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Looking for a reliable SolarWinds alternative? If you’ve been comparing SolarWinds and WhatsUp Gold, you’re not alone. Many IT teams are evaluating which network monitoring solution offers better performance, flexibility and cost efficiency. In this guide, we’ll walk you through a step-by-step migration from SolarWinds to WhatsUp Gold, highlighting key differences, benefits and best practices to maintain a smooth transition.

Grafana’s MySQL datasource makes it easy to turn raw database rows into clean, interactive dashboards. Whether you're testing out a new monitoring setup or experimenting with time-series data, MySQL + Grafana gives you a powerful foundation for building visualizations quickly.

We shipped some big updates this week!

The Winter 2025 release of Alloy Navigator introduces Spanish language support for global IT teams, expands AI capabilities for end users, and delivers stability and performance improvements for a smoother, more reliable experience.

Megaport acquires Extreme IX, adding seven Internet Exchanges and 40 data centers across India’s fastest-growing digital hubs to deliver broader connectivity options for customers.

ScienceLogic recently partnered with Gisual—a leader in AI power intelligence­—to bring real-time power insight directly into the ScienceLogic AI Platform. On the surface, that might sound like a straightforward integration story. In reality, it signals something much bigger: observability continues to expand well beyond the digital stack, and operators now treat power as a first-class operational signal.