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Security Log Management Done Right: Collect the Right Data

Nearly all security experts agree that event log data gives you visibility into and documentation over threats facing your environment. Even knowing this, many security professionals don’t have the time to collect, manage, and correlate log data because they don’t have the right solution. The key to security log management is to collect the correct data so your security team can get better alerts to detect, investigate, and respond to threats faster.

Announcing the LogDNA and Sysdig Alert Integration

LogDNA Alerts are an important vehicle for relaying critical real-time pieces of log data within developer and SRE workflows. From Slack to PagerDuty, these Alert integrations help users understand if something unexpected is happening or simply if their logs need attention. This allows for shorter MTTD (mean time to detection) and improved productivity.

Fix Your First Contentful Paint (FCP): Cheat Sheet

Are slow FCP scores getting you down? Worried that website performance is frustrating your users and hurting your SEO rankings? This FCP cheat sheet has all the tactics (with links) you’ll need to have screaming-fast FCP scores. First Contentful Paint (FCP) is a measurement of how long it takes to show the user the first bit of content. Measuring FCP encourages your website to respond quickly to requests so that users know their request has been received.

B. Paques & K. Polossat | Combining the Power of InfluxDB and AWS for IoT | InfluxDays EMEA 2021

Data from sensors and systems flows in from a myriad of sources in industrial settings. In this session, learn how to combine the power of InfluxDB with IoT tools and cloud resources from AWS to extract the most value out of your IoT data. We’ll also be sharing some real-world examples of how customers are using these combined solutions to gain a competitive edge.

Deeper Visibility Into Complex Devices | THWACK Livecast Series Session #2

During this THWACK® Livecast series, we'll highlight SolarWinds network management tools designed to help IT professionals navigate increasing complexity with easy-to-use unified solutions. Attendees will learn how to leverage SolarWinds tools to communicate clearly and concisely to management, end users, or even ISPs.

How to do network traffic analysis with VPC Flow Logs on Google Cloud

Network traffic analysis is one of the core ways an organization can understand how workloads are performing, optimize network behavior and costs, and conduct troubleshooting—a must when running mission-critical applications in production. VPC Flow Logs is one such enterprise-grade network traffic analysis tool, providing information about TCP and UDP traffic flow to and from VM instances on Google Cloud, including the instances used as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) nodes.

The Correlation Between Competitive Sports & Website Performance

Yesterday, we watched a nail-biting finish at the Tro Bro Léon cycling race in France. It was head to head for the finish between Pier Allegaert and local Yorkshireman Connor Swift. The time difference between Allegaert and Swift was milliseconds. That’s right, less than a second after 207km of racing!!! It was so close that even the race officials had to study the photo finish to determine the winner, after the tightest of sprints!

Free Edition | MetrixInsight for CVAD | GripMatix

Monitor Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for free with SCOM We have released a SCOM Management Pack for monitoring Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops that is completely free of charge. It contains some of the must-have monitoring and automation features to keep your CVAD platform running. Get your copy here!

When Competitors Close the Digital Experience Gap

After 2020, there are only two types of businesses: those who have retained customers or grown, and those who lost customers to more nimble competitors. There are many reasons. The transition away from traditional retail, shifting customer expectations, and internal operations challenges due to increasing complexity all play their parts. However, the main reason is simple. 2020 affirmed that there’s no such thing as a non-digital business.