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Monitoring an enterprise network is challenging for two reasons: the size of the network and the distributed architecture it follows. In the distributed model, branches spread across the globe, requiring a centralized monitoring solution. As the business grows, more devices will be added to the network, meaning your enterprise monitoring tool must be able to scale to match the performance requirements.

When you look back over the last couple of years, you will be amazed how companies all over the globe have welcomed the concept of remote work culture. Not only that, but organizations have been putting great effort into ensuring the comfort and convenience of the employees. Of course, the question of adequate employee engagement in the remote workforce needs to be addressed properly. One of the prime pillars of organizational success is the efforts of their employees.

Databases power all modern applications. They’re behind your Angry Birds mobile game as much as they’re behind the space shuttle. In the beginning, databases were hosted on a single physical machine. Basically, it was a computer running only one program: the database. Then we moved to running databases on virtual machines, where resources are shared among multiple operating systems and applications.

When your alerts cover systems owned by different teams, who should be on call? We get this question a lot when talking about SLOs. We believe that great SLOs measure things that are close to the user experience. However, it becomes difficult to set up alerting on that SLO, because in any sufficiently complex system, the SLO is going to measure the interaction between multiple services owned by different teams.

Disaster recovery (DR) plans are not one-size-fits-all. There’s no silver bullet, and without a clear understanding and some level of customization, a DR plan done wrong will have detrimental effects on an organization’s operations and business. And let’s not forget the wrecking ball a bad DR plan delivers to the VAR or MSP who designed and executed it. Loss of business aside, there’s guilt, reputation damage, and potential lawsuits. It’s not a good day.

From using energy-efficient equipment to helping customers choose the greenest network paths, we’re committing to doing our part to combat climate change.

Good stock management means having the right amount of stock in the right place at the right time. It is crucial to keep track of stock levels so that you know when to place a new order, how much to order and where to store it in order to avoid losses in the event of a stock-out. However, finding the perfect balance is not an easy task. A stockout occurs when a company is unable to meet a demand, which will have an impact on operations.