Kentik Named a Value Leader in EMA’s 2024 Radar Report for Network Operations Observability
Summary
We are excited to share that Kentik has been named a Value Leader in EMA’s 2024 Radar Report for Network Operations Observability. This recognition highlights our continued commitment to building an AI-powered, end-to-end observability platform for modern networks, helping network and cloud teams optimize their infrastructures for availability, performance, cost-efficiency, and security.
The changing landscape of network observability
Today’s modern digital infrastructure is more complex than ever, and networks underpin it all. Network and cloud teams require unified insights and analytics across on-prem, multi-cloud, and internet infrastructures to support their operational and security workflows.
EMA’s research underscores that while data diversity — including flow records, VPC Flow, SNMP, streaming telemetry, and synthetic traffic — is crucial, it’s only the first step. Teams need solutions that transform this data into real-time, actionable insights. Predictive analytics, powered by AI and machine learning, are essential for anticipating issues, automating aspects of netops, and responding with agility. This is precisely where Kentik excels.
An achievement for Kentik and our customers
EMA recognizes Kentik’s ability to meet these evolving demands, positioning us as a key enabler for enterprises and service providers seeking to stay ahead in today’s modern network landscape. Built with scalability and flexibility at its core, Kentik’s platform excels at collecting, enriching, and analyzing diverse data streams to deliver unmatched observability.
Our SaaS-based model simplifies deployment and maintenance, while our global synthetic vantage point network enhances visibility across the internet and cloud ecosystems. EMA’s rigorous evaluation process — including customer interviews, vendor surveys, and live product demos — affirmed Kentik’s strengths across the board, with outstanding scores in eight critical categories:
- Proof of Concept (POC) Support
- Professional Services Requirements
- Customer Training
- Administrative Overhead
- Product Update Impact
- Resiliency
- Product Integrations
- Active Controls
Shamus McGillicuddy, EMA’s VP of Research, Network Infrastructure and Operations, highlighted our commitment to leading with customer-driven innovation:
“Kentik has a long history of being an independent network observability company with a singular mission — to make life better for those connecting our world. I believe they are demonstrating success with that mission, and Kentik is poised with the right priorities — including network AI — to continue its culture of innovation for network and cloud teams.”
Driving innovation for network operations
Kentik’s Value Leader placement wouldn’t have been possible without our relentless focus on innovation. Over the past year, we’ve introduced key advancements that directly address the evolving needs of network and cloud teams:
- Kentik AI: We’re pushing the boundaries of observability with Kentik AI, leveraging generative AI alongside machine learning (ML) to deliver deeper, faster insights that accelerate and simplify investigating complex networks.
- Kentik NMS: We launched Kentik NMS, the first modern and AI-assisted network monitoring system – bringing Kentik’s unbounded exploration capabilities to network monitoring and unifying SNMP, streaming telemetry, VPC Flow, eBPF, and synthetic telemetry into one integrated platform offering.
- Multi-cloud traffic optimization: With hybrid and multi-cloud operations becoming the norm, we’ve significantly invested in expanding our platform’s multi-cloud optimization capabilities. Our latest innovation – the Cloud Latency Map – is one tool in a series of new developments helping network and cloud teams optimize cloud performance, cost, and security without compromise.
Thank you
At Kentik, we see this recognition as both an achievement and a call to action. To our customers and partners: thank you for trusting our platform to monitor, secure, optimize, and run your networks.
As the network landscape continues to evolve, so will our platform. We’re committed to ensuring our customers stay ahead of the curve, driving business success in an increasingly interconnected world.
For more details, read our press release and download the report.
