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Website Monitoring for Startups: Essential Strategies for Early Stage Growth

For startups, every interaction counts, and first impressions matter. So, website monitoring should be an integral part of any startup’s digital strategy. Ensuring your site is fast, available, and secure not only enhances user experience but also solidifies your reputation as a reliable and professional business. It’s not just about keeping your site online; it’s about offering a seamless, engaging user experience that can significantly influence your startup’s growth and success.

How To Visualize Business Service Performance with Splunk ITSI

The complex nature of modern digital landscapes means the ability to effectively monitor and understand its impact on your business is not just desirable — it's a necessity. This is where Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) comes into play. ITSI offers a sophisticated platform for service insights and detailed analytics that can be used by digital operations teams as the first step of a troubleshooting workflow.

What's New in Rightsizing in VMware Tanzu CloudHealth

In March of 2024, The FinOps Foundation announced an update to the FinOps Framework. Within that Framework, each domain is meant to describe a set of business outcomes that a mature FinOps practice should ultimately strive for. As an individual customer’s cloud usage grows and as they progress through their own cloud journey, they will end up working through their challenges in each of these domains. However, each customer’s cloud journey is rarely linear, and maturing is never easy.

Ultimate Guide to SQL Indexes

Databases are essential for storing data and providing user access to specific information. This fundamental task becomes increasingly complex as databases expand, data volumes swell, and data processing times lengthen. For quick and efficient data retrieval from large databases, we use indexes. An SQL index functions similarly to an index in a book or journal, referring to data within tables. This article will explore SQL indexes, enhancing your understanding of database management.

What Causes Jitter in Networks

As one of the most common network issues, jitter affects both individuals and businesses alike, often leading to a surge in troubleshooting and getting back on track. But before diving headfirst into fixing the problem, let's take a step back and understand the root causes of jitter. This knowledge is key! By grasping the causes of jitter, you'll be empowered to not only troubleshoot existing issues effectively but also prevent them from happening again in the future.

Using Customer-based Custom Properties in Ncentral

What’s this Paul, are you banging on about Custom Properties in N‑central again? Yes I am. For those of you familiar with my work, you’ll know I’m a big fan of Custom Properties and how they can help expand what you can do in N‑central. But I’ve been thinking about this recently and I found that when I talk about Custom Properties I tend to just focus on what you can do with device-based Custom Properties, which leaves customer-based Custom Properties out in the cold.

MSP vs Internal IT: What's the Right Choice for My Company?

Today’s IT teams are facing a greater demand for services than ever before, and often doing so with increasingly limited resources. This inevitably leads to one of the most common yet challenging decisions corporate IT leaders must face throughout their career: should we keep this in-house, or should we outsource it? Understanding the nuances of the MSP vs internal IT debate is the first step to making an informed choice for your business.

Monitor Your Apache Tomcat Servers Using Telegraf and MetricFire

Apache Tomcat servers are useful because they provide a robust and flexible environment for running Java-based web applications, ensuring high performance and scalability. They are essential to monitor because regular monitoring helps in identifying performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and potential failures, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of web applications.

The Cost Of Shutting Down The Internet

The internet is the lifeblood of our modern world. With over 5.4 billion users globally, it connects us to friends, family, information, and opportunities. But what if the internet suddenly disappeared? What would be the cost of shutting down the internet? Internet outages, while thankfully rare, can have devastating consequences. To highlight these, we’ve delved deep into the economic impact of internet disruptions, analyzing real-world cost data to reveal just how staggering the effects can be.=

Jenkins is No Longer Free: Why Razorops CI/CD is the Best Free Forever Alternative

For years, Jenkins has been a staple in the world of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD). Its open-source nature and extensive plugin ecosystem made it a go-to choice for developers and organizations worldwide. However,Jenkins no longer being free, prompting many to seek alternative solutions. Enter Razorops, a CI/CD platform that offers robust features and a commitment to being free forever.