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Modern Security Monitoring Demands an Integrated Strategy

The ultimate success of any security monitoring platform depends largely on two fundamental requirements – its ability to accurately and efficiently surface threats and its level of integration with adjacent systems. In the world of SIEM, this is perhaps more relevant than any other element of contemporary IT security infrastructure.

How to Handle Exceptions in Java: Complete Tutorial with Examples and Best Practices

As developers, we would like our users to interact with applications that run smoothly and without issues. We want the libraries that we create to be widely adopted and successful. All of that will not happen without the code that handles errors. Java exception handling is often a significant part of the application code. You might use conditionals to handle cases where you expect a certain state and want to avoid erroneous execution – for example, division by zero.

Cost of ELK

Do you know how much your ELK stack costs? Managing and analyzing your data is a critical part of your business. However, the true cost of an ELK stack can be hard to calculate, and the truth is you may be spending a lot more than you think. Elasticsearch wasn't designed to work efficienctly at the scale required by today's data volume, especially the growth of log data. As your data grows, your ELK stack becomes more expensive to scale and maintain, leaving you with the headache and the tab. Well, ChaosSearch has the answer.

IBM MQ 9.2.3 Streaming Queues: Your Integration Infrastructure (i2) Data Win

By now, you have probably seen the announcement for IBM MQ 9.2.3. The first thing to mention is that Nastel had support for 9.2.3 right away. Nastel Technologies is an integration infrastructure management (i2M) solutions company, and IBM MQ is at the heart of most enterprises’ integration infrastructure (i2). Nastel works with the IBM teams to ensure we are ready for any new releases and changes. One key enhancement included in 9.2.3 is the streaming queue.

Monitoring Cisco webex with Grafana

In this article, we will take a look at what Cisco Webex is, how it works, and why it is great for your business. Then we will explore how to monitor Cisco Webex metrics using beautiful and customizable Grafana dashboards. We’ll also look at what are the most popular data sources Grafana uses. Finally, we will figure out how MetricFire simplifies the task of monitoring metrics for us and what are its main advantages.

SharePoint, SharePoint Online Monitoring

If your organization leverages SharePoint for content, communication and collaboration then you must continuously test and monitor your SharePoint installations. Whether its SharePoint Online in Office 365, Hosted SharePoint on Azure or your own SharePoint 2016 installation, synthetic uptime and performance monitoring will help you find and fix problems, detect changes and plan your network and servers for capacity.

Seismic Shifts in NetOps: The Case for Modern Tools

In recent months, a lot has changed in network operations (NetOps). Networks, architectures, and entire operational models have shifted dramatically-disrupting and destabilizing digital business services. Unfortunately, most NetOps teams are still relying on legacy tools and approaches. This white paper offers a look at how the world has changed - and the new capabilities your team needs to succeed.

Skype for Business Monitoring

CloudReady Skype for Business Sensors continuously execute real conversations between Skype endpoints and capture metrics to determine the health of your network, ISPs, WiFI, Edge and Media Servers. Deploy sensors across multiple branch and cloud locations to model your different topologies, network conditions and scenarios for always-on monitoring and end-to-end test.