Monitoring

The latest News and Information on Monitoring for Websites, Applications, APIs, Infrastructure, and other technologies.

Introducing Relational Fields

Apr 22, 2024 By Josephine Yuan In Honeycomb

We’re excited to bring you relational fields, a new feature that allows you to query spans based on their relationship to each other within a trace. Previously, queries considered spans in isolation: You could ask about field values on spans and aggregate them based on matching criteria, but you couldn’t use any qualifying relationships about where and how the spans appear in a trace.

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Improving our Multi-Factor Authentication

Apr 22, 2024 By Sean White In Oh Dear

This week we introduced two new updates to enhance the user/team security administration. These updates focus on improving the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) setup and visibility for team management. Let’s take a look.

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What is a Subnet Mask? Examples, Uses and Benefits

Apr 22, 2024 By Nolan Greene In Auvik

“What is a subnet mask?” is among the most common questions for aspiring network engineers. Network veterans have all been through it at one stage or another and we all have our tips and tricks for figuring them out. But, that initial understanding is typically a grind involving some combination of cheat sheets, IP to binary converters, books, articles, and online resources.

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Every second counts in our UI

Apr 22, 2024 By Sean White In Oh Dear

Downtime has always been shown in minutes, hours, and days but for shorter downtimes you would see "0m" even if the actual downtime was less than a minute. We've updated the UI to show downtime in seconds. This means no more manually calculating brief outages — you’ll see exactly how long the system was down :) Did you know you can add notes to downtime periods?

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Sumo Logic Flex Pricing: Is usage pricing a good idea?

Apr 21, 2024 By Chris Cooney In Coralogix

When discussing observability pricing models, there are three dimensions that must be considered The first, Cost per Unit, is an easy-to-understand metric, but in practice it is often overshadowed by a lack of transparency and predictability for other costs. The question is simple: how does a usage based pricing model impact these variables?

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TV integration - introducing the Light mode

Apr 20, 2024 By Colin Bartlett In StatusGator

We just launched a new feature requested by a new users: a light mode for our TV integration. As a reminder, the TV integration is a specially-formatted version of your status page designed to display on a TV. The new light mode is a useful addition that can enhance the readability of your status page on large screens in certain lighting conditions. Or, if you rotate your display with several other screens which have similar light styles, you can now enjoy a better level of consistency across screens.

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Iframe integration - meet Dark mode

Apr 20, 2024 By Colin Bartlett In StatusGator

Meet another update for our Iframe integration! What’s changed? This update brings a dark-mode option for users whose websites or portals are designed with a dark theme in mind. With dark mode for Iframe integration, you now have the flexibility to ensure that your embedded status pages align perfectly with the aesthetic of your website or portal and that your text is readable.

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Navigating Industry-Specific Challenges in IT Infrastructure Monitoring and Automation

Apr 19, 2024 By NiCE IT Mgmt In NiCE IT Mgmt

In navigating the intricate landscape of IT infrastructure, NiCE IT Management Solutions' whitepaper delves deep, unraveling the historical tapestry shaping the contemporary technological terrain. It dissects industry-specific challenges, offers tailored insights into crafting monitoring and automation solutions, and spotlights key players' pivotal roles. Real-world applications showcase how these technologies drive operational excellence, emphasizing the necessity of skillful guidance through monitoring and automation in today's business environments.

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Postgres performance monitoring: Best practices and key metrics

Apr 19, 2024 By Applications Manager In ManageEngine

Before diving into how to ensure the reliability, availability, and optimal performance of your PostgreSQL database, it’s essential to understand the necessity of constant vigilance for its maintenance. This vigilance forms the backbone of a healthy PostgreSQL database. So, how exactly can you achieve this? The answer lies in comprehensive Postgres monitoring.

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ScienceLogic in Action: The Business Outcomes of Investing in IT Operations Optimization

Apr 19, 2024 By ScienceLogic In ScienceLogic

Many of the benefits from ScienceLogic’s SL1 platform for IT operations monitoring and management are readily apparent. Our clients routinely cite dramatic improvements achieved by leveraging SL1 in their hybrid cloud environments, including stronger visibility, more comprehensive monitoring, intelligent automation, and more proactive analytics for decision support.

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