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November 2023

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Compound Alerts Within Database Observability Drive Actionable Alerting

Nov 29, 2023 By Dominique Flannery In SolarWinds
The latest edition to the SolarWinds® Observability Platform, Database Observability, is live! Previously, you’ve relied on Database Manager to help monitor your database and generate alerts, and while it was ahead of its time for years, the time has come for the next generation of database monitoring. Key features of Database Observability are: The compound alerting feature is what I want to focus on in this post, though. In my opinion, compound altering is a game changer.
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Troubleshooting End-User Issues With a DEM Tool

Nov 23, 2023 By Pingdom In SolarWinds
In the last decade, businesses have made massive investments in the digital economy with the goal of increasing operational efficiency and improving their customer or end-user experience. However, it isn’t rare for businesses to incur losses due to poor page load speed, failed transactions, or website errors. This is why businesses need to track end-user experience in real time and resolve issues quickly.
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Aggregating Logs From Microservices-Best Practices

Nov 16, 2023 By Loggly Team In SolarWinds
Depending on where you are on your journey with microservices, you may have noticed visibility into the system can be a bit tricky at times. Well, there’s good news. Not knowing what’s going on in the system is a solvable problem. One of the first things you can do is get your logs in order. And one of the best ways of doing so is aggregating your logs into a single logging service.
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Managing Cisco Switch Logs with Kiwi Syslog Server

Nov 15, 2023 By Team Member In SolarWinds
Network management, particularly the effective handling of system logs, is crucial in maintaining a high-performance and secure IT infrastructure. Log files, or simply logs, are generated by network devices such as switches and routers, serving as valuable resources to understand the intricacies of network performance, spot anomalies, and even comply with regulatory requirements.
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Live Render Log Monitoring with Papertrail

Nov 15, 2023 By Papertrail Team In SolarWinds
Cloud platforms like Render have made developers’ lives easier by handling many of the underlying infrastructure concerns. You can deploy web services, spin up databases, and schedule cron jobs without ever setting up a server manually. However, this convenience comes with a challenge: Accessing logs across these disparate services takes time and effort. To overcome this challenge, many developers centralize their logs with a log management service.
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The Present and Future of Data Management Roles

Nov 7, 2023 By Kevin Kline In SolarWinds
In January 2015, I wrote about the future of professional database administrators (DBAs) in a three-part series of articles for Database Trends & Applications magazine. Back then I predicted we would see strong growth in DBA salaries because of the acute and persistent shortage of talent, very little means of training new DBAs, and a median age of DBAs creeping closer to retirement age with each passing year.
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SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server Overview

Nov 6, 2023 By SolarWinds In SolarWinds
SolarWinds® Kiwi Syslog® Server is an affordable on-premises solution designed to help you manage syslog messages, SNMP traps, and Windows event logs. It centralizes and simplifies log message management across network devices and servers. Kiwi Syslog Server lets you collect, filter, alert, react to, and forward syslog messages and SNMP traps, and it helps you adhere to regulatory compliance. Learn how to simplify syslog and SNMP trap management with SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server.
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ESM vs. Traditional ITSM: Differentiating Between the Two to Leverage the Best Option for Your Business

Nov 2, 2023 By Sean Sebring In SolarWinds
Enterprise Service Management (ESM) and traditional Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) are two approaches to service management within an organization. ESM serves as an extension of ITSM, bringing ITSM characteristics and capabilities to non-IT teams and departments.
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