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Transforming Education and Government IT and Cloud Environments

State, local government, and educational institutions have unique IT requirements and regulations that traditional commercial organizations don’t face. From specific IT budgeting processes to strict compliance, public sector organizations are constantly forced to maximize every IT resource in their complex IT environments.

HighByte and InfluxDB Provide Critical OEE Data for Manufacturing Companies

HighByte is an industrial software company based in Portland, Maine building Industry 4.0 based solutions that address the data architecture and integration challenges inherent in manufacturing. The company developed the first DataOps solution purpose-built to meet the unique requirements of industrial assets, products, processes, and systems at the Edge.

What is an Access Control List (ACL)?

A commonly used tool at the Cisco command line is the access control list (ACL). At their simplest, access control lists are collections of IP addresses that are used by a router, switch, or a firewall to identify network traffic that must be handled in a special way. Cisco and other network vendors use ACLs for many different purposes. This article focuses on IOS access control lists as used on Cisco routers, although much of this discussion applies to Cisco switches as well.

Logit.io Launch New & Improved Alerting Features

We are pleased to announce that we’ve recently launched new and improved alerting features which have been rolled out to users across all of Logit.io’s operating regions. As part of these improvements, we have sought to improve platform usability and have now included a new menu from which users can readily configure a number of popular alert types straight from our pre-configured templates.

Best Practices for Maximizing the Value of Situation Alarms

Today, IT operations teams have to process large volumes of events or alarms in near real-time in order to protect service levels, stay competitive, and deliver a great experience to customers. If it takes too long for teams to spot and repair issues, an organization runs the risk of significant business service downtime, SLA penalties, and brand reputation damages. As IT landscapes continue to grow in scale and complexity, guarding against these risks becomes increasingly difficult.

What is Network Performance Management and how is it evolving in the cloud era

Join Michael Patterson, Kentik network technologist, to find out what NPM has become and why legacy solutions met their demise. Get in-depth details about these three must-have monitoring techniques: Watch this Kentik webinar replay to learn: Why these technologies bring deeper visibility into how your company’s internet connections and applications are being impacted and by whom. How to identify the third parties to reach out to when problems occur and see where to focus your optimization efforts.

How to Monitor Any SaaS Application Without Scripting Requirements

Exoprise lets IT administrators easily monitor any SaaS application (internal or external) without scripting. Collect performance data metrics (login time, upload and download time, network path performance, connect time, proxy connect time, DNS lookup time, TTFB, etc.) using our Web Login sensor. The sensor auto detects credential forms, supplies login credentials, and is able to record the server uptime and availability statistics in real-time. All this without the need for any complex scripting. It's simple to deploy the sensor. Start web application monitoring right away and improve the end-user digital experience.

Virtual offsite ideas that work: How the Grafana Cloud team brings together 150 people online

It was a Wednesday in November, and we had just wrapped Grafana Labs' third virtual Grafana Cloud offsite of 2021. Outside my window, it was a dark and cold (8 degrees Celsius) night in Cologne (Köln), Germany. In Austin, Texas, it was early afternoon and headed for 80 degrees Fahrenheit. In Cape Town, South Africa, it was a windy and cool spring evening. And in Melbourne, Australia, our final speaker — who was up very early at 5 a.m. — was heading into a cool spring day.