If you’re responsible for overseeing a network infrastructure, but you’re not always on-site to complete tasks and tackle issues in person, you need the right tools to empower you in your admin efforts. There’s a diverse array of resources out there which will enhance your network management capabilities, even when you’re working remotely. Here are just a few examples of must-have apps for you and your team in this context.

Microsoft Teams has become a popular platform for remote communication and collaboration, especially since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. As more and more businesses rely on Microsoft Teams to communicate and work together, it’s crucial to ensure that the platform is performing optimally and to measure and improve Microsoft Teams performance. Fortunately, there are free tools available to help you monitor the performance of Microsoft Teams.

Are you tired of feeling like you're in the dark when it comes to your network? Do you want to know what your data is up to when you're not looking? Well, put on your spy gear, because we're about to show you how to spy on your network with AWS Network Monitoring! Forget about traditional monitoring methods that leave you feeling overwhelmed and under-informed.

If you’re in need of new SIEM tooling, it can be more complicated than ever to separate what’s real and what’s spin. Yes, Logz.io is a SIEM vendor. But we have people in our organization with years of cybersecurity experience, and they wanted to share thoughts on how best to address the current market. Our own Matt Hines and Eric Thomas recently hosted a webinar running through what to look out for titled: Keep it SIEM-ple: Debunking Vendor Nonsense. Watch the replay below.

Microsoft Teams call quality issues can stem from a lot of places. People often jump to blame Microsoft when they’re having a call or video breakup. But, the reality is that while this does happen, more often than not it’s an external factor to the Microsoft service itself. To give you some insight into where your Teams problems come from we put together this easy primer on the five most common sources of Teams call quality issues.

In today's fast-paced business environment, reliable and efficient network connectivity is crucial to the success of any organization. Slow or inconsistent connections can disrupt operations, cause delays, and negatively impact productivity. One of the key factors that can affect the performance of your network is latency, or the delay between the sending and receiving of data.

Databases are often the biggest performance bottleneck in an application. They are also hard to migrate from once being used in production, so making the right choice for your application’s database is crucial. A big part of making the right decision is knowing what your options are. The database landscape has been changing rapidly in the past few years, so this article will try to simplify things for you by going over the following topics.

Today, 93% of small business owners use at least one type of technology platform to help run their businesses. This is an extremely high percentage for small businesses, and the number only increases for large enterprises and corporations. Many organizations around the world are choosing to leave manual processes in the past and replace them with more efficient, technological solutions.

The blog will take you through best practices to observe Kafka-based solutions implemented on Confluent Cloud with Elastic Observability. (To monitor Kafka brokers that are not in Confluent Cloud, I recommend checking out this blog.) We will instrument Kafka applications with Elastic APM, use the Confluent Cloud metrics endpoint to get data about brokers, and pull it all together with a unified Kafka and Confluent Cloud monitoring dashboard in Elastic Observability.

Datadog is a powerful observability platform. However, unlocking it’s full potential while managing costs necessitates more than just utilizing its platform, no matter how powerful it may be. It requires a strategic approach to data management. Enter telemetry pipelines, a key to elevating your Datadog experience. Telemetry pipelines offer a toolkit to achieve the essential steps for maximizing the value of your observability investment. The Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline is a great example of such.