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Complexity in the Clouds: A Comprehensive Checklist for Smooth Migration

“Hasn’t everyone already migrated to the cloud?” is a question you might be considering now. For many businesses – sure, they’ve migrated workloads and operations to the major cloud providers like Amazon Web Service, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. Still, many businesses have just now worked through their due diligence and scalability concerns. While many businesses are “fully cloud,” there are just as many yet to migrate.

How to Manage IoT Device Metrics Using Telegraf and MetricFire

Monitoring your IoT devices provides insights into their usage patterns, environmental conditions, and user behaviors. This information can be leveraged to optimize device performance, improve user experiences, and develop better-targeted services or products. By analyzing patterns and trends in device data, it's possible to implement predictive maintenance strategies, scheduling repairs or replacements before a device completely fails, which will reduce downtime and maintenance costs.

Navigating network complexity with OpManager, the network diagram tool you need

Business growth and network expansion happens in tandem, bringing forth an intricate web of connections, potentially leading to challenges in efficient network management and the looming threat of unexpected outages. The repercussions of such outages extend beyond operational disruptions, incurring huge costs for organizations. As networks evolve, locating the root cause of issues becomes increasingly challenging.

Modern solutions for modern problems: Santa & Co. save the holiday season with the latest trends

With the holiday season here, let’s talk about one of the most impressive service delivery stories out there—Santa Claus and his horde of elves who work hard to ensure the end of our year is filled with cheer and good tidings. As members of the IT field, we can appreciate just how much of a logistical nightmare delivering millions of the right gifts on time really is! But even a team as experienced as Santa & Co.
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Predict the Future! A universal approach to detecting malicious PowerShell activity

So, here’s the deal with AntiVirus software these days: It’s mostly playing catch-up with super-fast athletes — the malware guys. Traditional AV software is like old-school detectives who need a picture (or, in this case, a ‘signature’) of the bad guys to know who they’re chasing. The trouble is, these malware creators are quite sneaky — constantly changing their look and creating new disguises faster than AntiVirus can keep up with their photos.

Best Practices for Effective Log Management

Can following log management best practices help organizations with their overall observability, as well as troubleshooting issues and security analytics? Absolutely. In addition, following log management best practices can provide significant competitive advantages when it comes to understanding your users. Centralized log management can help your team accelerate time to insights, and make changes to your applications that improve the user experience.

Monitor the Temperature of Your MacOS Hardware Using Telegraf

Monitoring your machine's internal temperatures is important for maintaining system health, optimizing performance, and ensuring the longevity of your computer hardware. It allows you to take proactive measures to prevent potential damage caused by overheating and helps in diagnosing and addressing cooling-related issues effectively. In this article we'll detail how to use the Telegraf agent to collect temperature readings from a Mac computer, that you can forward to a datasource.