Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

When I look back at my career in technology, I’m amazed at the rate of change, but also by just how much has remained the same. My first introductions to database technology were FoxPro, SQL Server 2000 and Oracle, and the applications that ran on top of them.

I attended ElasticON recently where we spent the day with our NYC Elastic community, talking about the combined value of vector databases using retrieval augmented generation (RAG) to feed large language models (LLMs) for next-level generative AI (GenAI) results. Elastic’s CTO and Founder Shay Banon kicked off his keynote with an important message: GenAI is not magic.

FinOps IT Asset Management(ITAM) is one of the modern trends in the IT field, which is gaining increasing popularity among organizations in order to manage their financial processes and technological tools. When the FinOps term appeared simultaneously with the ITAM term, it became clear that their integration would offer the following advantages: better control of costs, optimized resource management, and legal compliance.

Have you ever needed to serve multiple customers with a single instance of your application but ran into challenges like isolating each customer's data and configuration? If you have, then you've encountered a multi-tenant architecture. In this blog post, we'll introduce the core concepts behind multi-tenancy and explore how it works. We'll then dive into how Kubernetes, the popular container orchestration platform, provides primitives that enable building multi-tenant architectures.

I’ve spent over 25 years in tech product marketing and customer support, working with pioneering companies like Dell/EMC, Apple, Keeper Security, and now, SolarWinds. In my current role, I’ve had the privilege of helping organizations of all sizes achieve comprehensive observability in their IT environments. I’ve also witnessed firsthand the challenges that can arise on this journey.

When working with OpenTelemetry, environment variables play a crucial role in configuring and customizing your setup. These variables provide a flexible and convenient way to adjust settings without needing to change code, allowing you to fine-tune your OpenTelemetry installation across different environments.

Monitoring and managing IT assets shouldn't tie you to your desk all day. Imagine having the freedom to move around and monitor assets right from your mobile device. This mobility means you can catch and address potential issues instantly, no matter where you are, improving uptime and efficiency. Our blog explores how Pulseway's mobile-first remote monitoring and management solution (RMM) solution empowers you to handle critical tasks from anywhere, keeping your IT environment in top shape.

The stakes are high, but fostering a culture of patch compliance can transform your IT security and protect your organization. This blog offers practical steps to build that culture, emphasizing the need for buy-in from everyone, beyond just policies and tools.

Databases are the foundation of modern applications, right from e-commerce platforms to social media networks. As the need for real-time data increases, businesses require tools that ensure their databases function efficiently. These database monitoring tools play a crucial role in preventing downtime, improving the speed of data retrieval, and scaling operations as business demands grow.

As someone who's been in the tech space for years, I've seen the evolution of user expectations and the way businesses have adapted to the digital world. What strikes me most today is how fast things have to move. I remember a time when uptime alone was the key to a successful service. Today, it’s no longer enough for a service to just be “up”—it needs to be fast, seamless, and reliable at all times.