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

A complete guide to monitoring cross-platform apps using APM

Cross-platform environments are crucial for businesses aiming to optimize development costs while reaching a broader audience. By leveraging shared codebases and frameworks, organizations can maintain a consistent user experience across platforms without the need for redundant development efforts. They enhance operational efficiency by offering multi-framework support and providing a consistent user experience across platforms.

APM Observability: A Practical Guide for DevOps and SREs

Modern application architectures have evolved from simple monoliths to complex distributed systems spanning multiple environments. This evolution has transformed how we approach monitoring and troubleshooting. Traditional monitoring methods that focus solely on uptime and basic health checks are no longer sufficient for understanding system behavior in cloud-native environments.

eG Enterprise Alerting Integrates With Yet More ITSM Ticketing Systems, Including BigPanda and Freshservice

Just a quick blog to let you know that eG Enterprise v7.5 has introduced support for further ticketing systems – including for popular ITSM solutions such as BigPanda and Freshservice.

6 Silent Traps Inside CloudWatch That Can Hurt Your Observability

One of the most common things we hear from our users, is how AWS costs keep increasing with CloudWatch often playing a big role. CloudWatch has long been the default observability solution for AWS users. While it’s great for some use-cases, it’s also important to check out and weigh other alternatives which could be better suited for modern observability demands. Let’s examine some areas where modern observability platforms outweigh CloudWatch. Note.

Observability vs APM: What's the Real Difference?

Remember when monitoring your apps meant checking if they were up or down? Yeah, those days are long gone. As systems have gotten more complex—microservices talking to other microservices, containers spinning up and down, serverless functions doing their thing—the approach to understanding system health has had to level up too. APM tools have been the bread and butter for DevOps teams for years, but now everyone's talking about observability.

How to Use Prometheus for APM

Monitoring applications shouldn’t be a guessing game. But too often, DevOps engineers end up buried under a pile of metrics that don’t help when things go wrong. That’s where Prometheus APM comes in. It offers a straightforward way to make sense of your systems—especially when you're working with modern, distributed setups like microservices.

Flexible Log Management at Scale for Government

As government agencies scale their IT modernization initiatives and deepen their focus on security, managing and maximizing the value of growing log volumes becomes more challenging. During this webinar, Datadog experts examined how to collect, process, and store large machine-generated data sets, transforming them from noise into actionable intelligence.

VDI vs VPN: Which Remote Access Solution is Best for Your Business?

The shift toward remote work has made reliable and secure access to company resources more important than ever. As organizations explore different solutions to address these needs, two popular technologies stand out: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Virtual Private Networks, or VDI and VPN. Both offer distinct benefits for connecting employees to critical systems, but the differences between them can significantly impact your business operations.

Monitoring SaaS application health: How APM ensures uptime and performance

Software as a Service (SaaS) applications are the driving force behind modern digital enterprises, enabling seamless business operations across industries like finance, marketing, retail, and IT. From CRM platforms and e-commerce solutions to project management tools and cloud storage services, these applications offer businesses the agility and scalability they need to thrive.