Kris Beevers

Contributor

Kris Beevers is the co-founder and CEO of NetBox Labs. An engineer by background, Kris has spent over 15 years helping organizations design, deploy and scale some of the world’s most demanding network and infrastructure environments - from AI datacenters and neoclouds to global enterprises and industrial OT systems. He is also the former co-founder and CEO of NS1, the managed DNS provider acquired by IBM in 2023. Deeply rooted in open-source and community-driven innovation, Kris remains actively engaged with the NetBox community and is passionate about empowering engineers through practical, scalable infrastructure automation, believing that the best technology is built not just for users, but with them.

Articles by Kris Beevers

Data-driven resource management and the future of cloud

One of the top advantages afforded by the cloud is the ability to auto-scale in response to demand — a feature that has transformed what was once capacity planning into a more continuous cycle of capacity and resource management.

By Kris Beevers

Sep 13, 2018 4 mins

Cloud Computing Data Center Hybrid Cloud

The key to paying down technical debt

By Kris Beevers

Jun 19, 2018 6 mins

Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy Innovation

Addressing IoT security with DNS and DNSSEC

By Kris Beevers

Apr 4, 2018 5 mins

Internet of Things

Why 5G is bringing edge computing and automation front and center

The adoption of 5G and edge computing will drive new expectations for an always-on, high performing network and services, which will lead many enterprises to embrace automation.

By Kris Beevers

Feb 14, 2018 4 mins

5G Mobile Small and Medium Business

IoT, AR and AI – How this year’s CES announcements will affect IT infrastructure in 2018

As adoption of these technologies continues, enterprises will look for new ways to direct traffic from users, automate routing decisions and provide an always-on, secure connection.

By Kris Beevers

Jan 22, 2018 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things Virtual Reality

Resiliency in the age of cloud services

Introducing cloud service redundancy starts with managing application workload: how do you direct work across multiple cloud service providers?

By Kris Beevers

Nov 27, 2017 3 mins

Cloud Computing Hybrid Cloud

Designing a content delivery strategy

As the internet has mushroomed in size and traffic, DNS has adapted to become a critical factor in application delivery. Organizations that rely on content delivery networks (CDNs) can work with their DNS provider(s) to create a CDN strategy that bes

By Kris Beevers

Oct 12, 2017 5 mins

Networking

Moving fast and making friends: the power of a tight-knit industry community

Despite the gigantic weight of the industries built on the internet, at its core the internet operates atop a relatively small set of systems. DNS, the entry point to nearly every online application and a key anchor of the internet, is no different.

By Kris Beevers

Oct 6, 2017 4 mins

Data Center Internet

What makes application delivery in China so hard?

The truth of the matter is that entering the Chinese internet market is hard. There are the obvious culture and regulatory barriers, but there are also a number of technical barriers, specifically, when it comes to delivering applications to users in

By Kris Beevers

Aug 16, 2017 5 mins

Network Management Software Networking

Why companies are building application-specific edge delivery networks

The growing trend of companies creating their own edge delivery networks has a major payoff. They can service their applications via these networks to enable greater resilience and performance for their users.

By Kris Beevers

Jul 27, 2017 4 mins

Network Management Software Networking