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Introduction to CI/CD

In a business world where time is money and every dollar counts, efficiency and productivity are critical success factors. Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Deployment (CD) is a process that helps organizations rapidly release software with confidence The process relies heavily on automation and modern cloud-based services to provide tools for build management, monitoring, testing, and deployment automation.

Announcing LM Envision

LogicMonitor’s unified observability platform brings clarity to Enterprise IT 2022 Is another exciting year for LogicMonitor. Today, LogicMonitor brought together customers, partners, industry analysts, and visionary thought leaders in New York City for our annual user conference, LM Elevate to discuss how to“elevate” their monitoring, their digital transformation, and their industries.

What Is Apache Kafka and How Do You Monitor It?

Apache Kafka is known for its ability to handle real-time streaming data with speed and efficiency. It’s also known for being scalable and durable, which makes it ideal for complex, enterprise-grade applications. Of course, those new to the concept behind Kafka may find that it takes some time to understand how it works. Thanks to its unique combination of messaging, storage, and stream processing features, Kafka is well suited for both real-time and historical data analysis.

Best Agile Certifications for IT Professionals in 2022

Making time and resources available for learning, development, and certifications are some of the most important ways to help improve employee engagement within IT organizations. In addition to helping you attract and retain talent, team members with specific certifications bring technical knowledge and skills to your operation that can vastly improve efficiency and aid in your overall operations.

ITIL v3 vs. ITIL v4: An Introduction to the ITIL v4 Framework

Since it was developed in the 1980s, the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) has been maintained by Britain’s Office of Government Commerce (OGC). The ITIL framework is considered to set the standards for IT service delivery. The latest version is explained in a series of five books, each one focusing on different processes and stages.

Effective Dashboards to Jump Start Your IT Monitoring Initiatives

Earlier this year ‘MIT Center For Information Systems Research’ released a new research report on effectively using dashboards to jump-start your digital transformation initiatives. The research team found that companies with top quartile dashboard effectiveness significantly outperformed bottom-quartile companies on internal and external measures of performance. The topics discussed in this report apply well to IT monitoring initiatives as well.

Garbage Collection in Java

Garbage collection in Java is a familiar term in the coding world. You will come across it when learning the Java programming language. Because it’s built into Java memory management, the garbage collector is one of Java’s crucial features. It helps prevent serious errors and allows programmers to create new objects without worrying about unwanted objects.

Azure Cost Management with LogicMonitor

As the future of hosting in the cloud continues to evolve and expand, LogicMonitor continues to work to empower admins with useful insights and valuable data to make smart business decisions. Azure Cost Management with LogicMonitor helps optimize cost when planning future rollouts, auditing others already in-flight, and capturing shareable items on a recurring basis or with live access for accounting or management teams to get quick insight into Azure costs.

What Is a CMDB and What Role Does It Play in IT?

Organizations of all sizes have a complex array of hardware, software, staff, and vendors. Each of those assets comes with complex configurations and relationships between them. Visualizing and tracking these configurations and relationships over time is critical to quickly responding to incidents. Plus, it helps inform business decisions, especially regarding future IT components and upgrades.

What Data Types Does SQL Server Support?

There are many types of data compatible with SQL Server, and it’s important to understand what they are to avoid issues with non-compatible data types. Understanding the compatible data types is also fundamental to understanding the data type precedence, which determines what type of data will result when working with objects of two different types.