Applications have, traditionally, been developed as "monoliths." This term describes how application code is compiled and delivered. Monoliths are compiled and/or packaged into a single binary, or a bundle of code, and deployed as a single unit. That single unit contains hundreds, sometimes thousands of lines of code. The functionality packed into that deployable artefact is most, if not all, of the functions of the application.

DevOps communication is continuing to evolve-and these tools are leading the charge.

If your monitoring systems are becoming chaotic, there could be a better way to simplify.

If you're thinking of running a serverless setup, congratulations! But...that means you're running a distributed system. With all the benefits and simplicities that come with going serverless comes this tradeoff: You potentially also have some increases in complexity. Distributed systems are, by their nature, complex. With partitions, you're communicating over a network that's potentially unreliable and can't be trusted. Which means that monitoring your application errors is going to be especially important.

Recently, OpsMatters marketing consultant & copywriter Lauren Detweiler sat down (virtually, of course!) with Lucian Daniliuc, founder & CEO of uptime monitoring service Monitive, to chat about the monitoring industry, the process of rewriting an application from scratch, and why customers matter to the process so much.

These systems are continuing to change the way businesses prepare for and respond to incidents when they arise.

For the final part of our monitoring series, we take a deeper look at the giant industry of security monitoring and how these tools can help you protect your systems from major threats.