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The latest News and Information on Application Performance Monitoring and related technologies.

Software team KPIs for competitor beating software

Back in the bad old days of battleship grey UIs, rounded corners made up with GIF files and “Best Viewed With Netscape Navigator 3.0” badges, businesses just wanted their software teams to ship – quality be damned! In today’s modern software world, things are much different. Technology leaders are expected to deliver on time.

Rethinking Application Performance Monitoring (APM): Sentry Raises $40 Million Series C

When I started Sentry in 2008 as an open-source side-project, I was solving a problem for myself. I wanted visibility and alerting around what errors occurred and when. I wanted to take errors out of log files and into an easily digestible dashboard.

What is Synthetic Monitoring?

Organizations depend on fully functioning IT systems and processes to attract customers, deliver services and manage internal operations. The operation of these systems and processes directly impacts the business and reputation of each organization. Ensuring that all IT systems and processes are fully functional 24×7 is a key component of any organization’s IT performance management strategy. This is where synthetic monitoring comes in.

Slowdown is the New Outage (SINTO)

With 'Orange Is The New Black' (OITNB) wrapping its final season, let's reclaim the title formula 'x is the new y' with SINTO. This post explores tracing, monitoring, observability and business awareness. By understanding the difference in these four methods, you'll be ready to drive agile applications, gain funding for lowering technical debt, and focus on customer retention.