TechValidate Research on Kentik

3 Case Studies


Kentik Case Study

Cloud Services Provider Immedion Gains Network Traffic Intelligence with Kentik

Introduction

This case study of Immedion is based on a June 2017 survey of Kentik customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

David Johnson, IT Director of Immedion:

“Other tools we evaluated took minutes to perform tasks that Kentik performs in seconds.

Our network uptime has increased and our service level has greatly improved by leveraging Kentik to quickly detect DDoS attacks and automate the mitigation process."

Challenges

Prior to Kentik, Immedion experienced:

  • Poor visibility into its internet traffic delivery
  • Too much required to generate network analysis and planning reports
  • DDoS defense solutions weren’t accurate or automated enough

Use Case

Immedion selected Kentik for:

  • Long-term retention of full network data details
  • Scalability to handle large network infrastructure
  • Power and flexibility of anomaly detection
  • DDoS detection & mitigation capability
  • Real-time, ad-hoc big data analytics

Results

With Kentik, Immedion achieves:

  • Increased network security & improved DDoS defense — with 50-100% more attacks defended
  • Increased IT & network operations productivity
  • User experience improvement of 50-100%

Kentik Case Study

Ivy League Research University Leverages Kentik for Network Traffic Intelligence

Introduction

This case study of an educational institution is based on a June 2017 survey of Kentik customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Kentik gives us increased visibility into our Cloud First Initiative efforts, providing us with powerful and concrete ways to examine the landscape of cloud vendors already in use, and the ability to monitor our peerings as initiative progress.”

Challenges

Prior to Kentik, the university experienced:

  • Poor visibility into its internet traffic delivery
  • A need to replace its existing, aged tool

Use Case

The university selected Kentik for:

  • Peering & transit analytics
  • Capacity planning & optimization
  • Network monitoring & troubleshooting

Compared to the competition, the university rates Kentik significantly better at:

  • Analytics & reporting
  • API & automation capabilities
  • Scalability & performance

Results

With Kentik, the university achieves:

  • MTTR / MTTI improvement of 10-25%
  • User experience & service quality improvement of 50-100%
  • Greater IT & network operations productivity

Kentik Case Study

Pennsylvania’s Chesconet Boosts Network Performance and Security with Kentik Detect

Introduction

This case study of Chester County Community Network (Chesconet) is based on a June 2017 survey of Kentik customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Larry Konig, Network Operations Manager of Chesconet:

“We were in the market for a replacement for our existing NetFlow-tracking software package for a while. Most of the replacement solutions we considered turned out to be very, very expensive and required using the vendor’s dedicated hardware.

Kentik’s solution generates reports for us way faster than our old system ever did and it retains data longer. Now we can generate monthly reports for our customers rather than daily or weekly reports.

The best surprise with Kentik is the platform’s DDoS detection and mitigation capabilities. Kentik’s capabilities are having us re-think how we’re going to mitigate DDoS activity in the future."

Challenges

Chesconet found that generating network analysis and planning reports required too much of its team’s time.

Use Case

Chesconet selected Kentik for:

  • Long-term retention of full network data details
  • Power and flexibility of anomaly detection
  • Real-time, ad-hoc big data analytics
  • Quality and openness of API
  • SaaS ease of deployment

When compared to competition, Chesconet rates Kentik best-in-class for:

  • Analytics & reporting
  • Anomaly & DDoS detection
  • API & automation-friendliness
  • Scalability & performance
  • Ease of deployment

Results

With Kentik, Chesconet achieves:

  • Increased network security and improved DDoS defense — with 25-50% more attacks defended
  • Self-service of network visibility — with 50-100% better use experience
  • Faster problem resolution
  • CAPEX savings
  • OPEX savings



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