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Exoprise
We help you find and fix issues with your cloud apps fast. Exoprise is the leading solution provider for monitoring SaaS services like Microsoft 365, Box, Dropbox, Salesforce.com and more.
Sematext
Monitoring, log management, transaction tracing, and real user monitoring. Finally together!
NiCE IT Mgmt
From databases to servers, communication systems, operating systems and custom applications, NiCE provides the right application monitoring solutions and services.
Monitive
Monitive is an uptime monitoring service, where users sign up and input their website address, which we check every minute, from a random location around the world, and instantly notify them when their site is down.
EventSentry
EventSentry is an award-winning Hybrid SIEM which features real-time log, system health and network monitoring to proactively monitor networks and preemptively respond to threats.
ManageEngine
ManageEngine crafts comprehensive IT management software with a focus on making your job easier. Our 90+ products and free tools cover everything your IT needs, at prices you can afford.
Raygun
Raygun is a Software Intelligence Platform that gives companies visibility into software problems. Errors, crashes and slow loading pages and scripts affecting end users are automatically detected, enabling teams to build excellent user experiences.
Upgrading NPM and SAM to Hybrid Cloud Observability
This video discusses and demonstrates upgrading an Orion Platform installation running NPM and SAM, to Hybrid Cloud Observability – advanced license. The video discusses system requirements, installation methods and walks through a full demonstration of the upgrade. This video is suitable for anyone who wishes to understand more and see an upgrade from a module based install to Hybrid Cloud Observability.
Web Fonts and the Dreaded Cumulative Layout Shift
How frustrating is it when you’ve just landed on a web page, you click on a certain element and an ad or something else pops up and you end up clicking that thing instead? That’s a layout shift, which is bad for the user’s experience and the later they happen, the worse it is. Research from HTTP Archive shows that over 80% of websites use web fonts. Web fonts also cause layout shifts, if they’re not being loaded strategically.
Livestream AMA: Profiling to Solve Code-Level Performance Bottlenecks
Want to catch performance bottlenecks in production without writing manual performance tests and searching through spans? Join the Sentry engineers building Profiling as they share how to use this tool to see the exact lines of code or functions causing slowdowns in your application. During this livestream, the team will dive into Profiling – which gives you code-level insight into your application performance. From flamecharts to functions and slow frames – you’ll get the whole scoop on how to optimize your resource consumption to prevent slow load times and UI jank.
Modernize your monitoring: an interview with Chris Kline
We asked Chris Kline, the Head of Cloud Sales at LogicMonitor, to discuss the challenges he sees customers facing with infrastructure monitoring, their changing expectations, the big disruptors in the industry, and how LogicMonitor addresses these modern monitoring needs.
Transforming Monitoring with a Machine Learning-First Approach
Unlocking the full potential of monitoring through ML integration, anomaly detection, and innovative scoring engines. Machine Learning has been making waves in various industries, but its adoption in the monitoring and observability space has been slower than expected. Many “ML” features remain gimmicky and do not provide actual real world value to users that encourages their further use.
4 Elements to Create an Effective IT Automation Strategy
As more and more organizations undergo digital transformation, IT automation is becoming more important and essential to implement. A report by Smartsheet found that more than 40% of those surveyed spend about a quarter of their time working on repetitive tasks, and almost 70% of them say that automation’s biggest opportunity would be that it significantly reduces the amount of time spent on these tasks.
Top 30 Network Connection Monitoring Tools for Seamless Connectivity
In today's interconnected world, maintaining seamless network connectivity is crucial for businesses and organizations of all sizes. Network connection monitoring tools play a vital role in ensuring the performance, security, and reliability of network connections. With a myriad of options available, choosing the right monitoring tool can be a daunting task. To simplify the process, we have curated a comprehensive list of the top 30 network connection monitoring tools.
Understanding Global Internet Connectivity Trends
Capacity and Kentik, in partnership with Orange International Carriers, discuss events affecting global connectivity, BGP monitoring, and reveal how Orange keeps an eye on its market share and competitive activity.
Who should define Reliability - Engineering, or Product?
Whoever owns Reliability should define its parameters. But who owns the Reliability of a Product? Engineering? Product Management? Or the Customer success team?
Why Automating IT Incident Response Matters for Financial Institutions
Last month, the Singapore bank DBS experienced a 10-hour outage of its digital services. Not only was it massively disruptive to customers, but it caused the bank’s stock to lose 1.4% of its value in a single day. And it’s not the first time DBS has had to deal with the fallout of an IT snafu; in November 2021, Singapore’s finance regulatory body imposed significant additional capital requirements on the bank after its digital banking services were disrupted for two days.