Windstream Buys Earthlink For $1.1B
The combined company could be an SD-WAN powerhouse.
The combined company could be an SD-WAN powerhouse.
Why isn’t inbound load balancing working the way I expect? Why are users having a hard time reaching my web site? What is that strange advertisement I see in my local routing table, and where does it lead? The Default Free Zone (DFZ), the land where there is no default route from the edge of the Internet to the core, can seem like an intimidating place to work. There are, however, a number of tools that can help you discover what is going on with your routes, where routes are coming from, and other information. This short series of posts will provide an overview of these tools, and some use cases along the way to help you understand how and where to use them.
Note: throughout this series, I’m going to be using the LinkedIn AS number and routes, as well as the AS numbers of other public companies for illustration. I’m deviating from my normal practice of using addresses and AS numbers reserved for documentation in order to make it possible for readers to perform the same actions and get something like the same results. Do not use these addresses or AS numbers in your network!
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This is a guest post by Siddharth Ram – Chief Architect, Small Business. [email protected].
The QuickBooks ecosystem is the largest small business SaaS product. The QuickBooks Platform supports bookkeeping, payroll and payment solutions for small businesses, their customers and accountants worldwide. Since QuickBooks is also a compliance & tax filing platform, consistency in reporting is extremely important.. Financial reporting requires flexibility in queries – a given report may have dozens of different dimensions that can be tweaked. Collaboration requires multiple edits by employees, Accountants and Business owners at the same time, leading to potential conflicts. All this leads to solving interesting scaling problems at Intuit.
Solving for scalability requires thinking on multiple time horizons and axes. Scaling is not just about scaling software – it is also about people scalability, process scalability and culture scalability. All these axes are actively worked on at Intuit. Our goal with employees is to create an atmosphere that allows them to do the best work of their lives.