Datadog’s infrastructure comprises hundreds of distributed services, which are constantly discovering other services to network with, exchanging data, streaming events, triggering actions, coordinating distributed transactions involving multiple services, and more. Implementing a networking solution for such a large, complex application comes with its own set of challenges, including scalability, load balancing, fault tolerance, compatibility, and latency.

Network monitoring is perhaps the most indispensable tool in a network professional’s toolbox because it offers a deep understanding of IT infrastructure. Many IT pros use network monitoring daily the same way a teenager stares for hours at TikTok. Progress WhatsUp Gold has been making IT lives easier since its beta release in 1996. Here are the ten most popular how-to videos to help you make the most out of WhatsUp Gold.

Imagine a well-designed plumbing system with pipes carrying water from a well, a reservoir, and an underground storage tank to various rooms in your house. It will have valves, pumps, and filters to ensure the water is of good quality and is supplied with adequate pressure. It will also have pressure gauges installed at some key points to monitor whether the system is functioning efficiently. From time to time, you will check pressure, water purity, and if there are any issues across the system.

What it means to be “enterprise grade” has changed. In software development, the size of new artifacts and the pace of development has increased dramatically. Developers are now releasing new components daily, if not multiple times a day. With containerization, and now AI/ML models, new pieces of software can be multiple GBs or larger.

Bitbucket cloud is on a mission to become the world’s most extensible cloud SCM and CI/CD product, and we're thrilled to be able to share the next stage of that journey. Upcoming Webinar: Join us for a live-webinar on May 8th/9th, 2024 for a deep-dive into building your own Dynamic Pipelines. Today, we're announcing the release of a new capability in Bitbucket Cloud called Dynamic Pipelines.

Data centers are the backbone of our increasingly interconnected world. They power everything from streaming services to AI, handling vast amounts of data every second. However, this technological advancement comes at a cost, with energy consumption being a significant concern. In fact, data center energy consumption is forecasted to double by 2026. As we venture further into 2024, it is important to review some of the key trends around energy consumption in data centers.

Look, we've all been there: there's a term, you've heard it one hundred times. You've nodded as others said it in meetings. And now, you've started to say it. The only tiny insignificant problem is that you're not 100% sure what it actually means or how it's different from another similar term. I feel you. So I wrote this DevOps glossary with my highly opinionated definitions of common DevOps industry terms.

Monitoring your data with dashboards and visualizations is perfect for improving the efficiency of your team and facilitating data-driven decisions from insights. They provide a different perspective to your data and by utilizing this data and trends you can clearly view if your system, application, or server is performing optimally, and if it isn’t performing as expected you can analyze where the issue is and promptly rectify this.

Virtual meetings have become essential for businesses, connecting teams and enabling collaboration from anywhere. Google Meet has been a reliable platform for these meetings, but ensuring smooth performance requires some know-how. In this article, we'll break down how to monitor and identify Google Meet performance issues. Whether you're an IT professional, network admin, or remote user, this guide is tailored to help you optimize your virtual meetings.

Private Service Connect (PSC) is a Google Cloud networking product that enables you to access Google Cloud services, third-party partner services, and company-owned applications directly from your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). PSC helps your network traffic remain secure by keeping it entirely within the Google Cloud network, allowing you to avoid public data transfer and save on egress costs. With PSC, producers can host services in their own VPCs and offer a private connection to their customers.