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IT's Not Easy Being Green - SolarWinds TechPod 091

Oct 8, 2024 By SolarWinds In SolarWinds
In this episode of SolarWinds TechPod, hosts Sean Sebring and Chrystal Taylor discuss sustainability in technology with SolarWinds Evangelist Sascha Giese. They explore the energy consumption of data centers, innovative green initiatives, and the importance of circular IT practices. The conversation also touches on the concept of greenwashing and the responsibility of corporations and individuals in reducing their carbon footprints.
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splunk

Introducing the Observability Center of Excellence: Taking Your Observability Game to the Next Level

Oct 8, 2024 By Mike Simon In Splunk
Chasing false alerts — or worse, having your system go down with no alerts or telemetry to give you a heads-up — is the nightmare we all want to avoid. If you’ve experienced this, you’re not alone. Before joining Splunk, I spent 14 years as an observability practitioner and leader for several Fortune 500 companies and in my 2.5 years with Splunk I have had the opportunity to work with customers of all shapes and sizes.
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obkio

What Is A Network Drop: Solving Drops in Networks

Oct 8, 2024 By Andrii Kernitskyi In Obkio
Network drops can seriously impact business operations, leading to lost productivity, communication breakdowns, and even financial losses. Whether you're managing critical systems, supporting remote teams, or delivering services to customers, a stable network is essential for maintaining business continuity. But what causes these network drops? How can you fix them? And most importantly, how can you prevent them from happening again?
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honeycomb

Redefining RUM: A Comparative Gap Analysis of Existing Tools

Oct 8, 2024 By Fahim Zaman In Honeycomb
Real user monitoring (RUM) began as a straightforward approach to tracking basic web performance metrics. Focused on things like page load times and response rates, RUM relied on server-side logging and simple browser timings. While these tools captured Core Web Vitals (CWVs), they offered limited insights into how users actually interacted with pages, focused mainly on server-side performance.
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graylog

Understanding Java Logs

Oct 8, 2024 By Jeff Darrington In Graylog
Logs are the notetakers for your Java application. In a meeting, you might take notes so that you can remember important details later. Your Java logs do the same thing for your application. They document important information about the application’s ability to function and problems that keep it from working as intended. Logs give you information to help fix coding errors, but they also give your end users information that helps them monitor performance and security.
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Kentik

Hurricane Helene Devastates Network Connectivity in Parts of the South

Oct 8, 2024 By Doug Madory In Kentik
In this post, we dig into the impacts from Hurricane Helene which came ashore late last month wreaking destruction and severe flooding in the Southeastern United States. Using Kentik’s traffic data as well as Georgia Tech’s IODA, we detail the impacts in three of the hardest-hit states: Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
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icinga

Icinga Notifications: Custom Channel Plugins

Oct 8, 2024 By Noé Costa In Icinga
As many of you have already seen in our previous blog posts and our early beta release, we’re working on a new, independent notification module. Right now, we only offer three ready-made channels for sending notifications. Today, I want to show you how you can create your own channel and add it to the Icinga Notifications module. In this blog post, I’ll show you how to build a bridge to Telegram and send new notifications to a group chat.
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Measuring Largest Contentful Paint with Request Metrics

Oct 8, 2024 By Request Metrics In Request Metrics
Measuring Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is important because it helps you understand how quickly the main content of a web page loads and becomes visible to users. LCP focuses on when the largest visible element—like a hero image, heading, or video—renders in the viewport, making it a key indicator of perceived load speed. Optimizing for LCP ensures faster, smoother interactions, enhancing both user satisfaction and search engine ranking. Let's see how you can get to the bottom of any LCP problems in Request Metrics!
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