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How to Monitor JVM with OpenTelemetry and MetricFire

When you're running a Java application, the JVM is doing a ton of work behind the scenes but unless you're monitoring those internals, it's hard to know how your app is really performing. JVM metrics give you a window into the heart of the runtime: how much memory you're using, how often garbage collection is kicking in, how many threads are active, and where potential bottlenecks might be hiding.

Internet Connectivity Plays a Critical Role: Make it a Part of Your Observability Picture

In today’s digital age, businesses and customers alike are increasingly reliant on internet connectivity for day-to-day operations, communications, and transactions. Now more than ever, organizations depend on ISPs and cloud providers to deliver critical applications and services, making uninterrupted connectivity essential for success.

Why IT Teams Are Switching from SolarWinds to LogicMonitor

On February 7, 2025, SolarWinds announced that they will be acquired by Turn/River for $4.4 billion and go private as soon as Q2 2025. This development has left customers questioning what’s next. Acquisitions often promise innovation, but Turn/River’s track record with similar purchases, like Paessler PRTG, has raised concerns.

Zendesk outage: A case for proactive monitoring and faster incident response

On March 20, 2025, starting at 15:43 AM UTC, Zendesk users globally encountered 503 “Service Unavailable” errors and 5xx server-side issues, disrupting access to critical support tools and communication channels. While immediate mitigations stabilized core services, intermittent issues continued for over 24 hours, underscoring the complexity of multi-pod infrastructure failures.

Top 5 dashboards for DevOps leaders

If you are a DevOps manager you will be keenly aware that the role involves managing multiple toolchains across different clouds, platforms and environments. You also need to report on KPIs, DORA metrics, governance, security and a lot more. At SquaredUp, we understand these demands and have developed a suite of plugins and ready-to-run dashboards to help you reduce toil as well as pull all of your key analytics together within a single pane of glass.

AI Cost Optimization Strategies For AI-First Organizations

Not long ago, our co-founder and CTO, Erik Peterson, shared some insights on AI spending. He shared how AI costs currently fall under the write-off-friendly world of R&D. He also acknowledged why DevOps teams might feel it’s too early to start optimizing AI costs. As the saying goes, “Premature optimization is the root of all evil.” But after more than a decade of software development, Erik knows that eventually, research, experimentation, and big ideas need to deliver real returns.

SaaS Subscription Management: A Detailed Guide

SaaS subscription management is all about software companies’ tools and processes to handle billing and customer relationships throughout the customer journey. It goes beyond basic recurring billing by supporting more complex pricing models, helping businesses manage subscriptions more effectively. In today’s market, subscription management has become a must-have for companies offering software as a service (SaaS), especially in the USA, where the subscription-based business model is booming.

Unlocking Ultimate PC Performance: The Art of Bottleneck Busting

Welcome, Tech Explorer, to the grand journey of maximizing your PC's potential. Whether you're an AI wizard optimizing high-performance computing or a casual gamer frustrated by unexpected stutters, one enemy stands between you and peak efficiency: the hardware bottleneck. That's where the pc bottleneck calculator steps in-your secret weapon in the battle against system slowdowns.

Blockchain Speed: The Key to Unlocking Next-Gen Applications

Blockchain promises decentralized trust, no gatekeepers, and a new way to move value and data. But there's a catch: speed. For all its potential, blockchain has struggled with sluggish transaction times, limiting the innovations it was meant to fuel. Next-gen applications-real-time gaming, instant finance, and seamless supply chains-demand faster performance than traditional blockchains can deliver. Speed is the key that transforms blockchain from a promising idea into a real-world game-changer. Let's explore why it matters and how it's unlocking new possibilities.