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Understanding the ServiceNow CMDB - and how AIOps modernizes it

Navigating the complex world of ServiceNow’s Configuration Management Database (CMDB) can feel overwhelming. You might find yourself grappling with understanding the foundational aspects of the CMDB, or maybe you’re seeking effective ways to utilize and integrate it seamlessly into your IT processes. You want to extract the maximum value from your ServiceNow CMDB but need help figuring out how to start.

Build Sophisticated Apps for Your PagerDuty Environment Using OAuth 2.0 and API Scopes

Many PagerDuty customers create their own apps to help them manage their PagerDuty environments. Teams might have any number of workflows that might benefit from a custom application. A PagerDuty admin might want to be able to load CSV files with new users and their contact information into PagerDuty when new teams join the platform, or load new services before they are released to production.

AppDynamics Talks Optimized Self-healing with Full-stack Observability, Auto-remediation

From an IT perspective, technologists generally agree that the ability to monitor and have visibility into the IT stack across every one of their applications is essential with the now-permanent remote and hybrid work models. It also stems from the fact that digital transformation and IT growth has accelerated by seven years since the pandemic in 2020, analysts say.

The Grafana developer portal: your gateway to enhanced plugin development

As Grafana continues to evolve, we remain dedicated to improving the experience for Grafana users, as well as the developers building applications on top of the platform. Today, we are delighted to introduce the next step in that evolution, the all-new Grafana developer portal — a central hub of curated resources for developers who want to extend Grafana’s capabilities.

PromCon Recap: Unveiling Perses, the GitOps-Friendly Metrics Visualization Tool

In the vibrant atmosphere of PromCon during the last week of September, attendees were treated to a plethora of exciting updates from the Prometheus universe. A significant highlight of the event has been the unveiling of the Perses project. With its innovative approach of dashboard as code, GitOps, and Kubernetes native features, Perses promises a revolutionary experience for Prometheus users, which gained a lot of traction at the conference.

Auto-Instrumentation with the AWS CDK

As a developer I love automation, Whether it’s orchestrating a smart home or optimizing developer toolchains. Automation injects efficiency into my daily routine, simplifying intricate processes and eliminating repetitive tasks. Especially when it comes to toolchains, I’m constantly on the lookout for ways to boost coding workflows. Cloud Development Kits (CDKs) brought with them a new era of streamlined developer toolchains.

Proactively secure your business with new Cisco Secure Application enhancements to protect cloud environments

Map, prioritize and act on security issues found in cloud environments with the newly expanded security offering from Cisco AppDynamics. Welcome to the October edition of the What’s New in Security series — and — happy security awareness month!

RapidSpike + Squadcast: Routing Alerts Made Easy

RapidSpike is a website monitoring solution that focuses on all three key aspects of website health: performance, reliability and security in a single dashboard. If you use RapidSpike for your website monitoring requirements, you can integrate it with Squadcast, an end-to-end Incident Response tool, to route alerts from RapidSpike to the right users in Squadcast with ease.