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System availability and performance: Trends observed in 2024

When it comes to ensuring system availability and performance, the stakes have never been higher. Let's start with two important statistics: Simply put, outages can be mitigated but not avoided. Depending on your business' scale, a crimped network cable is all it takes to crumble your reputation with your customers. Let's explore the common threats you'll face when it comes to managing your IT infrastructure.

The Top 8 Dark Web Monitoring Tools

The dark web is an unindexed and often misunderstood section of the internet. It operates beneath the surface of the traditional web, accessible only through specialized browsers like Tor or I2P. While the dark web has legitimate uses-such as supporting privacy and freedom of expression in oppressive regimes-it also harbors illicit activities, such as selling stolen data, distributing malware, and organizing cyberattacks. For organizations and individuals alike, dark web monitoring is essential in proactively addressing potential threats before they escalate.

What is budgeting and forecasting in cloud cost management?

CloudSpend Budgets- Rightsize resource The cloud is the backbone of most businesses’ IT. This model for computer data storage is flexible, scalable, and provides incredible possibilities for growth. But with great power comes great responsibility—or, in this case, great bills. Managing cloud costs can feel like you are trying to control a growing wildfire, especially as businesses scale up.

Optimize cloud costs and performance with CloudSpend's Recommendations report

Managing cloud costs and maintaining high performance across multi-cloud environments can be challenging. The Recommendations report in ManageEngine CloudSpend is designed to simplify this process, offering tailored insights for AWS, Azure, and GCP accounts. With the right recommendations in place, CloudSpend helps you reduce unnecessary spending, bolster your cloud infrastructure’s reliability, and enhance security.
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You've finally decided to look beyond Solution Manager - here's what you have been missing

The end is near! That's right, mainstream support for SAP ECC will be ending in 2027. While this is fairly well known what is less obvious is that this also includes support for SAP Solution Manager. Let's be honest though, the functional end of life for Solution Manager happened quite a while ago.

Icinga Notifications: Custom Sources

One of the advantages of the new Icinga Notifications is that it is more loosely coupled to Icinga 2. This is made possible by the concept of sources, each of which is a possible provider of events for Icinga Notifications to act upon. While the most prominent source would be of the “Icinga” type, there is also the “Other” option, which opens up a huge field of different providers via a simple HTTP-based API.

Upgrade Smarter, Not Harder with DX NetOps Upgrade Automation

Keeping your network monitoring solution current is vital for several reasons. From a security perspective, outdated software may contain known vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit, putting your organization's data and operations at risk. Regular updates ensure the latest security patches are applied timely, efficiently protecting your systems against cyber threats.