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I have worked as a helpdesk specialist, cyber security analyst, information systems security engineer, professional services consultant, etc. At this point in my career, I have seen enough to relate with anyone in the IT world. Let’s narrow our focus and chat about monitoring system health and troubleshooting. Tool sprawl is the standard.

Recently, Brandon Woods of Keysight Technologies shared two workflows that his team was able to implement with Nexthink Flow – allowing them to save time by solve problems more quickly and without human intervention.

In the intricate web of modern software systems and full-stack observability, knowing how requests flow and interact across distributed components is paramount. Distributed tracing tools can help you. To better understand how distributed tracing works and benefits, here’s our selection of top distributed tracing tools to choose from.

In today's world, you have almost no chance of succeeding without a solid online presence. Sounds reasonable, but where do you start? A good and user-friendly website would be a perfect first step. Yet, when you begin researching this question, it turns out there are many different content management systems (CMS). Which one is better in your case? To simplify the choice for you, today, we'll compare two of the giants in the industry – Joomla and WordPress.

Wholesale distribution and fulfillment services company, Essendant, saves time and gains agility with Aiven's open source tool.

Predictive modeling is the process of using known results to create a statistical model that can be used for predictive analysis, or to forecast future behaviors. It’s a tool within predictive analytics, a field of data mining that tries to answer the question: “What is likely to happen next?”

What is ITOM? Information technology operations management (ITOM) is the administration and management of an organization’s hardware, network, applications and technology needs. Generally regarded as the true meaning of “tech support,” it is a service-centric approach to IT infrastructure, IT support operations, IT networking and end user support.

As businesses continue to expand their digital footprints, the demand for efficient and secure data management solutions has never been greater. Colocation, the practice of housing servers and IT infrastructure in third-party data centres, has emerged as an attractive option for enterprises seeking enhanced scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. However, before making a decision on colocation, it is vital to carefully assess the financial aspects associated with this service.

While some businesses operate entirely in the cloud, some still have IT infrastructure they need to house. Others are moving from solely cloud environments to a colocation model. From air conditioning systems to networking facilities, there is a lot that goes into looking after IT infrastructure.

In the first part of our 2023 PromCon recap, we spent OpenObservability Talks exploring the Perses open source project. We found heavy users of open source Grafana who found themselves grappling with issues arising from managing a vast number of dashboards, and the need to manage dashboards as code in a GitOps fashion.