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If our end users end up too long for a query to return results due to Elasticsearch query performance issues, it can often lead to frustration. Slow queries can affect the search performance of an ecommerce site or a Business Intelligence dashboard – either way, this could lead to negative business consequences. So it’s important to know how to monitor the speed of search queries, diagnose and debug to improve search performance.

We software engineers like to think ourselves unflappable. Consider that we spend most of our days staring at glowing pages of eldritch horror that no mortal was meant to witness. We whisper and type our otherworldly incantations, all the while feeling the hungry gaze of a lurking cross-site scripting bug, or a shadowy use-after-free, or an accidental summoning of ZALGO. (H̨e̛ ̕c͢om͢es, you know.)

If you’ve been following the blog updates on the development of Cortex – the long-term distributed storage for Prometheus – you surely noticed the recent release of Cortex 1.4, which focuses on making support for “blocks engine” production-ready. Marco Pracucci has already written about the blocks support in Cortex, how it reduces operational complexity for running Prometheus at massive scale, and why Grafana Labs has invested in all of that work.

Surveys show that developers spend roughly 25% of their time troubleshooting issues, amounting to over one working day per week! Let’s examine the solutions that will guide your developers to the log insights they need to efficiently troubleshoot issues.

As the BFSI market gets more crowded, the only real differentiation available for businesses in this industry comes down to superior customer experiences. And this applies to both the internal teams and external customers. If the IT teams at the firm get the right type of support, they can work more efficiently and provide a seamless experience to the external customers.

When it comes to network monitoring all types of IT infrastructure ranging from consolidated to distributed workload conditions even the largest insurance company face challenges. Although, the organization gets access to a large human capital base, enjoys the trust & brand equity of millions of customers, and always has resources to immediately address its strategic concerns. But still to monitor the hybrid IT environment and get a comprehensive picture is in itself a challenge!

Every year the internet grows vastly in the number of users, servers, websites, e-mail addresses, web applications, social networks, and the web traffic generated between them. Here are some internet statistics as of Q3 2020.

Remote monitoring services are usually provided in the SaaS (Software as a Service) model and a subscription fee is paid on a monthly or annual basis. The price you will have to pay depends on two factors: your needs, and the price list of the chosen service provider.

Whenever a file transfer, instant messaging, email, or Wi-Fi failed in the office, an employee could stand up and walk over to deliver the message in person. It certainly didn’t grind their workday to a halt. But as organizations have grown globally, so has their reliance on digital collaboration—the critical tools and services that enable employees to remain productive when working together.

Free application monitoring tools are the go-to options for small organizations with limited IT budgets. However, with the number of tools available, which ones should you use? In this article, let’s analyze several free application monitoring tools that allow you to effectively pinpoint application performance issues.