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Hybrid IT Environments - Another Twist in the Complex World of Modern Applications

Running your IT infrastructure from the cloud can be a smart choice for modern businesses. Cloud computing allows you to build a scalable, flexible architecture at an affordable price. But few businesses are 100% on the cloud. Businesses may have legacy systems or specific resources that work better on-premises, or they may have made a significant investment in on-premises hardware.

Hybrid IT Environments - Another Twist in the Complex World of Modern Applications

Running your IT infrastructure from the cloud can be a smart choice for modern businesses. Cloud computing allows you to build a scalable, flexible architecture at an affordable price. But few businesses are 100% on the cloud. Businesses may have legacy systems or specific resources that work better on-premises, or they may have made a significant investment in on-premises hardware.

Understanding and Debugging Applications Using the Service Map

Elastic APM is an application performance monitoring system built on the Elastic Stack. Elastic APM makes it easy to pinpoint and fix performance problems quickly. In this video, you will learn what distributed tracing is, how it can be used to better understand your environment, and how service maps give you a quick overview of your architecture.

Datadog On eBPF

eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is a Linux technology that can run sandboxed programs in the kernel without changing kernel source code or loading kernel modules. While the kernel is an ideal place to implement monitoring/observability, networking, and security it wasn't until the recent broad adoption of eBPF that it was feasible. Datadog has embraced the possibilities that eBPF brings in those areas and there are several teams already using eBPF in their products. 
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Tracking Core Web Vitals with Raygun

Improving front-end performance for a website is known to increase the likelihood that users will engage, enjoy, and continue to use a website. This leads to better business outcomes by improving customers' digital experiences - no-one likes waiting for a slow page to respond. Core Web Vitals are a part of Google's evaluation of a user's overall page experience, and are made up of three specific page speed, user interaction, and page stability measurements: They work together with other web vitals (mobile friendly, free of malware, secure, and low on interstitial popups) to form an overall page experience score signalling to Google that users are having a good experience.

Understanding and Debugging Applications Using Traces - Version 7.10

Elastic APM is an application performance monitoring system built on the Elastic Stack. Elastic APM makes it easy to pinpoint and fix performance problems quickly. In this video, you will learn what traces are and how they can be used to better understand your applications.