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We're very happy to introduce groups to Checkly! Grouping checks opens up a range of possibilities and workflow enhancements of which this initial release is just the tip of the iceberg. Here are some the thing you can start doing right now.

Thousands of customers call the official Elasticsearch Service (ESS) on Elastic Cloud their home for running not only Elasticsearch, but exclusive products such as Elastic Logs, Elastic APM, Elastic SIEM, and more.

OnPage BlastIT is a mass notification system that allows organizations to enhance their crisis communications. It streamlines communication in emergency situations, ensuring that critical, urgent alerts are never missed. Additionally, BlastIT allows organizations to improve mass messaging operations by 30- to-40 percent. Here, I’ll highlight BlastIT’s features and how they outweigh competitor functionalities.

As artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) starts to take hold in the modern enterprise, more IT operators want to make use of its capabilities to streamline routine work. The OpsRamp platform, and its intelligent event management engine, OpsQ, are built to respond to this need with transparency and insight. The OpsRamp Winter 2020 Release helps make AIOps more simple and usable for the everyday operator.

I speak to a lot of MSPs every day, and I’m always asked for advice on meeting new prospects. Finding new clients is one of the biggest challenges they all face. “Have you tried asking your existing clients for referrals?” is my stock answer, and with good reason—prospects referred to you by an existing client are four times more likely to buy than any other opportunities you’ll chase. Here are my tips on supercharging your referrals and winning new business.

For all its benefits, Virtualization Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) continues to be a massive headache for many enterprise technology teams. From improper personas and sizing, long logon times, hangs, lost sessions, freezes and crashes—often one small mistake in a virtualized environment can set your entire enterprise ablaze.

Used effectively, team collaboration platforms like Trello and Slack can give a real boost to productivity, for organizations that routinely run projects requiring group input. With email, video, or direct messaging tools, these platforms make it easy for team members to stay in touch – regardless of the time, or their physical location.