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Infrastructure monitoring is necessary for finance companies. Whether running a small fintech startup or managing systems for a global bank, having secure, reliable tools to monitor and manage your infrastructure and applications is fundamental for the success and security of your business. This article covers some common monitoring use cases for financial companies and how you can get the metrics you need with an agent. Try signing up for a free trial today!

The principle of continuous improvement is central to the practice of observability. Naturally, within the data-driven philosophy of DevOps this implies an ongoing cycle of acting, measuring and improving. For many teams, the classic four DORA metrics are seen as a gold standard. As I discussed in a previous article, whilst DORA metrics are a great starting point for assessing your agile capabilities, they are not necessarily definitive.

As someone deeply invested in the evolution of SquaredUp, I’d like to share more about our search capability and how we designed the functionality. SquaredUp can connect to 100+ data sources, thousands of objects, tons of metrics, and and we offer many purpose-built out-of-the-box dashboards and monitors. We've deliberately designed our search experience to be able to handle the complexity of various data environments and make finding relevant information seamless and efficient.

It’s time for another update from the StatusGator team! While our team was hard at work on improvements and bug fixes, many communities around the United States spent October cleaning up from the impact of hurricanes. If you’d like to help, we’d ask you to join us in supporting our friends and customers in Buncombe County, North Carolina by donating to the Buncombe County Schools Foundation. Thank you for support and now let’s get into what’s new.

Here’s an update to make our Early Warning Signals emails even more useful. Now, each alert includes a brief summary of potential downtime, giving you instant insight into what might be going on. This added detail helps you assess the situation quickly so can see if it affects your team.

Database monitoring is crucial for numerous reasons, an example being that monitoring database performance metrics such as query execution times, throughput, and resource utilization helps highlight performance bottlenecks. By conducting this, administrators can enhance database configurations, queries, and indexing by examining these metrics to optimize overall performance.

Datadog is a popular observability platform, but understanding its pricing structure can be challenging. Whether you're just starting with Datadog or are receiving hefty bills, this guide will help you understand its pricing model, estimate your potential costs, and find ways to optimize them. You can use the below tool to estimate your Datadog bill.