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Outages at X, google.com, and jsDelivr + Why Details Matter

Explore what happened during recent outages at google.com, X (formerly Twitter), and CDN service jsDelivr.
The Internet Report team will also discuss why a detailed understanding of every component in your service delivery chain is vital to maintain the availability and resiliency of your service. If even one component encounters challenges, the entire service can be impacted.
In jsDelivr’s case, for example, the detail at issue was an expired cert, which created problems serving content and impacted many websites that rely on the CDN service.
Listen now to learn more or use the timestamps below to jump to the sections that most interest you:
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:52 google.com Outage
05:26 X Outage
10:33 jsDelivr Outage
15:02 Outage Trends: By the Numbers
17:27 Get in Touch
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For more insights, check out the links below:
- The Internet Report: Pulse Update blog: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/internet-report-x-jsdelivr-google-outages?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=na_fy24q4_internetreport_q4fy24ep1_podcast
- Explore the X and google.com outages in the ThousandEyes platform (no login required):
X outage: https://aitcvdgvbgkzdxlzjvazipwezvmjeljr.share.thousandeyes.com
google.com outage: https://azraqdwpahxlrnviylmbvpumoonabsnh.share.thousandeyes.com
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Want to get in touch?
If you have questions, feedback, or guests you would like to see featured on the show, send us a note at InternetReport@thousandeyes.com. Or follow us on X: @thousandeyes
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ABOUT THE INTERNET REPORT:
This is the Internet Report, a podcast uncovering what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why.
Tune in every other week to hear the Internet experts at ThousandEyes share the latest data on ISP outages, public cloud provider network outages, collaboration app network outages, and more.
Then, the hosts dig into the most interesting outage events from the prior week, examining popular service outages and discussing what went awry—was it the Internet, or an application issue?
Catch all the episodes on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-report/id1506984526
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ADFvqAtgsbYwk4JiZFqHQ?si=00e9c4b53aff4d08&nd=1&dlsi=eab65c9ea39d4773
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ciscopodcastnetwork/sets/the-internet-report

S5 E5: Talking Cisco ThousandEyes with Joe Vaccaro

AB sits down with Joe Vaccaro, GM, Cisco ThousandEyes, for a great conversation on the unique technology of ThousandEyes and how it is becoming the de facto digital experience assurance solution across Cisco products and beyond, helping customers deliver excellent digital experiences. Beyond the tech talk, Joe also discusses his passion for family, the great outdoors, and a lot more.

Small Business, Big Solutions: Turning the Scary into Secure

When it comes to cyber security, you're not just protecting your business, you're also protecting your employees and clients. As a small or medium business, the threat of cyber security attacks are imminent. The reality is, you have to be prepared to survive an attack, not prevent one.
In this episode, we recap previous conversations that host Ian Thompson has had with guests around the topic of cyber security. He explores sobering statistics, essential strategies, and tangible steps every business should take to protect itself in an increasingly digital world.
Learn more about Cisco solutions for SMBs at cisco.com/go/smb.

Tech Stories - ep 10 - Firewalls play ”Tag ! you’re it !”

In this episode, we interview Justin Roberts, Technical Leader in Next-Gen Firewalls in the US. He takes us, in a very technical episode, through the artchitecture of Cisco Firewalls, how they work and how performance and security are two concepts that are very related. In this story, a customer is seeing applications performance issues after the start of Covid as employees all work from home. However, load is not the problem and their beefy security appliances should handle it without any problem. Where could the problem be ?

Cisco Optics Podcast Ep 52. The smartest data center operators use multi-mode fiber - do you? (1/7)

Multi-mode fiber has been the workhorse for fiber optic communication within a data center for years, as well as the choice for Ethernet backbones in office buildings. It has a rich history that goes all the way back to the first optical fiber standards when 100 megabits per second was a huge data rate. Anybody remember those days?
In Episode 52, we begin a new conversation with Hao Dong, market technology development manager for Corning’s optical communications business. We begin with his start in semiconductor lasers for telecom before switching to fiber lasers.
– Pat Chou, Cisco Optics Product Manager
Hao Dong is a market technology development manager for Corning’s optical communications business. Within this role, he focuses on technology and market trends to identify, evaluate, and develop leading optical network solutions that form the backbone of today’s connected world.
Hao has over 18 years of industry experience and has held various positions in engineering, development, and marketing within the fields of optical components, fiber lasers, and optical communications.
Hao holds a Bachelor of Science in physics from Wuhan University and a Ph.D in physics from the University of Connecticut.
Related links
Cisco Optics-to-Device Compatibility Matrix: https://tmgmatrix.cisco.com/
Cisco Optics-to-Optics Interoperability Matrix: https://tmgmatrix.cisco.com/iop
Cisco Optics Product Information: https://copi.cisco.com/
Additional resources
Cisco Optics Podcast: https://optics.podcastpage.io/
Blog: https://blogs.cisco.com/tag/ciscoopticsblog
Cisco Optics YouTube playlist: http://cs.co/9008BlQen
Cisco Optics landing page: cisco.com/go/optics
Music credits
Sunny Morning by FSM Team | https://www.free-stock-music.com/artist.fsm-team.html
Upbeat by Mixaund | https://mixaund.bandcamp.com

Episode 45: Partner Profitability, Sustainability, and Longevity with Gabby McGee

Join Gabby McGee, Cisco's Partner Renewals Leader for EMEA as she navigates partner profitability. “Profitability is about sustainability and longevity for partners. It’s exactly about relevance. If our partners aren’t profitable, they likely can’t continue to operate, and they certainly can’t reinvest and grow.”

Inside the ChatGPT Outage & More News | Pulse Update

Go under the hood of a ChatGPT outage, H&R Block’s Tax Day disruption, and more incidents from the past few weeks. The Internet Report team will also discuss Microsoft’s update on recent subsea cable cuts and the latest global outage trends.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:57 ChatGPT Outage
03:35 Revisiting West Coast of Africa Cable Cuts
09:07 H&R Block Outage
11:32 Sky Mobile Outage
12:25 Outage on unpkg CDN
14:06 PlayHQ Outage
16:40 Outage Trends: By the Numbers
19:33 Get in Touch
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For more insights, check out the links below:
- The Internet Report: Pulse Update blog: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/internet-report-pulse-update-chatgpt-outage-more-news?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=na_fy24q3_internetreportpulse34_podcast
- Explore the ChatGPT outage in the ThousandEyes platform (no login required): https://akhdjionjdupmjvkqfyigkaorlxgzgir.share.thousandeyes.com
- Review Microsoft’s post-incident report on the west coast of Africa cable cuts (see the entry labeled March 14, tracking ID: VT60-RPZ): https://azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status/history/
- Also watch Microsoft’s related Azure Incident Retrospective video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypU_UuwW_w8&list=PLmsFUfdnGr3xomlYbZPAYTtFdkcvbv2ye
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Want to get in touch?
If you have questions, feedback, or guests you would like to see featured on the show, send us a note at InternetReport@thousandeyes.com. Or follow us on X: @thousandeyes
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ABOUT THE INTERNET REPORT:
This is the Internet Report, a podcast uncovering what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why.
Tune in every other week for the Pulse Update series to hear from the Internet experts at ThousandEyes as they share the latest data on ISP outages, public cloud provider network outages, collaboration app network outages, and more.
Then, the hosts dig into the most interesting outage events from the prior week, examining popular service outages and discussing what went awry—was it the Internet, or an application issue?
Catch all the episodes on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform:
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-report/id1506984526
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ADFvqAtgsbYwk4JiZFqHQ?si=00e9c4b53aff4d08&nd=1&dlsi=eab65c9ea39d4773
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ciscopodcastnetwork/sets/the-internet-report

People Of Sustainability

This Earth Day we celebrate the people behind #sustainability efforts at Cisco!
In this episode of CX EMEA Unplugged, we meet Esther Roure Vila, Saumya Dubey, and Tiziano Canovai, and we find out how a surfer, a PhD student, and an avid camper brought their passion for sustainability to Cisco.

S5 E4: Talking All Things Sustainability with Denise Lee

B sits down with Denise Lee, Cisco’s VP Engineering Sustainability Office, for a great chat on a wide range of sustainability topics, from circular design to embedding sustainability principles into business practices to achieving overall sustainability goals. This is also a great conversation for anyone looking to explore the diversity within sustainability roles that exist at companies like Cisco.

Episode 44: Finding Value in Success Tracks and The Gift with Purchase (CX Cloud)

Join Dana Abrams, our Success Tracks Partner Go-to-Market Strategy Lead as she discusses Success Tracks and how partners benefit and monetize from CX Cloud, PX Cloud, APIs, and service creation only offered through Success Tracks.