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How business acumen boosts application security

To outpace the competition in an era where high-performing, secure digital experiences are expected, business acumen can inform AppSec priorities. Now more than ever, business leaders are racing to build, modernize and deploy business-critical apps on-premises and within distributed, cloud native environments.

Troubleshooting and Fixing Kubernetes CrashLoopBackOff

In this post, we'll dive into what CrashLoopBackOff actually is and explore the quickest way to fix it. Fasten your seat belts and get ready to ride. Everyone working with Kubernetes will sooner or later see the infamous CrashLoopBackOff in their clusters. No matter how basic or advanced your deployments are and whether you have a tiny dev cluster or an enterprise multi-cloud cluster, it will happen anyway. So, let’s dive into what CrashLoopBackOff actually is and the quickest way to fix it.

Optimizing cloud resources and cost with APM metadata in Elastic Observability

Application performance monitoring (APM) is much more than capturing and tracking errors and stack traces. Today’s cloud-based businesses deploy applications across various regions and even cloud providers. So, harnessing the power of metadata provided by the Elastic APM agents becomes more critical. Leveraging the metadata, including crucial information like cloud region, provider, and machine type, allows us to track costs across the application stack.

Prometheus vs. AppDynamics

‍In the fast-evolving landscape of technology and software applications, ensuring optimal performance and reliability has become paramount. This article delves into two powerful tools that facilitate effective monitoring and management of digital systems: Prometheus and AppDynamics. With a focus on different aspects of application performance, these tools offer distinct advantages to businesses aiming to elevate their user experiences and operational efficiency.

Advance Azure message failure tracking for efficient business transaction management

In today’s fast-paced business world, organizations rely heavily on data to make wise decisions and streamline operations. Efficiently managing and accessing critical information, such as customer data, orders, and bills, is essential for the success of any business. Serverless360 Business Activity Monitoring offers advanced search capabilities and many other features that empower businesses with a self-service portal to find and retrieve relevant data quickly and easily.

Reduce MTTR with Grafana, Grafana k6, and Prometheus: Inside DHL's observability stack

Each year, more than 296 million packages are shipped around the world via DHL and their premium service, Time Definite International. And at DHL Express Switzerland, a local unit of the international logistics and shipping company, the IT team provides solutions for tracking customs clearance progress, analytics, mobile and optical character recognition (OCR) scanning, and warehouse management on every package that moves through Switzerland.

Generative AI and Observability Automation - Sajid Mehmood & Michael Gerstenhaber

One of the biggest challenges in observability is separating the signal from the noise. As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become more powerful and accessible, it has generated a lot of buzz around the role of AI with respect to the performance and reliability of our technical systems and the teams that build and operate them. In this fireside chat, Michael Gertenhaber (Datadog VP of Product) and Sajid Mehmood (Datadog VP of Engineering) will sift through the hype to chat about what generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) will really mean for the future of observability and how it can benefit your teams today.

Managing your applications on Amazon ECS EC2-based clusters with Elastic Observability

In previous blogs, we explored how Elastic Observability can help you monitor various AWS services and analyze them effectively: One of the more heavily used AWS container services is Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service). While there is a trend toward using Fargate to simplify the setup and management of ECS clusters, many users still prefer using Amazon ECS with EC2 instances.

How to Perform a Forensic Analysis After a Security Breach

In this Kentik demo, Phil Gervasi shows how to perform a forensic analysis after a security breach. Leveraging Kentik's robust visibility into public cloud traffic, we showcase how engineers can effectively identify, analyze, and respond to security incidents. Through a hypothetical scenario, we trace a security alert from its origin—a suspected attack on an Azure-hosted system—to its resolution. Using tools like the Kentik Map and Data Explorer, we identify the attacker's entry point, compromised internal devices, and potential data exfiltration activities.

The Benefits of Using Application Performance Monitoring Software for Website Performance Optimization

Website performance optimization has become critical for businesses in this digital era. If you want to maintain a competitive edge and ensure exceptional user experiences, application performance software is necessary. This indispensable tool empowers businesses to monitor, analyze, and optimize their website and application performance proactively. This article will explore the seven key benefits of implementing APM software for website performance optimization.