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Vercel is adding a new marketplace category and Sentry is in(to) it

More people will build and ship applications in the next year than in the 10 years previous. As more applications make their way into “launched”, by developers of all experience levels, making sense of “what broke”, “why”, and clear paths to fixing it is going to become more and more important. This is why it made sense for Sentry to be one of the first platforms launching Vercel’s new Observability Marketplace category.

Monitoring, Observability, and Operational Resilience - SolarWinds TechPod 097

In this episode of SolarWinds TechPod, hosts Chrystal Taylor and Sean Sebring explore the key differences between monitoring and observability with guest Jeff Stewart, GVP of Product Management at SolarWinds. Observability goes beyond traditional monitoring, offering AI-driven insights and a holistic view of system health. Like understanding the anatomy of the body, observability reveals how IT systems are interconnected—where one issue can ripple across the entire environment.

Application Success, Unlocked: Nexthink Adopt Comes to Infinity

From desktops to applications and everything in between, Nexthink has delivered unmatched visibility enabling IT teams to see, diagnose, and fix issues plaguing the digital workplace. But, digital workplaces looking to supercharge employee productivity need more. Enter Nexthink Adopt, your new ally in eliminating friction and driving flawless adoption and usage of your most critical business applications.

AI Vibe Coding: Productivity Superpower or Security Nightmare?

Imagine this: You’ve got a business problem to solve. Instead of waiting on dev cycles, planning sprints, and juggling priorities, you just ask an AI assistant to write the code for you. A few seconds later, it hands you the solution — and with your AI also providing a step-by-step deployment guide, what could be simpler? That’s the promise of AI Vibe coding — a future where anyone can build and deploy software just by describing what they want in natural language.

Infrastructure Monitoring: A Comprehensive Guide to Integrating Effective Alerting

Imagine you’re the IT guardian of a busy company. Every day, you rely on infrastructure monitoring tools to keep an eye on your servers, networks, and applications. These tools are your early warning system – they spot glitches before they become full-blown problems. But what happens when an alert is missed or delayed? That’s where effective alerting comes in.

Service Dependency Mapping: The Hidden Framework of AIOps

According to McKinsey report, 70% of digital banking transformations exceed budget and timelines largely due to one core problem: underestimating system complexity. The current issue? Financial institutions are being blind —they’re unable to see how deeply intertwined their applications, services, and infrastructure really are. A recent study shows 45% of financial institutions face at least one major IT breakdown every quarter.

Comprehensive Guide to Log Aggregation Techniques and Tools

Logs can provide vital insights to help you monitor system health, pinpoint and resolve issues, and improve cybersecurity. They capture real-time errors and record information about events and other system activities, shedding light on everything from application performance to security threats. However, managing logs can be overwhelming. To get the most out of your logs, you need to aggregate them into a centralized system where they can be organized, searched, and analyzed effectively.

How to Use Playwright to Validate an API Response Schema (PWT-Native and Zod)

In this video, Stefan Judis, Playwright ambassador, explores ways to apply schema validation for API responses. We dive into three detailed examples: By the end of this tutorial, you'll learn how to employ Playwright's native methods or a JSON validation library such as Zod to ensure your API responses meet expected schemas.

Behind the screens: Site24x7's Google Cloud Monitoring architecture

Businesses need to operate with precision and efficiency. Monitoring your vast cloud environments is an important aspect of achieving such performance. Site24x7 Google Cloud Monitoring has been an indispensable tool for you and thousands of IT professionals to maintain the health and availability of Google Cloud resources. Have you ever wanted to know how Site24x7 does it without breaking a sweat—even when your cloud resources scale up and down exponentially?