Kentik Cloud Services Provider Immedion Gains Network Traffic Intelligence with Kentik

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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%

About Kentik

Kentik is the network traffic intelligence company. When nearly everything critical to a modern business crosses a wire, the network doesn’t just serve the business, it sees the business. Kentik turns your network traffic – billions of digital footprints – into real-time intelligence for both business and technical operations. Network operators, engineers, and security teams use Kentik to manage and optimize the performance, security, and potential of their networks and their business.

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