Cloud Network Management

• Azure

  • In March, dynamic path computing in Azure Map was introduced, allowing for easier cross-subscription searches.
  • April brought Azure VNET Peering path computing, improving route visualization and destination extraction for complex hub-and-spoke topologies, with enhanced path filters and dynamic subscription loading.
  • The Azure Entity Explorer widget now includes additional data for Azure Application Gateways and Load Balancers

• GCP

  • This spring saw the introduction of custom dimensions for GCP metadata labels, simplifying data organization.
  • In April, we added GCP NAT Gateway and GCP Metrics integration into the GCP topology map, allowing for detailed entity data and on-demand metrics.
  • In May, historical metrics collection for GCP Cloud Export was introduced, enabling users to analyze past GCP element metrics.
  • In July, support for Google Cloud Firewalls was added, providing easy troubleshooting of denied traffic under the "Details" sidebar for each VPC.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

• This spring, we introduced directional and non-directional gateway configurations in OCI topology for improved network management.
• In May, OCI Dynamic Routing Gateways were visualized in the topology map, enhancing connectivity insights.
• When configuring an OCI export, you can now select multiple child Compartment IDs 

Hybrid Cloud Connectivity and Cloud Core Management

• Kentik Weather Map: In May, hybrid cloud connections from on-premise to CSPs were visualized, providing insights into traffic between on-premise and cloud environments.

Kentik Weather Map

• Cloud WAN: August introduced enhancements to the cloud core network, enabling customers to inspect details of entities in the cloud WAN map via the details drawer.

Cloud WAN enhancements

AWS:

• In May, AWS flow log collection was improved with the ability to specify subfolders within S3 buckets, allowing for better log organization and management.