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What is Network Automation? A Complete Guide

Network automation has now become mandatory for the current IT environment in cases related to formulating a deep IT base or scheduled maintenance tasks. This becomes apparent as the various networks become more complex and extensive; the IT systems’ overall management and setup cannot occur manually. The solution is attained through network automation that automates numerous network application services including configuration, provisioning, monitoring, and diagnosing.

Supply Chain Monitoring with MetricFire

Business monitoring is a necessary process, no matter what. It is crucial in supply chain management, too. Monitoring your supply chain can ensure fresh products, speedy deliveries, and sustainable production. This article will explore supply chain monitoring, critical metrics for various supply chain use cases, and how to monitor your supply chain with MetricFire.

Mastering kubectl Scale Deployment: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers

Kubernetes has revolutionized how developers deploy, manage, and scale their applications. One of its key features is the ability to scale deployments seamlessly. This article explores various aspects of using the kubectl scale deployment command, including how to scale deployments up and down, scale all deployments in a namespace, managing replica sets, and more.

Reduce alert storms in your microservices architecture with easily scalable techniques

Alert storms occur when your monitoring platform generates excessive alerts simultaneously or in succession. Although numerous factors can cause an alert storm, microservices architectures are uniquely susceptible to them due to multiple service dependencies, potential failure points, and upstream and downstream service relationships.

How to Get Ahead of Microsoft Teams Issues

The old saying that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” has never been truer for IT teams. Many analysts say proactive IT management is long overdue, and in domains such as cybersecurity and e-commerce, the push is on to detect and stop potential issues early instead of troubleshooting after the fact. So why are so many IT groups stuck in reactive mode when it comes to managing business-critical communication and collaboration applications like Microsoft Teams?

Application Tracing: What It Is and How to Do It

In today’s complex software environments, ensuring that applications run smoothly and efficiently is more critical than ever. One of the key practices that developers and IT operations and DevOps professionals use to maintain the health and performance of their systems is application tracing. This blog post delves into application tracing, how it works, different types, and effective implementation.

Microsoft 365 and Azure Network Service Front Doors

As businesses increasingly rely on Microsoft SaaS and Azure-based applications to support their distributed workforce, ensuring optimal performance and user experience becomes crucial. With complex corporate network architectures like SDWAN, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), or Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), and a reliance on Microsoft’s vast network architecture, monitoring and troubleshooting performance issues can be challenging.

Catchpoint Launches Free Live Internet Outage Map to Deliver Real-Time Global Internet Health Insights for All

Catchpoint announces the launch of a powerful, free live Global Internet Outage Map. The AI-powered dashboard provides a real-time snapshot of the health of hundreds of global internet services that power our everyday lives.

The importance of synthetic monitoring for DevOps

As businesses strive to reduce waste, contain costs, and boost profits in today's hyper-competitive tech ecosystem, increasing launch speeds has become critical. The faster and smarter you launch, the quicker you reap the rewards. In fact, in 2018, over 46% of dev teams used agile project methodologies to hack their launchpad and create more streamlined pipelines. But, while many organisations are nailing the 'speed' part of launches, few have taken steps to optimise the delivery value stream.