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The Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) module is designed to shift support “left,” meaning it empowers support operators to identify and address issues earlier in the process by providing them with a business-friendly view of the underlying complex infrastructure. This makes it easier for operators to understand and manage critical processes without needing to have expert skills in the technical complexities of Azure.

The rapid adoption of cloud technology has revolutionized how organizations operate, collaborate, and innovate. With cloud solutions enabling on-demand scalability, data accessibility, and cost savings, they have become the backbone of modern business infrastructures. However, with this progress comes new challenges, especially in the realm of incident management.

For gaming companies, creating a positive user experience is paramount. Gamers expect seamless gameplay, fast response times, and 24/7 availability. Maintaining top-notch performance is crucial when managing massive multiplayer online games, mobile games, or e-sports platforms. This blog will explain how gaming companies rely on monitoring and explore many widespread monitoring use cases for gaming companies.

Did you know that an average data center can consume around 300,000 gallons of water every day? With data center sustainability being a top priority for many organizations around the world, it is important to remember that sustainability is not just about decreasing the use of fossil fuels and lowering carbon emissions but reducing water consumption as well. However, according to Uptime Institute, only 43% of data centers collect data on their water usage for corporate sustainability purposes.

Developer self-service can sound like a dream: A platform that developers can use to freely develop — unburdened by sprawling IT, tools they shouldn’t need to know how to use, and tickets that take forever to complete. But in DevOps, self-service is becoming a differentiator for organizations with growth goals, widening skill gaps, a need for visibility, or just an appetite for better DevOps efficiency.

Over the last few years, cloud-native has become a popular buzzword in the tech industry. There are cloud-native applications, cloud-native network functions, even cloud-native storage. But, like many buzzwords, the true meaning of cloud-native has itself become clouded by overuse.