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How Obkio's NPO Plan Supports Organizations Making a Global Impact With Affordable Network Monitoring

At Obkio, we believe in using our resources to give back to organizations that make the world a better place. That’s why we launched our NPO Plan—a program designed to help non-profits access advanced Network Performance Monitoring at a significantly reduced cost. By offering our services to non-profits at a fraction of the price, we help them to focus on what matters most—supporting their missions, rather than worrying about IT costs.

Shorten your MTTR with Checkly Traces

We all know that Checkly is a ‘secret weapon’ for engineering teams who want to shorten their mean time to detection (MTTD). With Checkly, you can know within minutes if your service is unavailable for users, or acting unexpectedly. In this article we’ll talk about how Checkly traces can help you expand on the benefits of Checkly, adding insights that will help you diagnose root causes, and further reduce your mean time to resolution (MTTR) for outages and other incidents.
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How to Quickly Analyze CloudFront Cloud Logs in Amazon S3

Content delivery networks (CDNs) such as Amazon CloudFront generate a flood of log files. In today's world where your customers are all around the globe, it's important to make sure that your websites' application assets are as close to the users as possible.

Migrate to SCOM 2025: A Seamless Transition for Enhanced Monitoring

Are you ready for the next evolution of System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)? Microsoft launched SCOM 2025 in November last year, bringing new enhancements and improved capabilities. To help you navigate the transition smoothly, we’re hosting an exclusive webinar where our experts will walk you through the migration process, best practices, and new feature highlights. What’s in Store?
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Monitoring Cloud Foundry in SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)

Cloud Foundry is possibly the most popular environment on SAP Business Technology Platform. When customers build applications with the SAP Cloud Application Programming (CAP) framework to extend SAP S/4HANA solutions and achieve a clean core, they typically deploy using Cloud Foundry. After the applications on Cloud Foundry go into productive use, they become business critical and that creates a need for observability in those applications and the platform. Monitoring of Cloud Foundry is now an essential requirement of SAP operations teams.

Top B2C eCommerce Strategies in 2025: What's Actually Working

ECommerce is a mess right now. Luxury platforms are crashing. Social commerce is booming (but probably not for long). CAC is through the roof. And somehow, despite all this, brands still need to find a way to stand out, sell, and make money. If you’re running an eCommerce brand in 2025, here’s what’s actually working—and what’s just hype.

StatusGator now monitors 5,000 services - and growing!

We’re thrilled to announce a major milestone: StatusGator now monitors more than 5,000 services! Whether you rely on cloud platforms, SaaS tools, developer APIs, or infrastructure providers, we’ve got you covered. Our extensive service coverage means you can track the status of all your critical dependencies in one place, reducing downtime surprises and keeping your team informed.

Moving to VDI? Don't Forget Your Web Apps

I recently spoke to one of our Customers in Financial Services, who offer financial services through a network of Agents located across the United States. The agents are customer-facing and revenue generating. They rely on a variety of browser-based applications to deliver services to their clients – making these applications mission-critical.

The 8 Hidden Pitfalls of Using AWS CloudWatch

AWS CloudWatch is a widely used observability tool that comes built into AWS. It provides easy access to logs, metrics, and alarms, making it a convenient choice for teams monitoring AWS workloads. But while CloudWatch offers a lot of power, many teams unknowingly misconfigure or misuse it, leading to unexpected costs, limited visibility, and operational challenges. Here are some common pitfalls we see—and how to avoid them.