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Java Application Manual Instrumentation for Distributed Traces

In this blog series, we are covering application instrumentation steps for distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry standards across multiple languages. Earlier, we covered Golang Application Instrumentation for Distributed Traces and DotNet Application Instrumentation for Distributed Traces. Here we are going to cover the instrumentation for Java.

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 HAProxy Logs and Metrics with Sumo Logic

HAProxy is one of the world’s most innovative and highest-performing load balancing solutions. The load balancer is critical for enabling high availability and supporting the dynamic scaling of infrastructure within modern applications. Because of its importance, engineers need tools that can quickly and effectively diagnose any problems with the load balancer if they arise.

5 reasons why your startup needs website monitoring

Despite the ongoing pandemic, 2020 was still a record year for venture capital investments into American startups, which amounted to $156.2 billion, according to a recent PitchBook report. Being an astute entrepreneur, you’ve likely thought of everything to enable your startup business to hit the ground running — branding, product logos, hiring staff, equipment purchases, and structuring your business roadmap. You are ready to take the marketplace by storm — or so you think.

Monitor feature releases with Statsig's offering in the Datadog Marketplace

Statsig is a modern experimentation platform that provides crucial insight into how new features are received by your users, so you can make informed product decisions and deploy with confidence. Statsig automatically runs A/B tests on features as they’re rolled out, and measures their impact on key business metrics, such as user growth and engagement.

Log Management for the MEAN Stack Framework

MEAN is evolving as a popular web stack for developing cloud native applications because of its scalability, ease of extension, and high reliability. Each component in MEAN is built on JavaScript, contributing to a cohesive development platform. In this post, we take you through the log management options that are available for each component of the MEAN stack framework and their respective limitations – limitations that are addressable with a refined log management solution like observIQ.

Following the Money: 3 Transaction Pathways to Monitor

If all you have is the beginning and the end, you’re left with a short, boring story: “Once upon a time, it was UP…then, it was DOWN.” Knowing the twists and turns of your transaction pathways is not only illuminating, but profitable. Information channels dry up when all you have are pieces.

What's new in Sysdig - August 2021

Welcome to another monthly update on what’s new from Sysdig! This month’s big announcement is our new support for Prometheus as a managed service. There are several individual features behind this which we cover in more detail below, but here is a summary: Also, Kubernetes 1.22 was released and we shared our review of what to look out for. Go check out our Kubernetes 1.22 – What’s new? post if you haven’t already.

How to Do Simple UX Monitoring With ipMonitor

Learn how you can leverage ipMonitor user experience monitors to be sure you know about any user experience issues before end users do. Do you know what’s going on right now with all the network devices, servers, and applications that are the magic behind your business? To keep on top of what’s happening with all of those moving parts, you need an easy-to-use, reliable monitoring solution that tells you what’s up, what’s down, and what’s not performing as expected.