Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

April 2024

From chaos to clarity: Using NetFlow analysis for efficient network management

Analyzing network traffic data can quickly descend into chaos due to the increasing number of devices and applications in organizations, making it difficult to untangle the complexity manually. Many organizations now use network traffic analyzers to streamline this process. But what exactly is a network traffic analyzer, and how can it help with effective network management? Let's explore this in detail.

Log-based search and alert queries for syslog monitoring

Syslog entries offer crucial information about the health and status of various components within a system or network. Administrators can utilize syslog data to monitor system activities, identify anomalies, and take proactive measures to ensure system stability and security. In this blog, we'll share a few useful queries for monitoring syslog using Site24x7's log management features. These queries are meant to improve network visibility and simplify troubleshooting.

Why the internet is unreliable and how can you track ISP bottlenecks

The internet serves as the backbone for communication, collaboration, and access to information in today’s digital world. However, despite its widespread use and importance, the internet is not immune to reliability issues. From occasional slowdowns to complete outages, internet users often encounter disruptions that can impact their productivity and connectivity. Several factors contribute to internet unreliability.

Boost application speed by monitoring key Redis cache metrics

With users today expecting speed, reliability, and responsiveness from every application they use, the delivery of seamless experiences across various platforms becomes essential for organizations. Caching solutions like Redis play a vital role in these ecosystems by storing frequently accessed data in memory, reducing the need to retrieve it from slower back-end systems, such as databases.

An overview of ManageEngine Site24x7: AI-powered observability platform for DevOps and IT operations

Here is a quick overview of ManageEngine Site24x7. The cloud-based platform’s broad capabilities help predict, analyze, and troubleshoot problems with end-user experience, applications, microservices, servers, containers, multi-cloud, and network infrastructure, all from a single console.

How to visualize your network using topology maps

Topology maps offer a comprehensive overview of your entire network through a single console, enabling you to respond quickly to any issues that may arise. You can create custom network maps that arrange your network devices and their connections logically and hierarchically over a predefined or custom background so you can visualize how your network is structured and how it operates.

Top 3 reasons why you need to use Site24x7's thread dump analyzer tool

Imagine having x-ray vision for your application and seeing exactly what's happening under the hood in real time. That's what thread dumps do for your application—they are a vital component of application performance monitoring (APM) and give you a super-powered peek into its inner workings, helping you spot issues and fix them faster than you can imagine.

Deliver efficient communication through incident templates

Imagine this scenario: Imagine this scenario: You are a user of an online service, and suddenly you encounter a technical glitch. You head to the status page for updates, expecting clear information about the issue. However, you are met with vague or unstructured updates, leaving you uncertain about the severity and resolution timeline of the problem.

Building trust in the digital realm: Safeguarding user experience amid website threats

With an increasing number of organisations moving to online platforms and adding to the huge network of existing online sites, building and maintaining a trustworthy platform is of paramount importance for business. A secure platform not only safeguards sensitive information but also fosters confidence among users, paving the way for meaningful connections and lasting customer relationships.

Simplified onboarding using configuration rules

If your business is growing, then so too must your IT infrastructure. Servers, VMs, databases, nodes, pods, containers, and all of your digital resources spawn up and down—all in accordance to your business' needs. The catch is all of these infrastructure elements have to be monitored without it being a herculean task to your team to do so. Here are some pain points that arise every time a server or VM is added: Configuration rules will help you solve all these problems and more.

Simplified device health monitoring and mapping for software-defined networks

Are you juggling too many different types of network monitoring dashboards at once? If you're using software-defined networks (SDNs) and also managing traditional networks, it can be quite challenging to monitor them both at the same time since you need to remember which tool is responsible for monitoring which network and keep switching between them. Doing this can be a real hassle, but worry not!

How can multi-step synthetic transaction monitoring help your online business?

Multi-step synthetic transactions, also known as multi-step transactions or multi-step scripts, are automated tests that simulate complex user interactions with a website or web application. Unlike a single-step transaction (like page load), multi-step transactions involve a series of sequential steps or workflows that mimic real-world user journeys.

Synthetic monitoring for TFA-backed applications

Two-factor authentication (TFA, sometimes 2FA) is a crucial security measure that adds an extra layer of protection to your online account. It goes beyond the traditional password-based authentication by requiring a second form of verification. In TFA-backed applications, users are supposed to provide two forms of verification before gaining access to their accounts.

Ensure continuous delivery by monitoring Jenkins pipeline performance

Jenkins pipelines play a pivotal role in achieving continuous delivery in software development processes. Continuous delivery (CD) is a software delivery approach aimed at ensuring that code changes are systematically and automatically prepared for release to production. In modern software development practices, CD pipelines streamline the process of building, testing, and deploying software, enabling organizations to accelerate software delivery and provide value to its customers.

Monitoring diverse IT endpoints with custom SNMP monitoring

As our world becomes more connected, the number of network devices is growing at an unprecedented rate. This poses a challenge for network administrators who need to keep track of all the devices that are added to their network every day. Relying only on monitoring tools with a standard device repository may no longer be sufficient, leading to monitoring gaps and leaving the network vulnerable to potential security risks. Imagine that you have a device that appears as "unknown" in your monitoring tool.

Optimizing the performance of Flutter apps with Site24x7 mobile APM

F lutter, a powerful and versatile open-source framework developed by Google, can be used to develop a wide range of applications across multiple platforms. Th is framework comes with pre-built widgets that developers can use to build an application's UI layouts, making it incredibly easy to use.