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In January of 2020, an entire availability zone (AZ) in AWS’ Sydney region suddenly went dark. Multiple facilities lost power, preventing customers from accessing EC2 instances and Elastic Block Storage (EBS) volumes. Customers who didn’t have backup infrastructure in another zone had to wait nearly 8 hours before service was restored, and even then, some EBS volumes couldn’t be recovered. Major cloud provider outages are rare, but they happen nonetheless.

Exciting news is on the horizon! We're stoked to share that Obkio’s new AWS - Canada West Public Monitoring Agent is now live! Just a month after AWS announced its first-ever data center in Western Canada (and second in Canada), Obkio has launched a brand new Monitoring Agent, allowing current and future customers to monitor network performance from their network locations up to the AWS infrastructure in Calgary.

The Windows operating system exposes metrics such as CPU, memory, and disk usage as built-in performance counters, which provide a unified way to observe performance, state, and other high-level facets of Windows subsystems, components, and native or third-party applications. As such, Windows Performance Counters can be invaluable for monitoring resource usage and the health of your infrastructure, as well as systems your services are using.

From the proliferation of artificial intelligence and machine learning to an unpredictable economic and geopolitical landscape, 2023 was an eventful year. The top IT department issues have become even more diverse and complex. In 2024, businesses will need to address IT infrastructure and disaster recovery, cybersecurity threats, data privacy policies, and the effects of AI and automation on their industries to stay ahead of the curve.

We know how important real-world feedback can be when preparing for an upcoming software purchase, making customer reviews and comments a key part of the procurement process. Which is why we’re so excited to announce that NinjaOne has been included in G2’s 2024 Best Software Awards for the following categories.

The utilization of cloud-based technologies developed to optimize and streamline business operations is far from a novel idea. In fact, research suggests at least 90% of modern organizations currently use cloud platforms and related technologies to oversee essential processes.

At swampUP 2023, JFrog’s annual user conference, Gerard McMahon, Head of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Tools and Platforms at Fidelity Investments, shared Fidelity’s cloud migration story and how it supports the overall company philosophy. He explored the company’s focus on ensuring employee satisfaction while delivering great software and value to customers.