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You may have encountered a situation where you must do some backend job without user intervention. For example, in an IOT application, your application needs to receive frequently published data from devices or send scheduler values to devices. .NET provides background job libraries for such tasks. I will discuss one of the background libraries, Quartz.NET, with a coding example. I will break down Quartz for you with simple, practical examples.

Synthetic website monitoring (also known as synthetic testing) involves simulating the actions that visitors perform on a website and the journeys they take, in order to evaluate performance and proactively spot any issues or problems. For example, synthetic testing can help answer critical questions like: However, not all synthetic testing solutions or strategies are equal.

Linux, Debian, and Ubuntu are the Kirk, Spock, and McCoy of modern application development. The Captain Kirk, Linux, is the open-source central code for directing and talking to hardware. Debian sits as the trio’s Spock, the original distro that can be seen as more complex to install and use. As a Debian child distro, Ubuntu is the McCoy, helping to heal the challenges that people have when trying to use Debian.

We’ve been steadily building strong momentum with Microsoft over the past year, and the latest step forward is a significant one: Cribl solutions are now available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. But why this focus on Microsoft Azure? The answer lies in what customers are prioritizing and discussing with us.

If you’re looking to dive into the world of IoT data collection, you’ve probably come across MQTT—a lightweight messaging protocol designed for efficiently transmitting data between devices.

Dubbed 'the most important election ever,' it was expected that online traffic would skyrocket across traditional broadcasters, online streaming platforms, and digital publishers on November 5, 2024. As the initial results rolled in, Internet traffic surged nationwide by up to 15%, both at national and state levels. Surprisingly, though, this surge in traffic didn’t happen where you might expect—not on TV.

More and more companies are now shifting to a cloud-native & microservices-based architecture. Having an application monitoring tool is critical in this world because you can’t just log into a machine and figure out what’s going wrong. We have spent years learning about application monitoring & observability. What are the key features an observability tool should have to enable fast resolution of issues. In our opinion, good observability tools should have.

Managing user authentication and security for your team just got a serious upgrade. Raygun now offers self-serve security assertion markup language (SAML) single sign-on (SSO) — making it easier than ever to centralize and secure access to your Raygun account. SAML SSO is now available for all customers. If you’re on a Business or Enterprise plan, we offer this feature at no additional cost. On other plans? No problem—you can add SAML SSO for just $50/month.

Log management is the process of collecting, storing, analyzing, and reporting on log data generated by IT systems. Logs provide a valuable record of system activities, enabling organizations to: Effective log management is essential for maintaining a healthy and efficient IT infrastructure. By leveraging log data, organizations can proactively address issues, improve performance, and enhance overall system reliability.

This article is an attempt to list the best incident management material and guides available for free on the internet. If I've missed something you think should be here, do let me know and I'll be happy to add it.