Enterprise Alert offers the possibility to directly receive SNMP traps and generate alarms from them. The SNMP traps contain a number of parameters that are identified by OIDs. These OIDs are quite cryptic and not very meaningful. So-called MIB files are used to assign meaningful names to the OIDs. The following describes how you can use a script to import such MIB files to display meaningful names instead of OIDs in SNMP events. You can also use these names in alert policies.

We’re thrilled to share that Datadog has been recognized by Forrester Research as a Leader in its report, The Forrester Wave™: Intelligent Application And Service Monitoring, Q2 2019. Unlike previous industry analyst reports, which focused specifically on application performance or IT operations, this report gives a nod to the changing landscape, where customers want to have a unified view across all components of their software for faster problem detection and diagnosis.

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we explore DevSecOps and why it’s vital for businesses to integrate security into their DevOps workflow.

LogicMonitor’s topology mapping functionality provides users with a scalable mapping solution that operates on an additive approach for establishing topological context (this means we only show what is necessary for your current viewing purposes).

Connection tracking (“conntrack”) is a core feature of the Linux kernel’s networking stack. It allows the kernel to keep track of all logical network connections or flows, and thereby identify all of the packets which make up each flow so they can be handled consistently together.

In the last decade, Node.js has rapidly risen in popularity as a server-side programming language. With that popularity, we’ve seen no shortage of frameworks aiming to make developers’ lives easier. Although they are lesser-known than other Node.js frameworks, Hapi, Sails, and Restify are a few options that have a lot to offer.

The world of internet is always changing. The term “Internet of Things” has reshaped the way we live now and companies are no exception. Gone are the days of using a single channel for work flow; most of the businesses rely on multiple devices and platforms to stay connected and manage operations. Owing to the ever-evolving needs of the clients, businesses are going mobile which means their market offering are available on the go.

Recently Amazon launched Open Distro for Elasticsearch, a distribution of Elasticsearch with a number of additional features. The project was created out of concern that Elasticsearch was starting to include proprietary features, and that Elastic was straying from its open source roots.

As industries shift to a microservices approach of deploying applications using containers, data scientists can reap the benefits. Data Scientists use specific frameworks and operating systems that can often conflict with the requirements of a production system. This has led to many clashes between IT and R&D departments. IT is not going to change the OS to meet the needs of a model that needs a specific framework that won’t run on RHEL 7.2.

We are happy to announce a new bugfix release for Icinga Web 2. Official packages are available on packages.icinga.com. Community repositories might need a while to catch up. You can find issues related to this release on our Roadmap.