The real cost of free: What are the risks of open-source software? Open-source software is free to download - but that’s where the economics get interesting. Alan DeKok, CEO and Founder, InkBridge Networks The internet runs on open source. Google is built on it. Micr... Enterprises Industry Insights and Trends
Why high availability architecture matters more than your SLA An SLA tells you how fast someone will pick up the phone. Good architecture means the phone never rings. Alan DeKok, CEO, InkBridge Networks What is high availability architecture? High availability a... Enterprises Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Break-fix vs. managed services: Why per incident support costs more than you think You can't buy car insurance after the accident. Network support works the same way. ByAlan DeKok, CEO, InkBridge Networks I've had a lot of conversations over 25 years with ISPs about support. One tha... Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers Network Security Best Practices
RADIUS Conference Returns with More Partners and New Speakers for 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jana Sedivy InkBridge Networks jana.sedivy@inkbridgenetworks.com InkBridgeNetworks.com Two days. Two formats. One global community. Registration is now open for the second annual... Industry Insights and Trends
What maintainers get wrong about open-source supply chain security Open source supply chain attacks are not primarily a technical problem - they are a governance problem. And most projects are solving the wrong one. ByAlan DeKok, CEO, InkBridge Networks Two incidents... Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols
AAA information security: building secure network architecture beyond authentication Strong authentication is necessary. It is not always sufficient. ByTerry Burton, Director of Security, InkBridge Networks What is AAA in information security? Authentication, Authorisation, and Accoun... Enterprises Network Security Best Practices
The agentic AI governance gap at MWC 2026 Nine out of ten AI agents can be well-governed. The tenth can bring the whole thing down. That's the question MWC 2026 raised and couldn’t answer. ByJana Sedivy, VP Customer Experience Product, InkBri... Industry Insights and Trends
Open source is paying the price for AI agent governance failures An AI agent had its code rejected by an open-source maintainer, then autonomously published a hit piece on him. The governance frameworks that might have prevented this barely exist yet. ByJana Sedivy... Industry Insights and Trends Security Threats and Vulnerabilities
Network troubleshooting isn’t magic: what I taught at NZNOG 2026 Every network troubleshooting methodology I have ever seen starts the same way: check the hardware, run ping, review the logs. Those are fine steps. But the hard part is what happens in your head. By ... Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols
Mobile World Congress 2026: what ISPs and network operators should take away AI dominated the conversation at Mobile World Congress 2026, but the more interesting story was about who controls the infrastructure it runs on. I came back from Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelo... Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers
MS-CHAP is dead MS-CHAP has been in use since 1998. It was Microsoft's answer to the challenge of authenticating users over networks, built into every version of Windows and deeply embedded in VPN and Wi-Fi infrastru... Network Security Protocols
Why open-source software wins at proof of concept Here's why open source changes everything about proof-of-concept testing. By Alan DeKok, CEO, InkBridge Networks I've watched a lot of CTOs react to technical demonstrations over 25 years. Most nod po... Industry Insights and Trends