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Industry Events

2026

Aug 1

Black Hat USA
Las Vegas

Black Hat USA 

Las Vegas
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Aug 3

BuildIT Live
Jersey City

BuildIT Live

Jersey City
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Aug 6

DefCon
Las Vegas

DefCon

Las Vegas
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Aug 9

XChange
National Harbor, MD

XChange

National Harbor, MD
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Aug 18

Vision 26
Plano

Vision 26

Plano
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Aug 31

VMWare Explore
Las Vegas

VMWare Explore

Las Vegas
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Lumics network and systems monitoring and observability

Discovery Day

06.12.2026
👽 DISCOVERY DAY 👽 In the new sci-fi movie Disclosure Day, the entire story revolves around one simple idea: people deserve to know the truth. Network and systems monitoring isn’t much different. IT teams are always trying to uncover what’s really happening across their infrastructure. Unknown devices, hidden dependencies, rogue changes, performance anomalies, and the root causes behind mysterious outages. With Lumics, every day is “Discovery Day”. Get instant visibility into your network, automatically discover assets, map relationships, and uncover issues before they become full-scale invasions. Fun fact: Disclosure Day marks Steven Spielberg’s return to original UFO-themed science fiction, and it’s his 30th collaboration with legendary composer John Williams.
Lumics is the Master of Network Monitoring

Masters of the Network

06.05.2026
Every network needs a champion. Not to wield a magic sword… but to battle alert storms, performance issues, packet loss, and mysterious outages. ⚔️ Masters of the Network is a reminder that visibility is power. With Lumics, IT teams gain real-time insight into their infrastructure, smarter alerting, and faster troubleshooting so they can restore order before chaos takes over. 🎬 Fun fact: The new film’s soundtrack includes work from Queen guitarist 🎸 Brian May, collaborating with composer Daniel Pemberton. When you’re battling Skeletor, it helps to have a rock legend on the soundtrack. When you’re battling skeletons in the network closet, it helps to have a great network and systems monitoring weapon. Fortunately, you don’t need the Power Sword to gain control of your network. You just need Lumics.
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The Frandalorian and Gary

05.29.2026
In a galaxy full of alert storms, packet loss, and mystery outages, every IT team needs someone watching the telemetry. That’s where Lumics comes in. Real-time visibility. Smarter alerts. Faster troubleshooting. No bounty hunting required. 🎬 Fun fact: Pedro Pascal was often not physically inside the armor while filming The Mandalorian. Multiple stunt performers and body doubles portrayed the character on set, while Pascal provided much of the voice performance. Fortunately, with Lumics, you don’t need to guess who’s behind the mask. Every device, interface, and service is visible in real time. Lumics is the way.
Lumics network and systems monitoring

Fast & Queryous

05.22.2026
🏎️ In modern IT, speed means nothing without visibility and accuracy. That’s why Lumics helps network and systems teams move fast and stay informed with real-time observability, actionable alerts, topology awareness, and deep network insight. 🎬 Fun fact: Paul Walker (RIP) was a real car enthusiast. Paul Walker genuinely loved performance cars and racing. He owned a massive collection of JDM and European sports cars in real life. Fortunately for our lawyers, the only thing we’re drifting through is telemetry data.
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Mad Metrics: Fury Node

05.15.2026
In a world of noise, only the signal survives. Modern networks are chaotic, fast-moving, and unforgiving. When everything’s on fire (sometimes literally), you don’t need more data… you need the right data. That’s where Lumics comes in: Real-time visibility. Smart alerts. Faster troubleshooting. So you can stay ahead before things go full wasteland. 🎬 Fun fact: Mad Max: Fury Road hit theaters 11 years ago on May 15, 2015. It used over 150 real vehicles and relied far more on practical effects than CGI, making the chaos feel real, raw, and relentless. Your network might not be a desert war zone… but without the right observability, it can feel like one.
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Subnet Trek

05.08.2026
In Star Trek, the mission was never just exploration, it was clarity in the unknown. Sensors scanning. Signals detected. Decisions made in real time. In deep space, you don’t get second chances when something goes wrong. It’s similar to how modern networks operate today. At Lumics, one of our biggest strengths is helping teams see what others can’t: • True min/max data visibility (not averages that hide problems) • Signal over noise – alerts that actually matter • Real-time insight into what’s actually happening on your network Because when your infrastructure is your “final frontier”, you need more than monitoring. You need precision-level observability. 🖖 Fun fact: The original Star Trek almost didn’t make it past the pilot. NBC rejected the first version (“The Cage”) but instead of killing the show, they did something unheard of at the time… they ordered a second pilot! That gamble launched one of the most iconic franchises in history. Sometimes the difference between failure and a legendary mission is seeing the right signal, and acting on it.

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Ned struggles under the burden of On-Premises Network Monitoring

On-Premises Network Monitoring Is a Hidden Tax on Your Engineers

Nobody budgets for the real cost of on-premises network monitoring. When a procurement team evaluates options, they see the license fee, maybe a hardware estimate, and a line item for setup. That's the number that gets approved.[...]
Ned gets buried by bills

The Price Tag Is a Lie: The True Total Cost of Ownership of Network Monitoring Tools

When an IT team or MSP evaluates network monitoring tools, the conversation usually starts with price. How much per month? How many devices? What's in the enterprise tier? Those are reasonable questions. They're also the wrong ones to lead with.[...]
An illustration showing a map of various ip addresses spread out over a network.

The Essential Guide to IP Address Management for Remote Workers

In today’s world, ‘the office’ can mean your living room or a beachside café just as easily as it can mean a corporate cubicle. For many professionals and businesses, the reality of a remote workforce is no longer a forward-thinking[...]

An image of a computer against a cyber background, with a screwdriver and wrench crossed over the screen.

Troubleshooting Common Network Issues with Proactive Management

With the world as connected as it is, most businesses rely on online networks to manage their day-to-day affairs. But this rise in technology also means a rise in necessary network connectivity troubleshooting. But what if you stayed ahead of[...]

graphic of load balancing in a server

Explaining Load Balancing in Network Monitoring

Load balancing is crucial for modern web applications that require high traffic and scalability. It involves distributing workload across multiple servers to ensure optimal performance and resource utilization. In the context of Lumics.io, a cloud-based network monitoring platform, load balancing[...]

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Examples of Graph Database Use Cases

What are graph databases? Graph databases are systems that store and organize data points in a graph structure. This structure allows for the formation of relationships between nodes, or data points, as well as easy visualization of data silos and[...]

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