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Custom Nagios plugins

Nagios is a well-known monitoring framework; it’s also known for its plugins, the software components that are actually providing monitoring capabilities. IPHost allows using Nagios plugins directly; we have detailed instructions on setting up and using Nagios plugins; below is the essence of these instructions. Plugins can be anything executable – native application, a script file (including Unix shell files or Windows PowerShell scripts) and so on.

Monolith to Microservices: Is Your Organization Ready?

Transitioning from a Monolith to a Microservices architecture can take years to complete. The internet is full of stories of companies famously making this transformation. But how do you know if it’s right for your organization? Is your organization ready? In this article, we will look at five questions you can ask to see if you’ll benefit from a Microservices architecture. We’ll also discuss five challenges you will face during this transformation.

Introducing the New Rollbar UX

When we first built Rollbar, microservice architectures and continuous delivery practices weren't as common as they are today. Over time, we saw how our customers were setting up different projects for each code repository. As a complex distributed architecture becomes the norm, we want to make sure our core user experience reflects this new normal. Today, we’re introducing the new Rollbar user experience. We hope you like it as much as we have enjoyed building it for you!

Black Friday 2019 Website Performance Report by Uptime.com

Tis’ the season for website downtime. No matter how great your web infrastructure is, many ecommerce sites experience downtime on Black Friday. You’re not alone. New research by Google Cloud says that one out of ten retail executives reported downtime on Black Friday 2018, and four out of ten reported outages during one of the past three years.

Extending LogicMonitor with LogicMonitor: An IT Glue Integration

We talk a lot about LogicMonitor's flexibility and extensibility, one reason is that our architecture makes it easy to write integrations to other tools' APIs, while our API lets other tools talk to our platform. This also means you can make LogicMonitor talk to itself.

How to Troubleshoot Logon Duration and Find Root Cause

When trying to identify the root cause of a Citrix end-user experience issue, one of the key pieces of information is if the issue is widespread or if the issue is somewhat isolated. The quickest way to make that determination is by using the Automatic Citrix Discovery and Dependency Map (topology view) within Goliath Performance Monitor.

Killer Customer Experience Requires IT Operational Excellence, Empathy and Data Sophistication

Today on the blog, we feature a conversation with Michael Krigsman, an industry analyst and host of CxOTalk. He has been named a top CIO and IT influencer by several industry organizations. Michael writes extensively on the evolution of customer experience, and why technology is more critical to the delivery of competitive, compelling digital experiences than ever before. MK: Customer experience is a significant driver of revenue over time.

Monitor Azure DevOps workflows and pipelines with Datadog

Microsoft Azure DevOps is a leading platform for planning, building, and deploying code. We are excited to announce a new integration with Azure DevOps, which helps organizations see the full picture as they build and deploy dynamic applications. Teams can get new insights into their builds, releases, work items, and code events; understand how deployments impact application performance; and even halt bad updates automatically.