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Network Insight for Palo Alto Networks

SolarWinds Network Insight™ provides deeper visibility into complex devices such as firewalls, load balancers, and switches. In this latest update to Network Insight, SolarWinds Network Management products now provide more information on Palo Alto Networks® firewalls. Network Insight is available in Network Performance Monitor, Network Configuration Manager, NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, and User Device Tracker.

Web Performance Monitor - Monitoring the End-User Experience

Web application uptime is a must-have in your organization. Whether your applications are accessed inside or outside the firewall, your business depends on them being up, available, and performing optimally. Watch this short video and learn how Web Performance Monitor allows you to constantly monitor availability and response time from one location or locations around the globe. Find problems before your users do!

SolarWinds NPM: Your Complete Network Monitoring Solution

SolarWinds® Network Performance Monitor (NPM), created by network engineers for network engineers, is a complete monitoring solution designed to provide you with the tools you need to work smarter, improve visibility, and prevent downtime. See why SolarWinds is a worldwide leader in network monitoring.

Use Caution When Enabling Default Encryption of New EBS Volumes

Amazon has enabled a great new feature for cloud security: Default Encryption for New EBS Volumes. When enabled in a region, any new EBS volume that is created will automatically by encrypted with the configured KMS key. At first glance, this sounds great. However, here there be monsters, as the saying goes, if you are copying EBS snapshots or AMI images across AWS accounts.

Benchmarking Popular Node.js Logging Libraries

Sometimes developers are hesitant to include logging due to performance concerns, but is this justified? And how much does library choice affect performance? The team at SolarWinds® Loggly® and myself decided to find out. We ran a series of performance tests on some of the most popular Node.js libraries. These tests are designed to show how quickly each library processed logging and the impact on the overall application. Let’s see how they did!

Better Logging for Lambda Functions

Serverless architectures such as AWS Lambda have created new challenges in debugging code. Without a solid logging framework in place, you could waste hours, or even days, tracking down simple defects in your functions. A strategic logging framework can be a powerful way to track down and resolve bugs. Let’s walk through how to get the most out of logging Lambda functions.