting mission-critical data, more and more organizations are investing in private 5G networks, also known as private cellular networks or just “private 5G” (not to be confused with virtual private networks, which are something totally different). What is a private 5G network?

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DZone

AUGUST 10, 2022

BGP provides network stability as it guarantees routers can rapidly adapt to send packets via a different connection if one Internet pathway goes down. The original function of BGP was to carry internet reachability information between edge routers (it is sometimes described as a reachability protocol).

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DZone

JANUARY 17, 2023

Building performant services and systems is at the core of every business. Tons of technologies emerge daily, promising capabilities that help you surpass your performance benchmarks. However, production environments are chaotic landscapes that exact a heavy performance toll when not maintained and monitored.

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DZone

MARCH 27, 2023

What Is Apache Spark? Apache Spark is an open-source distributed computing system designed for large-scale data processing. It was developed at the University of California, Berkeley's AMPLab, and is now maintained by the Apache Software Foundation.

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Dynatrace

JULY 2, 2020

By minimizing bandwidth and preventing unrelated traffic between data centers, you can maintain healthy network infrastructure and save on costs. Dynatrace network zones provide an easy means of routing OneAgent traffic between data centers using a unique approach that separates Dynatrace from its competitors.

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DZone

AUGUST 15, 2019

What Is Network Agility? Network Agility — the volume of change in the network over a period of time — the capability for software and hardware components to automatically configure and control itself in a complex networking ecosystem.

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DZone

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Any service provider tries to reach several metrics in their activity. One group of these metrics is service quality. Quality metrics contain: The ratio of successfully processed requests. Distribution of processing time between requests. Number of requests dependent curves.

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The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 20, 2020

How Netflix brings safer and faster streaming experience to the living room on crowded networks using TLS 1.3 We want playback to start instantly and to never stop unexpectedly in any network environment. Therefore, it requires more messages to perform a handshake and two network round trips. Reduced Handshake TLS 1.2

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Uber Engineering

MAY 2, 2024

Overwhelmed with network security events? Learn how Uber’s Cyber Defense team programmatically manages network IDS rulesets, augments alerts for correlation, and open-sourced the code they use to do it.

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Particular Software

JUNE 28, 2021

From Udi Dahan's free Distributed Systems Design Fundamentals video course Semantic interoperability The true challenge of non-homogenous networks lies in semantic interoperability. Competitive pressures, together with companies’ desire to create vendor lock-in, suggest that we can expect more divergence to occur in the future.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Someone trying to look at the network through a 4-D lens. While ‘digital transformation’ and ‘cloud migration’ are two concepts with relatively broad definitions, they’re both rooted in the modernization of enterprise networks.

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VoltDB

JUNE 22, 2023

Uncover the challenges of cloud-native networking for high-performance apps and explore ways to overcome these hurdles at voltactivedata.com.

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Tim Kadlec

APRIL 18, 2019

” The fallacy of networks, or new devices for that matter, fixing our performance woes is old and repetitive. To be fair, each new generation of network connectivity does bring some level of change and transformation to how we interact with the internet. The fastest 4G network clocks in around 10 Mbps, and the slowest around 6.3

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 8, 2024

They may stem from software bugs, cyberattacks, surges in demand, issues with backup processes, network problems, or human errors. Network issues Network issues encompass problems with internet service providers, routers, or other networking equipment.

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