Microsoft System Center 2025, the latest version of its flagship suite for data center management, has been released on November 1. This new release continues to build on its established reputation for streamlining IT operations, with key improvements in automation, cloud integration, and enhanced security features that align with modern hybrid infrastructure needs.

In database management, efficient limiting of query results is crucial for optimizing performance and ensuring the retrieval of relevant data. Many SQL database systems, such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, utilize the LIMIT clause to specify the number of records a query returns. However, SQL Server doesn’t support the LIMIT clause, opting instead for alternatives like TOP, OFFSET-FETCH, and SET ROWCOUNT.

ManageEngine OpManager now integrates with Ansible, an open-source automation tool, enhancing its network monitoring capabilities with Ansible’s powerful automation features. This integration enables IT teams to automate routine tasks such as incident response and configuration management, reducing the need for manual intervention and providing a more efficient, streamlined approach to maintaining network reliability and improving overall operational performance.

The end is near! That’s right, mainstream support for SAP ECC will be ending in 2027. While this is fairly well known what is less obvious is that this also includes support for SAP Solution Manager. Let’s be honest though, the functional end of life for Solution Manager happened quite a while ago.

Adopting a cloud-based, distributed architecture may help your organization scale quickly, but it can also add complexity. Correlating telemetry, security signals, and alerts across services often proves difficult, resulting in slower issue remediation. Additionally, when something goes wrong, figuring out who to contact—for example, the on-call responder or the service owner— may become needlessly time-consuming.

Infrastructure monitoring is necessary for finance companies. Whether running a small fintech startup or managing systems for a global bank, having secure, reliable tools to monitor and manage your infrastructure and applications is fundamental for the success and security of your business. This article covers some common monitoring use cases for financial companies and how you can get the metrics you need with an agent. Try signing up for a free trial today!

The principle of continuous improvement is central to the practice of observability. Naturally, within the data-driven philosophy of DevOps this implies an ongoing cycle of acting, measuring and improving. For many teams, the classic four DORA metrics are seen as a gold standard. As I discussed in a previous article, whilst DORA metrics are a great starting point for assessing your agile capabilities, they are not necessarily definitive.

What if I told you that you're using dashboards wrong? Imagine this: You're on a call with your team, staring at a big, static dashboard full of graphs and numbers. Someone pipes up, "Okay, so what now?" Everyone exchanges glances, unsure of how to move forward. You've got the data, but somehow, you're still stuck. If you’re nodding along, we feel you. The truth is, the way we’ve been using dashboards is outdated. They’re static. They’re rigid.

As someone deeply invested in the evolution of SquaredUp, I’d like to share more about our search capability and how we designed the functionality. SquaredUp can connect to 100+ data sources, thousands of objects, tons of metrics, and and we offer many purpose-built out-of-the-box dashboards and monitors. We've deliberately designed our search experience to be able to handle the complexity of various data environments and make finding relevant information seamless and efficient.

Did you know CFEngine can self-organize hosts into different groups? Say you have a few hosts that you want to reboot once a month. You don’t care when, but you want the hosts to self-organize and pick a date. The select_class attribute for classes type promises might be what you’re looking for. Let’s take a look.