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Not all websites are the same. From personal blogs to business websites, online shops to community forums, SaaS applications to video streaming services, websites come in all shapes, sizes and flavours. It follows that not all websites have the same uptime requirements. If a personal blog goes down for 20 minutes it might not be a big problem, but the same downtime for a popular online shop could be a major concern.

We are happy to announce the release of Java on Windows in Retrace! This latest Retrace release aims to provide first-class support for monitoring Java web applications and services running on Windows systems.

A wise tech-guy once said, “It all comes down to data and how it is exchanged”. Spot on we’d say! Laptops, hand-held devices, smart TVs, all send and receive data. Apps, websites, and software programs, all function on data. Needless to say, there’s an obvious connection there. The invisible thread between devices and software programs / apps, is the data binding them. It is ‘data’ which enables apps to control devices.

Data is exploding. The shift to digital business is driving a massive expansion in the volume of data that organizations produce, use, and store. It is also accelerating the velocity of data—that is, the data is changing more rapidly than ever before. Which in many ways is great—more data can bring more insight into customers, markets, and opportunities. But more data can also be a problem.

During a server outage, your IT team can feel pulled in two different directions: First, having to communicate with customers about the issue and second, fixing the actual problem. Since you want to keep your customers informed while working to resolve the issue, there’s a solution tailored to your team: A status page can help you communicate while keeping pages updated with specific, clearly-written automated messages.

Windows supports a code-signing feature called Authenticode, which allows a software publisher to digitally sign executable files (e.g. .exe, .msi, …) so that users can verify their autenticity. The digital signature of a file can be viewed in the file properties in Windows explorer on the “Digital Signature” tab.

Leonberg, 14-03-2018 – NiCE IT Management Solutions GmbH, a key-player in the Enterprise Application Monitoring market with more than 25 years of experience in complementing the major IT Management Platforms like Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OM) and Micro Focus Operations Manager has announced the availability of the NiCE Active O365 Management Pack, enabling advanced synthetic, hybrid Microsoft Exchange Online monitoring.

We just shipped our March 2018 update and Mattermost users and admins alike have a lot to be excited about: Mattermost now offers enhanced compatibility with Amazon CloudFront, a content delivery network that helps accelerate load times for static assets, improving the user experience, E20 admins can now easily migrate users to SAML single sign-on via a CLI command, increasing security with access controls that ensure only authorized users can access critical data.

We’re just a few months away from mandatory compliance with GDPR. The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the EU National Data Protection legislation and is due to take effect in May 2018. The GDPR is a new regulation to protect personal data of EU citizens. It affects all organizations (even outside of the EU) that process data of EU citizens. In our previous article “Preparing for the GDPR”, we shared some resources for learning more about the GDPR.

Retrace includes a lot of powerful error tracking and log management features designed for developers. This top 5 includes key features that every development team can benefit from. Get the same functionality on your workstation when testing Prefix on your workstation for free!