Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Latest News

Log Management and Graylog Alerts - Keeping Track of Events in Real-Time

Every log management solution out there has its own alerting feature. Alerts are a critical component of every logging tool. They can tell you whether an event is something you want to check out rather than just normal everyday activity you want to ignore. Graylog’s simplified interface is incredibly accessible to assist you with all the information you need in real-time, yet scalable enough to never compromise the level of detail provided.

Software team KPIs for competitor beating software

Back in the bad old days of battleship grey UIs, rounded corners made up with GIF files and “Best Viewed With Netscape Navigator 3.0” badges, businesses just wanted their software teams to ship – quality be damned! In today’s modern software world, things are much different. Technology leaders are expected to deliver on time.

Rancher and Arm Partner to Accelerate Edge Computing

Edge computing has become a clear strategic goal for many enterprises, for some it is already an absolute necessity. As the demands of applications software and the capabilities of hardware continue to grow, containers and Kubernetes have become a compelling technology for edge computing. In just the past 5 years, the way that software is manufactured and maintained has changed dramatically with the introduction of Kubernetes container orchestration.

Birds of a Fiber: A look at Falcon, a modern asynchronous web server for Ruby

The GitHub Readme describes Falcon as, "... *a multi-process, multi-fiber rack-compatible HTTP server ... Each request is executed within a lightweight fiber and can block on up-stream requests without stalling the entire server process."* The gist: Falcon aims to increase throughput of web applications by using Ruby’s Fibers to be able to continue serving requests while other requests are waiting on IO (ActiveRecord queries, network requests, file read/write, etc).

Introducing LogicMonitor's New UI

After joining the product management team at LogicMonitor - I was instantly drawn toward pushing improvements to our user interface (UI). After years of growth and agile development LogicMonitor’s UI had taken a toll, a common challenge across rapidly growing software companies. But where do we start and how do we make improvements that streamline workflows and increase productivity for our users?

The Complete Guide to Understanding VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon

VMware vRealize® Operations (also referred to as the vROps) is a native solution from VMware that provides operations management across physical, virtual, and hybrid cloud environments spanning many VMware technologies and products. vROps is mainly used for performance monitoring and analytics, remediation and troubleshooting, capacity management and planning, workload balancing, log integration, security and compliance, and more.

Cloud Computing Optimization: 3 Strategies for High Growth Companies

Cloud computing optimization is a growing priority, as engineering becomes more accountable for justifying growing AWS spend. Companies that are rapidly growing can be particularly vulnerable to large fluctuations in cloud spending, which often seem to strike without rhyme or reason. Getting a handle on cloud cost is a critical first step toward cloud computing optimization, and can result in more efficient and effective systems across the board.

How the OpsRamp Okta Integration Ensures Robust and Scalable Identity Management

OpsRamp offers different options to manage user identity, including built-in user management, SAML, and OAuth2 based authentication, and third-party authentication services. The OpsRamp Okta integration enables secure user authentication and seamless access without having to remember multiple passwords or re-enter login details.

Top 6 Link Building Tools and How to Use Them

Content marketing in the modern age has become more about link building and ranking on Google than just reaching audiences. Link building practices have been helping marketers improve the organic reach for their content while also building connections within the industry. You can read more about link building success stories with Pitchbox’s case study.

Weaveworks Combines Jaeger Tracing With Logs and Metrics for a Troubleshooting Swiss Army Knife

Founded in 2014, Weaveworks Inc. makes software that helps developers and DevOps teams build, run and manage containerized applications on Kubernetes. Its products include GitOps-based cluster management, and application delivery, observability and monitoring solutions for services running on Kubernetes. It is a founding member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.