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Free & Pro Monitoring Compared

A few months ago we published a price comparison blog which compared every available website monitoring service on price. In this post, we ignore price completely and provide an in-depth feature comparison between Pro and Free services. This post is intended to compliment our Plans page by providing a detailed comparison between Pro and Free features...

Splunk: Getting Started With Splunk Enterprise

Are you new to Splunk? Do you need help getting started with Splunk Enterprise? Splunk turns machine data into valuable insights no matter what business you're in. It's what we call Operational Intelligence. Operational Intelligence gives you a real-time understanding of what's happening across your IT systems and technology infrastructure so you can make informed decisions.

Splunk: Mo' complexity, Mo' problems: Why Modern IT Needs Proper Monitoring

Between 2017 and 2018, the number of application and service outages increased from 25% to 31%. What's alarming about these outages is that 80% could have been prevented - they were primarily caused by human error, power outages, network problems and configuration issues. Lack of visibility into the IT infrastructure can create a snowball effect of issues - siloed teams and data, and long times between detecting issues, investigating them and restoring services.

Rancher: Kubernetes + Vault | Online Advanced Kubernetes Training

Vault operation is hard enough already, let alone with needing to add new applications, new policies, new databases... But if I automate my secrets, that defeats the purpose of storing it securely in vault. This class aims to show some simple ways of adding automation to your vault operation to help reduce operator toil and give a standardized way of having developers add new applications via a GitOps flow.

Rancher: Kubernetes Zero to Hero | Advanced Kubernetes Training

Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for deploying containerized applications at scale on the different cloud providers. Why is this? In this Kubernetes Master Class, we'll discuss the reasons for using Kubernetes (K8s), the core concepts, architecture, real-life scenarios, and the differences betwen using managed vs un-managed K8s solutions, and how to reduce costs by using cloud excess capacity.

Rancher: Data Security Strategies for Kubernetes | Advanced Kubernetes Training

A recent survey of IT professionals conducted by market research firm MarketCube revealed that data security is the number one security concern of enterprises running container technologies. As innovative enterprises adopt Kubernetes to build and run mission-critical applications across public and private clouds, the question arises of how to address data security, a non-negotiable business requirement for enterprise applications.

Sysdig: Enterprise Kubernetes and Containers - A real-world usage snapshot

What are companies really doing with their containers? What do they find most appealing? How has the landscape changed over the past year? Join Sysdig as we present our 2019 Cloud-Native Visibility & Security Report. We'll take our annual look at more than 300,000 real-world container deployments, and you'll learn the top applications being containerized, the security threats at play, and the degree to which enterprises are adopting Kubernetes and containers.

Sysdig: IDC & Sysdig: The Business Value of Unified Kubernetes Security and Monitoring

The use of cloud-native technologies such as containers, microservices, and Kubernetes brings security and monitoring challenges that IT executives must overcome to reap the benefits. Gaining insight and control across the full stack is critical to reducing risk and delivering the business outcomes you expect. Join IDC and Sysdig to learn how enterprises across verticals like financial services, healthcare, information technology, and transportation are achieving significant business results with unified security and monitoring - including payback in only 5 months. In this webinar you'll learn:
    , How Sysdig users achieved average annual benefits of over $4M , How deep security and visibility increase operational efficiency by nearly 50% , How greater health, risk, and performance insights improve user productivity as much as 65%