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The latest News and Information on Application Performance Monitoring and related technologies.

MCP Observability with OpenTelemetry

2025 has truly been the year of Agentic AI, with MCP (Model Context Protocol) emerging as one of its flashy and most talked-about innovations. While many products have seamlessly integrated MCP servers into their systems, these servers are increasingly being labelled as black boxes, opaque components that handle critical tasks but offer little visibility into what's happening under the hood. We prompt an agent, a tool gets invoked, and a response is generated. But what really happens in between?

Perform Distributed Tracing for your MCP system with OpenTelemetry

2025 has truly been the year of Agentic AI, with MCP (Model Context Protocol) emerging as one of its flashy and most talked-about innovations. While many products have seamlessly integrated MCP servers into their systems, these servers are increasingly being labelled as black boxes, opaque components that handle critical tasks but offer little visibility into what’s happening under the hood. We prompt an agent, a tool gets invoked, and a response is generated. But what really happens in between? And when something breaks, how do we trace the failure and debug it effectively?

Built for Engineers: Datadog's Vision for the Future

Datadog was built by engineers, for engineers. At, Datadog Co-founder & CEO Olivier Pomel opened the keynote with a clear message: observability, security and AI are converging. From infrastructure to AI Agents, the future of engineering requires one unified platform. Catch all product announcements to see what’s next in observability and security on our Youtube channel!

How to Reduce Application Downtime with APM?

According to a recent 2025 study, the average cost of downtime has inched as high as $9,000 per minute for large organizations. For higher-risk enterprises like finance and healthcare, downtime can eclipse $5 million an hour in certain scenarios. Whether you're part of a DevOps team, an SRE, a developer, or an engineering manager, minimizing application downtime should be a critical focus. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is through Application Performance Monitoring (APM).

What's Slowing Down Your App? Common Performance Issues APM Can Solve

Application performance is critical to user experience and business success. When an application starts slowing down, identifying the root cause isn’t always straightforward. For developers, DevOps engineers, and SREs, Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools provide real-time visibility into how applications behave under load.

Troubleshooting: No data or monitor not created for .NET applications in Site24x7 APM Insight

Are your.NET applications not showing up in Site24x7 APM Insight? This step-by-step video will help you troubleshoot missing data or monitor issues for both IIS-hosted applications and Windows Services. In this video, you'll learn how to: Related links.

Fabric Interconnect: Connecting Servers with UCS Hardware

Every IT decision-maker faces a common challenge: balancing operational efficiency with cost control. While software solutions help streamline operations and drive efficiency, they can introduce redundancies into your system. These redundancies strengthen availability through backup systems but often complicate data management, leading to inconsistencies and potential outages. This is where hardware solutions like fabric interconnects prove invaluable.

Understanding APM and Distributed Tracing in the Observability Stack

To keep modern applications running smoothly, you need more than just basic monitoring. APM (Application Performance Monitoring) gives you a broad overview, tracking metrics like latency, errors, and system health. Distributed Tracing, on the other hand, shows the full journey of each request across services, helping you pinpoint the root cause of slowdowns or failures.