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Software Maintenance Best Practices for 2023

Businesses rely on software solutions increasingly in our modern age, and it’s constantly evolving. Compared to some of the software being used in the early 2000s, we’ve seen large changes, resulting in more complex frameworks, which come with their own unique changes. As software and systems become more complex, so increases the probability of errors occurring and the level of jeopardy those errors might present.

Automate end-to-end processes and quickly respond to events with Datadog Workflow Automation

Developer, SRE, IT, and security teams often perform complex and error-prone processes in response to disruptions and changes in their systems. Relying on these processes requires a significant amount of time switching between tools to gather the relevant context needed for remediation, domain expertise, and the manual execution of tasks for incident management—which can significantly prolong disruptions and downtime.

Complete Guide to tracing Kafka clients with OpenTelemetry in Go

OpenTelemetry can be used to trace Go applications that use Kafka to find performance issues and bugs. OpenTelemetry is an open-source project under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) that aims to standardize the generation and collection of telemetry data. Telemetry data includes logs, metrics, and traces. Apache Kafka introduced the ability to add headers to Kafka messages from version 0.11 onwards.

Our broken links check has been improved

One of our unique monitoring features is that we crawl your entire site to discover links that might be broken. When we discover a broken link, we'll send you a notification and display every broken link in our Broken Links Report. We've made a nice quality-of-life improvement to that Broken Links Report. In addition to displaying the broken link URL and the page on which that broken link was found, we now also display the link text of that broken link.

Top 11 MYSQL monitoring tools in 2023 [open-source included]

Database monitoring is a critical component in your application performance monitoring. Apart from application code issues, database issues are one of the most common reasons for a bad user experience. MySQL is one of the most popular open-source DBMS that businesses have widely adopted. MySQL monitoring tools can help you identify potential issues with your database, keep a continuous check on your database instances, improve performance and detect and alert you about real-time issues.

Cloud Provider Uptime Monitoring: May 2023 Insights

Explore our insightful May 2023 report on the uptime of top cloud providers. We've carefully assessed the health of these leading services by monitoring outages and issues throughout the month. Using data from their official status pages, we've normalized the information to create a clear and concise overview of their reliability. Find out how your favorite cloud provider stacks up in this essential report.

Leveraging SCOM-AI GPT for Enhanced Citrix Monitoring at SCOMathon 2023

As a proud sponsor of SCOMathon 2023, GripMatix had the opportunity to showcase the application of SCOM-AI GPT, which integrates your SCOM alerts with ChatGPT, with our existing SCOM Management Packs for monitoring Citrix. The session titled 'Going Beyond Citrix Director with MetrixInsight, SCOM, and SCOM-AI GPT' demonstrated the potential of these combined technologies in enhancing Citrix monitoring beyond the capabilities of Citrix Director.

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5 Tips to Improve Employee Digital Experiences

Companies' reliance on technology grows daily. However, with Information Technology (IT), infrastructure complexities on the rise, overall system performance fluctuates. Any network, app, or service delay hinders individual and corporate performance. Identifying the source of these digital pain points resembles searching for a needle in a haystack. What follows are a handful of tips, so you sift through the hay faster, reduce outages, and improve employee digital experiences.

Citrix VAD and ADC Monitoring on Microsoft SCOM

Master rapidly changing application delivery landscapes, growth in user demand, and the need to improve user experience. Citrix virtualization technology has become a crucial aspect of many businesses. It enables organizations to provide remote access to their applications and desktops, improving productivity and efficiency. However, managing Citrix environments can be challenging, especially regarding performance and availability. That's why proactive monitoring is essential to ensure Citrix systems run efficiently.