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Elastic recognized as a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for APM and Observability for the second consecutive year

We are excited to announce that Elastic has been recognized as a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for APM and Observability for the second year in a row. In addition, the Elastic solution scored among the Top 3 vendors in five out of six use cases in the 2022 Gartner Critical Capabilities for APM and Observability.

Implementing OpenTelemetry in React applications | Tutorial

More about SigNoz: SigNoz - Monitor your applications and troubleshoot problems in your deployed applications, an open-source alternative to DataDog, New Relic, etc. Backed by Y Combinator. SigNoz helps developers monitor applications and troubleshoot problems in their deployed applications. SigNoz uses distributed tracing to gain visibility into your software stack. If you need any clarification or find something missing, feel free to raise a GitHub issue with the label documentation or reach out to us at the community slack channel.

Installing and Configuring the OpenTelemetry Collector

The scope of the OpenTelemetry project encompasses how telemetry data is collected, processed, and transmitted. The OpenTelemetry project is not involved with how the data is stored, displayed, or used beyond the collection and transmission phases. The OpenTelemetry Collector is an application written in Go.

Optimize Continuous Delivery of Micro-Services Applications with Continuous Performance Testing

I often hear from customers who complain about how “classic” performance testing (i.e., end-to-end testing with high volume of virtual users) of their applications before release slows down the cycle time by several weeks. In addition, the testing significantly consumes both people and infrastructure (hardware and software license) resources.

Key Takeaways - Logz.io Named a Visionary in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability

I’m thrilled to announce today that Logz.io has been named a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability. Gaining this recognition from these leading industry experts, in my opinion, is an outstanding accomplishment for our entire organization – the product of years of hard work and putting the needs of our 1,300-plus customers first.

Optimizing Images for Web Performance with NGINX

Images are a constant source of pain when developing websites. There are many formats and resolutions a developer must consider in order to maximize web performance. You’ll often end up with a cartesian explosion of the same image in different sizes and formats to support different scenarios. For example, you don’t want to send a high res image meant for high DPI screens to a low DPI screen - you’d be wasting bandwidth and burning time. Using the right file format is equally important.

Bboxx Taps Time Series Data to Light Up the Developing World

Using technology to help businesses thrive is always a thrill, but it doesn’t compare to the sense of accomplishment on both a personal and organizational level when you see your tech used to positively impact humanity. It’s one thing to function in a support role for these initiatives, but it’s also important to acknowledge the businesses at the vanguard, building their primary mission around positive human and global impact.

SAP Maintenance Planner: A quick guide to help SAP maintenance planning

SAP maintenance planning is a helpful way to keep track of scheduled maintenance activities in your SAP environment. If you’re in the process of updating or planning for the upcoming year, it can be helpful to determine when your SAP systems will be down for maintenance. In this post, we’ll explore how you can use your maintenance planners to stay on top of your SAP maintenance requirements.

Heartbeat monitoring

Heartbeat monitoring (reverse monitoring) enables you to monitor your internal services that are not publicly accessible (for example due to security reasons). You may ask “How is this possible”? This can be accomplished by sending us simple HTTP GET request to our unique heartbeat URL. You periodically send us those “pings” as long as your application is healthy.