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Top 6 Azure VM Monitoring Tools for Better Performance

Azure Virtual Machine (VM) is an on-demand Azure resource allowing users to host applications in a virtual computing environment instead of a physical machine. Allowing software to be configured and installed in a virtual environment and offering flexibility and scalability lowers the cost of maintaining a physical machine. This blog discusses the following key aspects.

DX UIM for Hybrid Cloud Environment Monitoring and Management

While adoption of private and public cloud expands, traditional and hyperconverged data centers remain and must continue to be supported. These hybrid cloud environments make true observability difficult. DX UIM removes the complexity of using multiple tools to monitor and manage hybrid cloud environments and associated technologies for enterprises, government agencies and managed service providers. Watch this brief video to learn more about hybrid cloud monitoring or share this with your internal or revenue-producing customers to educate them on what DX UIM can do for your organization.

Why Seven.One Entertainment Group Chose Datadog RUM for Client-side Observability

Hear why Seven.One Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE , which is Germany’s top commercial broadcaster, chose Datadog Real User Monitoring and how the solution enabled them to better understand client-side issues.

Observability Data vs Data Observability: What's the Difference?

Fun fact: Observability goes all the way back to the 1960s, coined by scientist Rudolf Kálmán as a way to measure a system through its output. Now, over six decades later, observability has fragmented into several specialized segments — from application observability, to security observability, and everything in between. The two segments driving the most confusion are data observability and observability data.

Playwright Explained

Playwright is an open-source framework for cross-browser automation and end-to-end web application testing. It was designed to be a fast, reliable, robust, and evergreen test automation framework, and its API supports modern rendering engines that include Chromium, WebKit, and Firefox. Playwright tests run on Windows, Linux, and macOS, locally or on your continuous integration pipeline, and headless or headed.

Shooting for the Stars: Achieving Optimal Network Performance through Cisco SD-WAN Network Monitoring

Greetings, fellow network administrators. The Force has led you here, to this article on the path to Cisco SD-WAN network monitoring. The art of network administration is not unlike that of mastering the ways of the Force - it requires patience, discipline, and a deep understanding of the interconnected systems at play. Warning! No characters were harmed in the making of this article. We seek to achieve perfect balance in all aspects of our lives, including our networks.

What is Latency? The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Latency: Why it Matters, and How to Minimize It

“Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy In today's digital world, we rely on fast and reliable internet connections for everything from business operations and communication. However, even the fastest internet connection can be slowed down by network delay, also known as latency.

Getting Started with Instant Evaluation

Learn how to leverage the Instant Evaluation feature within the SolarWinds Platform to easily trial and evaluate different solutions like Hybrid Cloud Observability. See how you can expand on the functionality available now and gain more integrated insights for streamlined issue resolution and performance monitoring in your environment.