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Monitoring AWS FSx with LogicMonitor

Amazon FSx is a fast, highly available cloud file system service. Compared to traditional file systems, AWS FSx offers improved performance along with simplified management and security. The use of this service removes the headaches of provisioning hardware and maintaining backups, and combines the familiarity of your preferred filesystems with the reliability of AWS.

Five worthy reads: Cybersecurity drift: Leveraging AI and ML to safeguard your network from threats

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, sticking with October’s cybersecurity awareness theme, we’ll take an in-depth look at both the good and the bad of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in cybersecurity.

Icinga 2.11 Insights: Video online

Following Icinga’s development and gathering valuable insights can be time consuming. So we thought about trying something new: Icinga Insights, a live stream on Youtube packed with interesting details on a given topic. As you may have heard, Icinga 2.11 was the biggest release ever done. We’ve invited Michael to join the conversation with Christian this time. Originally targeting 1 hour time, we had a lot of fun during the stream and just kept talking.

Tackling ITOM's Single Glass of Pain Problem

IT operations management (ITOM) software helps enterprises manage the health, availability, and performance of modern IT environments. Analyst firm Gartner expects the ITOM software market to grow to $37 billion in annual revenues by 2023, with legacy on-prem tools giving way to powerful SaaS solutions for hybrid performance monitoring and management.

Context is Everything - How SPS Commerce uses context to embrace complexity

If there is one thing that all Software as a Service (SaaS) companies understand, it is the pressure of “being fired”, as SPS Commerce’s Andy Domeier puts it. SPS Commerce is a cloud-based supply chain management software company and Andy is a Senior Director of Technology there - so he knows what he is talking about. Part of the core value of buying SaaS solutions is that you are typically buying a subscription, which means that you can also cancel that subscription at some point.

What is DevOps?

Digitalization is sweeping across many industries, creating a huge need for innovation. This innovation forces companies to be more agile and deliver faster. However, increasing the speed of your development team doesn’t happen by magic. It’s a metric that isn’t easy to change. How can you adjust to this fast-paced digitalization? I want to introduce you to DevOps.

Poor Work Experiences Are a "We" Problem

A few weeks ago I attended the Digital Workplace & Employee Experience Summit in Berlin hosted by Platinum Edge. I’ve been to hundreds of conferences in my professional career but none like this one. Surprisingly, the attendees and speakers weren’t just IT engineers like myself, but instead a mix and mash of human resources, change management, content marketing, and digital analytics professionals—all with skin in the proverbial workplace experience game.

SIP Monitoring Services: Many Points of Potential Failure

While SIP Voice over IP (VoIP) technology has come a long way to improve connectivity and quality of service, there remains numerous potential points of failure along the path of devices over which the data flows. Unfortunately, if a remote location is experiencing an issue with their data connections, not only won’t they be able to call support to troubleshoot the issue, but they may not be able to send an email either, as both lines of communication rely on the same network.

Preventing Cookie Consent Banners in Synthetic User Journeys

Cookie consent banners and popups are a little like that annoying friend who turns up at your house unannounced when you’re trying to do the washing, asks too many questions and is tricky to get to leave. They’ve also brought their 3 year old with them who’s favourite past time is to pull on your dog’s tail and stare at their private parts. Unlike such visitors, cookie consent banners can be prevented in your synthetic user journeys if you know how.