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Connectivity is more important than ever to support our education system. BYOD, remote classes, Wi-Fi, and a variety of digital learning solutions are now just part of the equation. Education IT teams have a big task: making sure educational service delivery remains uninterrupted while balancing the constraints of limited budgets, staff, and time to support digital transformation that can keep up with modern demands.

Technology environments are rapidly evolving as organizations look to remain competitive, accelerate innovation and make themselves more agile. But in the process, many of the observers, i.e., stakeholders who track infrastructure and application metrics, are falling behind, unable to monitor and manage modern, cloud-native apps and multi-cloud environments due to the complexity that comes with them.

Built on the V8 JavaScript engine of Chrome, Node.js is a very lightweight, open-source framework with minimum modules. And since it is an asynchronous system by default, it is faster than most other frameworks. DevOps still need Node.js monitoring to ensure performance better than other frameworks. In order to understand how relevant Node.js still is, note that PayPal, Reddit, LinkedIn, Amazon, Netflix and other high-use, high-visibility service providers use the framework.

Achieving full, 360-degree observability across your entire IT ecosystem and application components can be thwarted by the disconnect between technical monitoring and business outcomes - running the risk of catastrophic service failures.

The NiCE VMware Management Pack 5.4 is an enterprise-ready Microsoft SCOM add-on for advanced VMware vSphere and ESXi monitoring. It supports the VMware administrator in centralized vSphere and ESXi health and performance monitoring to improve user experience and business results. The new NiCE VMware Management Pack 5.4 comes with new features, such as extensive vSAN monitoring options, vCenter Service monitoring, Snapshot management, Datastore Provision monitoring, as well as Certificate tracking.

The digital revolution forced every organization to reinvent itself, or at least rethink how it goes about doing business. Most large companies have invested substantial cash in what is generally labelled “digital transformation.” While those investments are projected to top $6.8 trillion by 2023, they’re often made without seeing clear benefits or ROI.

Finally, It's time for a new VMware management pack release, and yes, we heard you! A while ago we asked for your input and feedback in a customer survey. We worked hard to optimize and add new features according to your requests. Some most significant features are mentioned and described in depth below, while you will find all newly added features, changes, and improvements in the release notes.

After almost two years living with a pandemic that changed the way we live and, not the least - the way we work, we are happy to say that we just finished the first events in quite a long while. What used to be very successful "live events" have now turned into online, digital ones, and though it's not quite the same, we are pleased that the participation was high and feedback positive.

Performance testing is an essential component of building fast and reliable web services. Until recently, this testing typically happened later in the development process and was often performed by a separate team or even a third party. But speed is the competitive advantage for companies, and prioritizing testing during the development process can speed time to market for new applications.