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8 Best Network Monitoring Tools to Try-on

Network monitoring tools are an important part of any network management strategy since it gives you valuable information about network-related issues that could damage your business. Overloaded networks, router difficulties, downtime, cybercrime, and data loss are all dangers that can be mitigated by frequently monitoring networks.

reCAPTCHA: Easy for Humans and Hard for bots

Captchas are used on many websites to protect user accounts from bots and other automated programs, preventing them from accessing the website. According to Imperva's research, harmful bots generate 25.6% of all web traffic in 2020. They are used by spammers to send automated messages to users, and by hackers to attack websites with automated scripts that often wreak havoc on the site’s performance.

Introducing exemplar support in Grafana Cloud, tightly coupling traces to your metrics

We’ve talked in previous posts about why we think the concept of exemplars are so valuable: They make it easy to jump from metrics into exactly the right traces, eliminating the needle in the haystack problem. We were enthusiastic enough about the idea that we helped contribute the necessary code changes to bring this functionality to the Prometheus ecosystem.

Hybrid Monitoring for Azure and Microsoft 365

Business analytics and business continuity go hand in hand. Microsoft 365 as well as Azure services are used by companies around the globe to achieve better business outcomes. Learn why a hybrid approach to Azure and Microsoft 365 monitoring can be beneficial and what steps to take to get clear insights into SLA fulfillment.

New feature alert: OpManager MSP's NCM add-on for a seamless configuration and compliance management

According to ABC News, there has been a 600% rise in security intrusions during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is expected to double before 2025. In many circumstances, admins and technicians either intentionally or unintentionally play a part in the process of derailing the organization’s strategy for success. In order to prevent such mishaps, MSPs need a recovery plan to recuperate from any unfortunate accidents or cyberattacks.

6 Simple Steps to an Easy Cloud Migration

If you’re going to move assets to Azure – or any public cloud, you’re going to need some help. As a cloud consulting firm with a top-notch infrastructure performance monitoring application, we help enterprises navigate obstacles on the path to the cloud all the time. We’ve also felt the pain of sizing and pricing in our cloud journey, too. That’s why we created Galileo Cloud Compass (or GCC as we sometimes call it).

Your guide to the key steps of capacity planning and management

If you’re going to move assets to Azure – or any public cloud, you’re going to need some help. As a cloud consulting firm with a top-notch infrastructure performance monitoring application, we help enterprises navigate obstacles on the path to the cloud all the time. We’ve also felt the pain of sizing and pricing in our cloud journey, too. That’s why we created Galileo Cloud Compass (or GCC as we sometimes call it).

How We Used Our Own Platform Capabilities to Prevent Log4j Attacks and Protect Customers

In December, information security researchers discovered a serious vulnerability in the popular open-source logging library, Log4j. If exploited, this vulnerability, known as Log4Shell, could allow malicious attackers to execute code remotely on any targeted computer. Millions of computers use Log4j. According to one study, 93% of all cloud environments are affected by the vulnerability.

The Truth About "MEH-TRICS"

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I said a lot of inflammatory things about metrics. “Metrics are shit salad.” “Metrics are simply nerfed dimensions.” “Metrics suck,” “metrics are legacy,” “metrics and time series aggregates will fucking kneecap you.” I cannot tell a lie; Twitter will testify that I’ve spent the past six years ragging on metrics.