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Top 5 SCOM issues and how to solve them

Many organizations aspire to a world where everything is in the cloud. But, in reality most IT enterprises still rely on traditional on-prem monitoring technologies. As a market-leading monitoring tool, SCOM is ideally placed for the job; monitoring both on-prem workloads or workloads that link up to the cloud. So, as SCOM is central to most companies’ monitoring, it is essential you understand how to be successful with SCOM!

Cloud computing has won. But we still don't know what that means

There’s little doubt that cloud computing is now the absolutely dominant force across enterprise computing. Most companies have switched from buying their own hardware and software to renting both from vendors who host their services in vast anonymous data centers around the globe.

What are Linux Logs? How to View Them, Most Important Directories & More

In software, it’s essential to monitor logs of system activities. Today we’ll unravel what Linux logs are and how you can view them. Logging is a must for today’s developers and why Retrace was designed with a built-in, centralized log management tool.

SAP HotNews analysis: What MSPs need to know

SAP is one of the most business critical enterprise applications. As a result, keeping it secure is a top priority for managed service providers. In the last year SAP has notified its customers of multiple high risk vulnerabilities, through its SAP HotNews email alerts, which require urgent patching – but the challenge for MSP clients is to know “do these impact me?”

Dashboard Fridays: Sample Zendesk Support Dashboard

Our Support Team wanted a real-time overview of all the cases currently in play so they could monitor multiple channels in one place. This dashboard gives the team a real-time view of their tickets by type, status, topic, and more! Join Adam Kinniburgh and our Customer Support Manager Mike Halfacree as they showcase this sample Zendesk dashboard - how it's made, who it's for, the challenges it solves and how you can easily replicate it!