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Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence in log analytics

Managing logs is a significant part of an SRE's daily grind. Scattered within heaps of log data are invaluable insights - those small bits of information that can unveil underlying issues and patterns critical for system monitoring and troubleshooting. However, in an era where the volume of logs is astronomical, how do you discern the relevant from the irrelevant? Sumo Logic's array of log analytics features comes to the rescue, wielding the might of artificial intelligence.

12 Things to Look for When Choosing an RMM Platform

As organizations become increasingly reliant on remote solutions, the choice of a robust remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform becomes paramount for MSPs. But it’s not that simple. With so many options on the market and the whole IT landscape changing rapidly. What should you be looking for when it comes to selecting and RMM. Here are 12 things you should be considering.

Unlocking Cloud Migration Excellence with a Vision Statement

A successful cloud migration begins with a well-defined vision of the desired outcomes and alignment to the organization’s strategic goals. At Tidal, we often work with customers to develop vision statements and success metrics that provide a North Star to guide the migration journey. Vision statements help balance tactical project objectives with the customer’s broader mission.

How to Compare DCIM Vendors

The process of choosing the right Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software can have a significant impact on your organization’s success or failure. With a proven track record of helping thousands of customers evaluate their DCIM options, we at Sunbird recognize the importance of making an informed decision. We understand the unique challenges faced during the selection process, and we are committed to helping you navigate through them.

Cloud monitoring vs. On-premises - Prometheus and Grafana

Prometheus and Grafana are the two most groundbreaking open-source monitoring and analysis tools in the past decade. Ever since developers started combining these two, there's been nothing else that they've needed. There are many different ways a Prometheus and Grafana stack can be set up.

Five exciting new features coming to Bitbucket Cloud

As part of our product strategy to build for scale, security, and compliance, Bitbucket Cloud is continuing to invest in features that help enterprise teams operate at scale and build world-class software. In this blog, we'll share some of our recently shipped features and five exciting features we have lined up for you.

GitLab vs. GitHub: Choosing the right version control service

Version control is a system for tracking and managing changes to a software project over time. It provides a structured way to document modifications, ensuring that every alteration is recorded along with details such as who made the change and when it occurred. This history allows multiple team members to work on the same project without overwriting each other’s work and to easily revert to previous versions of the project when necessary.

Modeling and Unifying DevOps Data Part 2: Code

How do you come to grips with all of the code engineers are committing, pushing, merging, and deploying within your organization? Have you started even looking at that data? If not, you’re missing out on a crucial source of productivity, security, and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) data. But how can you get a handle on all of that code-related activity?

The Synthetic Monitoring Beginner's Guide

Synthetic monitoring is one holistic technique within the wide world of IT monitoring and application performance monitoring (APM) and it’s focused on web performance. Synthetic monitoring emulates the transaction paths between a client and application server and monitors what happens. The goal of synthetic monitoring is to understand how a real user might experience an app or website. In this article, let’s go deep with this topic.

IT Pro Day 2023

It’s IT Pro Day! It's the time of year we all get together to recognize the hard work IT Pros do all year round. So, let’s gather ‘round the warmth of the server room and share stories of bravery in the face of angry end users, feats of impressive networking skill, cyber defense heroism, and other harrowing IT stories. SolarWinds proudly established IT Pro Day in 2015 to show some much-needed recognition to the IT Pros who keep everything running.