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New Partnership with Ergo Group, Ireland

A new partnership between NiCE IT Management Solutions and Ergo will enable Microsoft Dynamics 365 customers to get more out of their investment through advanced performance and health monitoring. Microsoft Dynamics 365 is one of the fastest growing CRM solutions with more large-scale enterprises using it as their core business solution.

Real-User Monitoring for Single-Page Apps

Exoprise Service Watch, our real-user monitoring (RUM) product, recently improved support for monitoring Single-Page Apps (SPAs) which have become the foundation for many Software-as-a-Service applications like GSuite, Salesforce Lightening, or Microsoft’s Outlook Web Access. SPAs have unique requirements when it comes to capturing and monitoring end-user experience especially through different network configurations, proxies, firewalls and branch office users.

What It's Like Working Remotely as a Junior Dev

I am a junior software engineer in Slovakia. I feel incredibly lucky that I’ve had this amazing opportunity to join Grafana Labs, as it was among the top companies that I’ve ever dreamed about working for. The only thing that I was slightly scared of was the fact that Grafana Labs is remote-first, and I would be working full-time from home.

Uptrends - Introducing Self-Service Transactions

We’ve had Web Application Monitoring for years. After recording, our Support team tweaks and tests transaction scripts for you (this is still an option). With Self-Service Transactions (SST), you can now write and manage your own scripts. If you have a Business or Enterprise account, you can start using Self-Service Transactions during the final stages of our beta testing.

What is Developer Time Worth?

It’s remarkable to me how many developers have no idea what their time is worth. I speak with a lot of developers, and when I mention my work on TrackJS, I frequently hear “I could build that”. Yeah, you could. Observability tools aren’t rocket science. But you shouldn’t. Your time is too valuable to build better mousetraps. Your time is valuable and finite. Both to you and to your company.

Typespecs and Behaviours in Elixir

Today, we will dive into Typespecs and Behaviours. These are two Elixir features that we are ecstatic (pun intended) about. They are great examples of built-in features in Elixir that help get some of the advantages of statically typed code. Alright, let’s set the scene. Elixir is a dynamically typed language. This means that the type of each variable is not checked at compile-time, but rather at run-time. Like most things, this comes with advantages and disadvantages.

Troubleshooting Web Application Performance Meltdowns: A Real World APM Use Case

Today, it’s a common practice to SSL-enable web applications and websites. It’s beneficial for SEO and it is also needed for compliance. Many regulatory compliance standards mandate that websites are using SSL certificates. A key part of SSL-enabling a website is the configuring the SSL certificate.

How to Build Custom Integrations That Help Connect OpsRamp with Other IT Operations Tools

Webhooks allow third-party services to send updates through events and deliver real-time information to OpsRamp via HTTP requests. When an event gets triggered, an HTTP POST payload is sent to the configured webhook URL and custom logic associated with the webhook gets executed.

How to Explain Cloud Computing to Your Clients

What is cloud computing? If you’ve been asked this question by a client, you know there isn’t an easy answer—it really depends on who you ask, and every article seems to say it’s something different. But as cloud adoption continues to rise, you’ll likely be asked this question over and over again, and you’ll want a simple answer you can rely on. So we’ve broken it down for you.