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More on how the COVID19 Lockdown effected the Internet

By Lori Schiesl | 26th October 2020

What happens to the Internet when the entire world changes their behavior at the same time? Internet traffic patterns have been growing and changing for many years. However, the rate at which these traffic patterns changed during the spring of 2020 was unprecedented. So, what did this mean for the Internet, and how did networks manage with the heavy influx of traffic?

Not every network’s traffic increased during the COVID19 lockdowns.

By Lori Schiesl | 6th October 2020

General, Research

Since the period when most governments started mandating lockdowns and encouraging social distancing at the beginning of 2020, many network operators, SaaS, OTT providers and CDNs have been reporting unprecedented spikes in traffic volumes and content demand. But what about the other side of the coin? If the demand for the Internet increased, did traffic volumes on every network increase? The answer may surprise you.

Network traffic patterns change during COVID19 lock-downs

By Lori Schiesl | 22nd June 2020

General, Research

COVID19 proved to be a challenge for Internet Service Providers (ISPs). As countries began locking-down, consumer demand for the Internet surged, flooding the network pipelines. However, despite these challenges, the Internet managed maintain its strength.

The Internet during a pandemic: Maintaining the quality of service

By Lori Schiesl | 16th March 2020

General

As the COVID-19 continues to spread globally at alarming rates, governments and large companies alike are taking great preventative measures to slow the spread of the disease, such as by cancelling large events, limiting travel, and forcing employees to work from home. These initiatives are moving a large influx of people into the digital realm at a rapid rate, which is stressing out networks and causing the quality of service to reduce. With so many people now relying on the internet for their livelihood during this pandemic, it is important for service providers to have control over traffic volumes in order to maintain their quality of service. For that, they need excellent network visibility and analytics.

It is important for analytics to be backed by powerful data

By Lori Schiesl and Stephan Schroeder | 29th January 2020

General, Products

It’s that time of year again. Another great year is over, and it is time to start making plans for an even better year to come. As we begin to map out our goals for the next 366 days, we thought it might be fun to look further into the future at the potential solutions and services BENOCS could offer its user… when the time is right.

How the BENOCS Director went from research to product

By Lori Schiesl | 10th December 2019

General, Products, Research

Back in 2010, before BENOCS, our founder along with a few other researchers presented the new challenges facing ISPs: CDNs/hyper-giants and their poorly mapped traffic. In that proposal [1], they opened the research community to a new idea: the prospect of creating a system that would be implemented in the ISP network, which would use the network’s data to facilitate better mapping from the CDN/hypergiants’ side. Now, nine years later and six years of development, the system called the BENOCS Director is not only running, but has also proven its viability and is showing positive results.

DDoS attacks are too easy to launch: How effective are booter take downs?

By Lori Schiesl | 21st October 2019

General, Research

DDoS attacks services are becoming so cheap and easy to use that even grandma can launch an attack. Are current protective measures enough?

What if we turned the conversation from Netflow vs SNMP to Netflow & SNMP?

By Lori Schiesl and Phillip Urbanik | 8th August 2019

Features, General

There is no “I” in “team”, just like there is no “I” in “Netflow & SNMP”. It’s time to stop comparing Netflow and SNMP, and instead start talking about how well they work together when it comes to network monitoring.

What are self-operated Meta CDNs, and should ISPs be concerned?

By Lori Schiesl | 31st October 2018

General, Research

Before 2014, Apple – one of the largest content generators on the web today – relied on external content delivery networks (CDNs), such as Akamai and Level 3, to deliver everything from music/video streaming to iOS updates. In 2014, Apple released their CDN as an effort to take control over the quality of their content delivery as well as creating the final puzzle piece that gives them control over the entire customer experience (hardware, online platforms, ect.). Interestingly enough, as Dan Rayburn predicted, Apple was in no hurry to convert all of their traffic to their own CDN and would still need some time before they completely stopped offloading traffic onto third-party CDNs.

Why geolocation is important for enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation and other privacy policies

By Lori Schiesl | 31st October 2018

General, Research

If you are living in Europe or doing business with European companies, you are probably already familiar with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which has been in effect since May 2018. However, what you may not know is how this law is actually administered. After all, a law is only as good as its ability to be enforced. Given that internet content is shared globally, how can anyone ensure those within the European Union (EU) borders are actually protected by this law, especially when content needs to travel across borders? How do we know if data is just passing through, or if it is terminating in Europe? What can be used as evidence of violations? The answer: geolocation and tracking flows.