The NiCE Log File Monitor Management Pack 2.0 is a FREE solution supporting the SCOM Community in next-level log file analysis. It helps IT performance and security data analysts identify errors causing transactions and queries to take too long or not run at all. Software-related bugs, security issues, or erroneous configurations that impact website or application performance are figured out quickly by employing improved templates for alert rules, performance rules, or monitors.

SquaredUp 5.2 is now available! This update brings you enhancements to the PowerShell tile, new Splunk visualizations, various security improvements, and excitingly, a brand new Dashboard Gallery and OpenSource GitHub Samples repository. Keep reading to find out more.

I have been working on a couple of monitoring ideas for Cherwell. I didn’t see anything with a quick online search, and I enjoy authoring MPs to monitor applications, it is the closest I’ll get to 007. I’ve hit a major hurdle and I need to ask for a hand from the community. We have a lab environment that’s worked great while developing the Cherwell integration for Connection Center, however, it is not a good simulation for an actual deployment.

Thank you SCOM community for once again making SCOMathon a huge success! This year, our virtual conference on all things SCOM spanned not one, but two days, across multiple time zones – from Australia to the West Coast of the United States and everywhere in between.

Josh Chessman, Senior Analyst at Gartner, spoke at SquaredUp Live 2021 on the future of IT operations (IT Ops) monitoring and how monitoring teams need to change to get there. Here are some of the highlights from his talk.

Most companies have SCOM. But you can never realize the true value of SCOM unless you integrate it with your other tools! Here at Cookdown, we’re passionate about making SCOM integrations, which is why we are so excited to announce the launch of our SCOM Connection Center. Now you can connect SCOM to anything with an API, allowing you to send notifications in real-time to any location or device.