At Obkio, we believe in using our resources to give back to organizations that make the world a better place. That’s why we launched our NPO Plan—a program designed to help non-profits access advanced Network Performance Monitoring at a significantly reduced cost. By offering our services to non-profits at a fraction of the price, we help them to focus on what matters most—supporting their missions, rather than worrying about IT costs.

We all know that Checkly is a ‘secret weapon’ for engineering teams who want to shorten their mean time to detection (MTTD). With Checkly, you can know within minutes if your service is unavailable for users, or acting unexpectedly. In this article we’ll talk about how Checkly traces can help you expand on the benefits of Checkly, adding insights that will help you diagnose root causes, and further reduce your mean time to resolution (MTTR) for outages and other incidents.

Since our inception in 2003, ScienceLogic has been dedicated to empowering our partners with innovative solutions that deliver exceptional visibility and insights into their and their clients’ IT environments. Our mission is to help these organizations navigate complexity, transform inefficiencies into productive outcomes, and achieve and exceed their business goals.

Microsoft 365 offers multiple file storage solutions—SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams—each designed for different use cases. However, many organizations struggle to determine where to store files and how to manage document collaboration efficiently. Choosing the wrong storage location can lead to content sprawl, security risks, and version control issues.

Welcome to the March edition of the NiCE bi-monthly monitoring news! As the year starts to take full swing, we’re excited to bring you the latest updates, insights, and events to keep you at the forefront of IT monitoring. With significant developments, there’s much to explore, prepare for, and leverage in the coming months. Stay tuned!

We are thrilled to announce that Squadcast is now a part of SolarWinds, marking a transformative milestone in our journey to redefine reliability and incident management. When we started Squadcast, our singular mission was clear–to help teams achieve greater reliability by transforming incident response into a proactive, automated, and intelligent process. Today, that mission takes a massive leap forward as we join forces with SolarWinds, a global leader in hybrid IT observability.

Maintaining uptime and reliability becomes crucial as more businesses move to the cloud. While platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud offer flexibility and cost-effectiveness, they also introduce risks that can disrupt critical services. Recent events show how fragile cloud infrastructure can be. On July 19, 2024, a routine cybersecurity update caused a global internet outage. Beyond large-scale incidents, human error remains a leading cause of downtime in IT and data centers.

OracleDB remains a top choice as a relational database management system (RDBMS), despite its strict licensing requirements. It excels at handling complex SQL queries, massive datasets, and transactional workloads, making it ideal for large Enterprise technology stacks. Its many benefits include robust indexing, partitioning, and in-memory processing to optimize query performance at scale.