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How to monitor Snowflake with Grafana Cloud

Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing platform that allows organizations to store, manage, and analyze large amounts of data. It offers a scalable, secure, and highly available solution that separates storage and computing resources. We already offer the Snowflake datasource plugin, which allows you to query and visualize data from your Snowflake Data Cloud on your Grafana dashboards.

Exponential Smoothing: A Beginner's Guide to Getting Started

Exponential smoothing is a time series forecasting method that uses an exponentially weighted average of past observations to predict future values. This method assigns more weight to recent observations and less to older observations, allowing the forecast to adapt to changing trends in the data. The resulting forecast is a smoothed version of the original time series less affected by random fluctuations or noise in the data.

What Does 99.99% Uptime Really Mean?

Let’s face it, in today’s always-on digital world, a minute without access to a website or service can feel like a lifetime. You’ve probably heard the term “99.99% uptime” before. It’s an important factor for providers (such as hosting or app providers) and key to improving a website’s reliability and a company’s customer satisfaction. But when your service provider promises an amazing 99.99% uptime, have you ever paused to ask what it really means?

How To Diagnose Wireless Network Issues Like a Pro - Check These 4 Things First

When a user’s Wi-Fi network experience falters, frustration often ensues, and the blame is swiftly directed at the wireless network itself. Often, the culprit lies elsewhere. In this blog post, I’ll explore the often overlooked factors that can impact a device’s experience—namely, DHCP, DNS, RADIUS, and improper network segmentation, and how wireless network monitoring can help you solve the issue quickly.

The Crucial Role of Event Management in IT Operations: Preparing for the Future with AI

Event management is a critical process within IT service management, offering a structured method to detect, assess, and respond to events that could disrupt business services. Essentially, event management is a systematic approach to tracking all detectable occurrences within IT infrastructure, applications, systems, and services.

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Monitoring Citrix VAD & ADC on Microsoft SCOM

Citrix virtualization technology has become a crucial aspect of many businesses. It enables organizations to provide remote access to their applications and desktops, improving productivity and efficiency. However, managing Citrix environments can be challenging, especially regarding performance and availability. That's why proactive monitoring is essential to ensure Citrix systems run efficiently. The Teqwave Citrix VAD Management Pack for Microsoft SCOM is a powerful solution that provides numerous valuable features and benefits for IT experts.

10 Best Datadog Alternatives & Competitors [2023 Comparison]

Several years ago, there was little choice among performance monitoring tools. You had to deal with what the market offers. Datadog is one of the oldest solutions available and, thus, well-known. Yet, it is not without flaws, which might make people look for alternative solutions since the market is booming and new tools emerge regularly.