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Monitoring is an essential aspect of any IT system. System metrics such as CPU, RAM, disk usage, and network throughput are the basic building blocks of a monitoring setup. Nowadays, they are often supplemented by higher-level metrics that measure the performance of the application (or microservice) itself as seen by its users (human beings on the internet or other microservices in the same or different clusters).

We are delighted to announce the availability of Squared Up version 4.3, continuing our approach of bringing you frequent updates to the product. Version 4.2 was released just two months ago, and 4.1 two months before that. Each new release brings bug fixes, quality improvements and in this case some cool new features too. For a demo of these new features take a look at the webinar 'Squared Up – v4.3 Release'.

The recently discovered BlueKeep RDP vulnerability reminds us yet again (as if needed to be reminded) that monitoring RDP is not a luxury but an absolute necessity. Many organizations still expose RDP ports to the Internet, making it a prime target for attacks. But even when RDP is only available internally it can still pose a threat – especially for large networks.

In production, the most important advantage of using a build tool like webpack is a smaller size and thus improved overall application performance. Although beneficial for our users, the bundled and minified code is harder to debug for developers as the code they have written doesn't map 1:1 to error stack traces. Multiple tools for minifying, bundling and transpiring JavaScript modules can generate source maps along with the resulting code.

If You Build It, They Won’t Come: 5 Big, Scary and Costly e-Commerce Site Mistakes In the 1989 flick Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner turns his Iowa cornfield into a baseball field because a voice tells him: if you build it, he will come. The “he” in question is his late father, and the movie has a magical, uplifting ending that makes us want to dream again (and possibly, play baseball or eat some corn).

The world of mobile phones is growing at a higher pace by changing the face of digital publishing. Such a rapid change is figured out from Google as it has led to the development of new handful technology which is designed for delivering faster and richer mobile experiences to the users. This is related to the Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) by Google and Progressive Web Application (PWA).

Monitoring backend issues is critical for ensuring that requests are handled in a timely manner, and validating that your services are accessible to users. But if you’re not tracking client-side errors and events to get visibility into the frontend, you won’t have any idea how often these issues prompt users to refresh the page—or worse, abandon your website altogether.