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Profiling Using Java Agents

The core functionality of the Java Instrumentation API lies in its ability to modify the bytecode of classes being executed by the virtual machine. This capability allows for a range of monitoring tasks to be carried out, such as event recording and data gathering, which can provide valuable insights into an application's performance and behavior.

Enhancing Database Capabilities with Multi-Database and User Management

In the past few months, our team has worked hard to enhance our database features. We've made significant updates to our database management capabilities, giving our customers the ability to manage multiple logical databases on the same server (or cluster) and to create custom database users.

7 Steps to Develop an Effective IT Asset Management Strategy

The main goal of IT Asset Management (ITAM) is to manage, control, and protect your IT assets throughout their whole lifecycle. In order for it to be successful, it's important to create an effective ITAM strategy, which will help you work more efficiently towards your goals and objectives, and get the most out of the practice. In this article, we will describe what an IT Asset Management strategy looks like and everything it should include, as well as the main benefits it will bring to your organization.

How to deploy Prometheus on Kubernetes

This is a tutorial for deploying Prometheus on Kubernetes, including the configuration for remote storage on Metricfire. This tutorial uses a minikube cluster with one node, but these instructions should work for any Kubernetes cluster. Here's a video that walks through all the steps, or you can read the blog below. You can get onto our product using our free trial, and easily apply what you learned.

Monitor your Linux web apps on Azure App Service with Datadog

Azure App Service is a fully managed platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution for deploying web applications, event-driven functions, RESTful APIs, and more. Azure App Service enables developers to quickly build and release services that scale dynamically—without worrying about provisioning and maintaining infrastructure. Last year, we released the Datadog extension for Azure App Service for deep visibility into your Windows.NET applications.

Streamline collaboration throughout your organization with Datadog Teams

As organizations evolve and their stacks become more complex, they need increasingly robust visibility into their cloud-based infrastructure, services, and applications. Meanwhile, teams within these organizations tend to become more specialized and siloed. As they multiply across offices and time zones, these teams must be enabled to collaborate flexibly without muddling their distinct day-to-day priorities.

The evolving role of AI in knowledge management

Recent advances in AI-powered chatbot technology will change the way humans interact with applications and machines. AI will likely boost current IT Service Management (ITSM) chatbot capabilities and directly affect how knowledge management will be provided in the future. Let’s look at how AI in knowledge management is affecting content creation, management, and access.

What Is Endpoint Security and How Does It Work?

This year, organizations around the world are focused on strengthening their endpoint security, especially since the average cost of data breaches is rising significantly. IBM’s data breach report confirms that the average global cost of a data breach is 4.35 million, and the U.S. average cost is 9.44 million. Endpoint security is a part of a cybersecurity program that prevents threats and attacks from damaging an IT environment.

Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023 Recap

KubeCon Amsterdam was an incredible gathering of like-minded professionals, bringing together devops, software engineers, vendors, and cloud technology enthusiasts from around the world. This year’s event was the biggest KubeCon + CloudNativeCon ever, with a sold-out attendee list of 10,000 strong. The sheer scale of the event was a testament to the growing popularity of cloud native technology and the vibrant community that supports it.