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Open Source Monitoring vs Proprietary Software

It’s easy to get pulled into paying more and more at a major monitoring company, despite not getting the functionality that you’re looking for. Leaving your monitoring provider can be difficult because it means replacing expensive software or hardware, re-educating your team, and transferring huge amounts of data to a new system - data that may or may not be well suited to the new system. Despite these issues, there are many reasons that motivate users to move to open source.

Install Graphite: Common Issues

Graphite is a very popular enterprise monitoring tool. This article will address the common issues that occur while setting up a Graphite instance, and how they can be avoided. We will assume readers have already become acquainted with Graphite, but if you’re interested to learn about the basics of Graphite, check out our articles on the Architecture and Concepts of Graphite and the Installation and Setup before reading this article.

10 Resources Every Sysadmin Should Know

The IT world is continuously evolving and there are so many resources to help you keep up to speed. However, it’s a challenge for even senior sysadmins to sift through all the available resources to identify the ones that are most relevant and useful. In this blog, we identify some key resources across various channels to not only help you stay up to date with the latest technologies but also to improve your skills and career opportunities.

Trivial? THIS is What Developers Really Mean!

Trivial? THIS is What Developers Really Mean! Software development managers, do you really understand your developers? Here's your guide to speaking developer, Part 1 of 4, from Sleuth's CTO and cofounder, Don Brown. Give Sleuth a try and see how we empower software teams to build faster by making engineering efficiency easy to improve and measurable — in a way that both managers and developers love.

From Fear to Fandom: How Resolve's OpenAI/ChatGPT Translate Code Benefits IT Teams

The rollout of new technology can come with hesitation and even fear, and generative AI is no different. The New York Times in February 2023 dubbed the popularity of ChatGPT a “phenomenon” that started an AI arms race – one that wasn’t exactly welcomed by news writers, marketing agencies, or business leaders.