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The Rise of the Machines: ITOM Meets Automation

May 25, 2020 By Micheline Murphy In SolarWinds
I started in the IT industry in networking. I had a negative experience in high school trying to learn computer programming*, so I was relieved route/switch had much less to do with computer programming. With the rise of the machines, this isn’t the case anymore. Now in addition to learning router or switch operating systems, routing protocols, and overlay technologies, today’s savvy network engineer needs to throw in things like Python, Ansible, and Jinja.
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Node.js Logging Guide-Best Tips and Tools to Use in 2020

May 25, 2020 By SolarWinds In SolarWinds
When applications experience performance issues, developers may rely on heuristics and find the root cause of issues by directly looking into their code. However, in modern application environments, several services, third-party APIs, and cloud-based components can make it difficult to pinpoint the root cause of an issue. Application logs can help developers detect and resolve issues faster.
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AppOptics Application Service Map

May 19, 2020 By Adam Hert In SolarWinds
Announcing automatic dependency mapping in SolarWinds AppOptics When your team responds to a latency alert on a single service, how do they know how (or if) the increased latency in one service affects the end user? With the SolarWinds® AppOptics™ service map, teams can easily view the relationships between services, and see how (or if) a service is connected to the end user.
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How to Effectively Monitor User Activity

May 18, 2020 By Pingdom In SolarWinds
Monitoring user activity on your website is a must if you want to run a successful and profitable online business. By implementing real user monitoring on your website, you can get an in-depth understanding of how your users are interacting with your website and the experience they receive. In this article, we discuss what real user monitoring (RUM) is and the benefits of using it. We’ll also share some best practices, so you’ll be ready to set up real user monitoring for your website.
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5 Reasons Why You Should Invest in a Docker Logging Tool

May 18, 2020 By SolarWinds In SolarWinds
Today, continuous development and continuous delivery have become the de facto mode of application development for businesses seeking higher agility. With the continuous push to achieve higher efficiency and reliability in running software operations, container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, and Mesos have become mainstream. Among these technologies, Docker is the most popular.
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Cassandra Monitoring: 6 Best Practices to Pay Attention To

May 14, 2020 By AppOptics Team In SolarWinds
Apache Cassandra is an open-source, distributed database management system specifically built for organizations needing to handle large volumes of data, including when said data is spread across many commodity servers. Cassandra development began at Facebook but later became an open-source Apache project. Now, it’s widely used by some of the biggest enterprises, like Uber, Spotify, eBay, and smaller developer teams.
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Putting ITIL 4 Into Practice With SolarWinds Service Desk - SolarWinds Lab Episode #87

May 13, 2020 By SolarWinds In SolarWinds
ITIL 4 certifications demonstrate a thorough understanding of how to deliver value to the modern organization through services. Matching that understanding with the capabilities of your ITSM solution is a powerful combination. Join ITIL 4 Managing Professional Sean Sebring and ITSM Senior Sales Engineer Liz Beavers for a crash course on applying the seven guiding principles of ITIL 4 and how they tie into using the SolarWinds Service Desk platform. Whether you’re a certified ITIL pro or a new help desk technician hoping to work more efficiently, learn five ways to deliver better service to your organization.
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Web Application Monitoring During a Crisis

May 13, 2020 By Leigh Brown In SolarWinds
In February, we wrote about how major live sporting events in March will impact online ordering and food delivery. We discussed the associated importance of monitoring your web app to ensure a smooth end-user experience and to troubleshoot issues like downtime, slow load times, and broken transaction flows. But unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know what happened. All the sports were cancelled. That’s right, no broadcasted games. No championships. No brackets.
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The Cost of NOT Monitoring Every Application

May 13, 2020 By Papertrail Team In SolarWinds
If you’ve been building or supporting applications for a while, you’ve probably experienced the uncomfortable postmortem meetings that inevitably follow significant service interruptions. You know how it works. There was a critical outage in one of your apps and it took the team an entire week to track down and fix the issue. Customers and revenue were lost. Now you’re sitting in a large conference room with executives to discuss what happened and why.
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