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

Top 10 challenges for SREs and how to overcome them with APM tools

According to Google, "SRE is what you get when you treat operations as a software problem.” The role of site reliability engineers (SREs) is evolving rapidly to ensure optimal application performance in today's evolving IT environments. SREs are expected to provide proactive and predictive solutions for the issues arising from managing such environments. A Gartner report even suggests that by 2025, 70% organizations will be depending on SRE practices to ensure operational resilience.
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Top 10 .NET exceptions (part one)

Exception handling is essential to.NET development, but not all exceptions are equal. Some, like NullReferenceException, surprise developers with unclear stack traces and production crashes. Others, such as MySQLException or HttpRequestException, often point to issues like resource mismanagement or network failures. At Raygun, we've worked with teams around the world to monitor and fix software issues, giving us deep insight into how exceptions occur and how to handle them effectively.

Datadog On-Call, Code Analysis & More - This Month's Updates! #Observability #opentelemetry

On This Month in Datadog, we’re bringing you a bonus episode to spotlight Datadog On-Call, which is now generally available, and covering other updates, including the general availability of Code Analysis and our expanded integration with Pinecone.

From writing code to running a company of 300+ employees

Today we break down another exciting edition of Founders and Friends, the podcast we’ve created to hold conversations with visionary leaders shaping the tech industry. Today’s conversation features Paul Stovell, co-founder and CEO of Octopus Deploy, and of course, JD Trask, co-founder and CEO of Raygun. Together, they explore the realities of running software businesses, from the evolving nature of agile practices to scaling software teams efficiently. What’s in this article.

Top Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Services Explained with Use Cases

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure Google uses internally for its products, such as Google Search and YouTube. With a global network of data centers, GCP offers over 200 fully managed services spanning compute, storage, databases, AI/ML, analytics, networking, and more, enabling businesses to innovate and scale without heavy upfront infrastructure costs.

This Month in Datadog: Datadog On-Call is now generally available

Datadog is constantly elevating the approach to cloud monitoring and security. This Month in Datadog updates you on our newest product features, announcements, resources, and events. To learn more about Datadog and start a free 14-day trial, visit Cloud Monitoring as a Service | Datadog. This month, we put the Spotlight on Datadog On-Call.

Intro to Synthetic Monitoring

Welcome to the second video of our new series, Frontend Observability & Monitoring! Datadog Synthetic Monitoring is a proactive monitoring solution that enables you to create code-free API, browser, and mobile tests to automatically simulate end-user workflows and requests on your front-end applications. This video will walk you through setting up browser and api testing capabilities so you can keep tabs on your application uptime and ensure a reliable user experience.