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REST vs CRUD

CRUD and REST are two of the most popular concepts in the Application Program Interface (API) industry. REST was made to standardize the HTTP protocol interface between clients and servers and is one of the widely used design styles for web API. On the other hand, CRUD is an acronym used to refer to the four basic operations executed on database applications. Because both work on manipulating databases’ data, it’s easy to see why people have some confusion between them.

6 Bugsnag Alternatives to Consider in 2021

Modern customers demand that their applications are as seamless and error-free as possible. However, building such apps is a herculean task in itself. You need to constantly look out for incoming exceptions and warnings in your app in production. Effective error monitoring is key to resolving such issues before they are discovered by your users and cause a disruption in the quality of your services.

Introducing Log Observability for Microservices

Two popular deployment architectures exist in software: the out-of-favor monolithic architecture and the newly popular microservices architecture. Monolithic architectures were quite popular in the past, with almost all companies adopting them. As time went on, the drawbacks of these systems drove companies to rework entire systems to use microservices instead.

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6 Reasons You Need a Digital Experience Monitoring Strategy

A Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) strategy unlocks the key to understanding how end-users interact with web and desktop applications. If you have landed at this post, perhaps you are looking for a Digital Experience Monitoring solution. Correct? But before that, let's take a step back in understanding why it's critical to invest in a DEM tool. To provide a better technology experience, operation teams need modern tools to monitor and collect remote worker application insights. And because of that, businesses are adapting their digital transformation strategy to grow, survive, and respond to disruptions caused by the pandemic.

Wi-Fi monitor: 5 ways it helps you get wireless network management right

The increasing need for mobility has accelerated many organizations’ shift towards wireless networks, commonly known as Wi-Fi networks. The high bit rate and bandwidth offered by wireless networks enable a better networking experience than their wired counterparts. In an ideal network, once you set up your Wi-Fi components, your end users should be able to connect and access your network with ease.

More Clouds, More Tools, More Problems

Organizations need tools to manage their infrastructure, which today is expanding beyond the data center to include multiple public clouds. In fact, in a recent survey of hybrid cloud decision makers, we found that the vast majority of respondents (88%) have placed more than one-quarter of their workloads in the public cloud, and 44% indicated that they’re running more than half of their workloads in the public cloud.

Why Use OpenTelemetry Processors to Change Collected Backend Data

When managing distributed environments, we find ourselves challenged with looking for different ways to understand performance better. Telemetry data is critical for solving such a challenge and helping DevOps and IT groups understand these systems’ behavior and performance. To get the most from telemetry data, it has to be captured and analyzed, then tagged to add relevant context, all while being sure to maintain the security and efficiency of user and business data.