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Network traffic analysis for today's IT

When there is a radical evolution of technologies that promise improved operational benefits, many challenges beyond a network administrator's typical scope emerge. Organizations need to determine effective strategies to manage the potential setbacks that can result from these complexities as well as address the evolution of cyberthreats. With network traffic analysis and awareness of the potential challenges these technologies pose, network admins can ensure their network remains resilient.

Unlocking insights: Learn to deal with deadlocks and blocks with an SQL monitor

Deadlocks and blocks are two types of concurrency issues that can occur in an SQL Server environment. Understanding and addressing these issues is crucial for ensuring the performance and reliability of your SQL-based applications. First, let’s look at the concept of locks, blocks, and deadlocks.

MAUI provider upgrades v2: Real User Monitoring + Crash Reporting

I’ve written previously about the process of adding Real User Monitoring capabilities to our MAUI provider. I’m excited to say that this work is now live, batteries and all, plus some more improvements since the last blog. To recap the state of cross-platform development in the.NET ecosystem, Xamarin is out of support as of May 1st! This is replaced by.NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI), meaning developers need appropriate tools when they make the switch.

Raygun4Aspire: (Free) lightweight Crash Reporting running locally

NET Aspire is a new type of project and set of NuGet packages that make it easier to coordinate the multiple moving parts of a cloud-native web application. Announced near the end of 2023, .NET Aspire is currently in Preview 6, so still a work in progress. We’ve just released Raygun4Aspire, our Crash Reporting client for Aspire applications.

What's New in Progress Flowmon ADS 12.3?

IT professionals seek out solutions that provide in-depth visibility into their networks and streamline processes so they can more efficiently catch anomalies. A recent update to Progress Flowmon Anomaly Detection System (ADS) will address these concerns our customers have. This blog gives you the first look into how Flowmon ADS 12.3 improves your organization’s threat analyses and cybersecurity strategies.

Square Pegs, Round Holes: The Challenge of Integrating MELT Data into Traditional Data Warehouses

This is the first in a series of blog posts about the disconnect between modern IT and security teams and the vendors they’re forced to work with. If you’re looking for the second and third posts, you can find them here and here. Imagine this scenario: You’re grappling with the ever-escalating costs of your legacy solutions. What’s the logical next step? For many, it’s exploring the new wave of tools emerging, such as data warehouses.

Cribl Collaborates with Microsoft: Empowering Enterprises to Strengthen their Security Operations

As the cybersecurity landscape becomes more and more complex. It seems like we hear about a major breach of a different company every day. Enterprises are looking for robust solutions to help them manage the surge in data and security incidents. That’s why our recent collaboration announcement with Microsoft means so much to us. It’s not just a piece of paper; it’s a testament to our dedication to providing customers with the best tools and solutions for the job.

Aggregate, correlate, and act on alerts faster with AIOps-powered Event Management

Maintaining service availability is a challenge in today’s complex cloud environments. When a critical incident arises, the underlying cause can be buried in a sea of alerts from interconnected services and applications. Central operations teams often face an overload of disparate alerts, causing confusion, delayed incident response, alert fatigue, and redundant resolution efforts. These issues can negatively impact revenue and customer experience, especially during an outage.

Track changes in your containerized infrastructure with Container Image Trends

Datadog’s Container Images view provides key insights into every container image used in your environment, helping you quickly detect and remediate security and performance problems that can affect multiple containers in your distributed system. In addition to having a snapshot of the performance of your container fleet, it’s also critical to understand large-scale trends in security posture and resource utilization over time.