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5 API Gateway Best Practices

For a lot of organizations, APIs are almost like a digital baseball card collection. You keep adding to it, and some of them can be monetized. Just as you need to organize and protect your most valuable cards, you need to implement the appropriate security measures around your APIs. Your API gateway is like having a dedicated binder or box just so you can access your cards and share them without exposing them to people’s hands in a way that can devalue them.

Coralogix new observability solution now available for enterprises

Coralogix continues to invest in and develop solutions to address modern business challenges. One such example of modern business challenges is the field of observability with data complexity and volume increasing all the time. Observability solutions play a key role in digital transformation and operational excellence, helping companies aggregate a growing amount of data, effectively analyze it, and initiate the needed actions to maintain optimal performance and uptime.

ConnectWise PSA Integration

In this video, we will be reviewing the ConnectWise PSA integration along with it's benefits. We'll also walk you through the configuration process to quickly configure the integration. The ConnectWise PSA integration allows for tickets to be automatically created and closed upon Exoprise Alarms being triggered. With tickets being created in ConnectWise PSA, you can begin automatically assigning tickets based on the alarms triggered in Exoprise using workflow rules.

Grafana Cloud updates: new visualization options, performance test analysis, Grafana Alerting improvements, and more

We consistently roll out helpful updates and fun features in Grafana Cloud, our fully managed observability platform powered by the open source Grafana LGTM Stack (Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for traces, and Mimir for metrics). In case you missed it, here’s a roundup of the latest and greatest updates for Grafana Cloud this month. You can also read about all the features we add to Grafana Cloud in our What’s New in Grafana Cloud documentation.

Optimizing Throughput: Overcoming Syslog TCP Pinning with Cribl's Load Balancing

In modern network systems, managing data flow efficiently is critical, especially when dealing with high volumes of log data. One common challenge for IT teams is the bottleneck caused by Syslog TCP pinning, where a limited number of persistent TCP connections lead to throughput inefficiencies. This blog explores the concept of TCP pinning in depth, discussing its implications on network performance and detailing strategies to alleviate these bottlenecks through innovative load balancing techniques.

Improve mobile vitals using Site24x7 mobile APM and crash analytics

Between your app server and your customer's fingertips, your mobile application or website's performance depends on many factors. Often, what you give may not be what the customer gets, as several things can get in the way, such as bottlenecks, server performance issues, network woes, and un-optimized code. All these factors prevent your customers from experiencing fluid, fast, and functional apps and websites as intended.

ScienceLogic CEO, Dave Link, Wins MeriTalk Cyber Defenders Award

Congratulations to Dave Link, CEO and founder of ScienceLogic for being named a 2024 MeriTalk Cyber Defender! Each year, MeriTalk celebrates outstanding leadership in cyber innovation within the federal government IT community. The prestigious Cyber Defenders Awards honor government and industry individuals who are at the forefront of safeguarding government systems from complex cyber-attacks, leading cyber modernization progress, and driving our nation’s cybersecurity.

Monitor your InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated cluster

InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated provides fully-managed InfluxDB v3 clusters that power enterprise-grade workloads on a scalable infrastructure dedicated to your workload and your workload alone. As a fully-managed service, InfluxData takes the infrastructure hassle off your plate by monitoring and scaling your cluster when necessary. Until recently, cluster health-related metrics were only available to internal InfluxData support staff.

Why Perform Database Recovery Tests?

The top query from database administrators is: what is this database for, and why do I care? The life of a DBA is one of infinite gifts, even if those gifts are unwanted. If you've ever had an application owner drop a database in your lap, then this session is for you. Hear from professionals who have dealt with this problem time and time again. Spoiler alert: better tooling gives you and the application owner the insight they need to make informed decisions.