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Cybersecurity today is not just about defending against attacks. It’s about proactively managing risks in a landscape where threats are growing in volume and sophistication. With data volumes rising by 30% in just the past year and the average cost of a data breach now exceeding $4 million, traditional Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems are no longer enough.

Developers, marketing teams and business owners rely on Oh Dear to monitor their entire website and applications. We offer a feature-packed, all-in-one service with simple pricing - designed specifically for your peace of mind. Oh Dear already has a flexible and powerful notification system and to date has performed over 38 billion checks and sent over 19 million notifications across Email, Slack, MS Teams, PagerDuty, webhook and more.

In the world of Service Management, ensuring your software works seamlessly is critical. This is where a software warranty comes into play. A software warranty guarantees that your software will perform as intended for a specific period, and if it doesn’t, the vendor is responsible for providing fixes, updates, or even replacements.

Software maintenance plays a crucial role in ensuring that systems run smoothly and efficiently. After the software is deployed, it requires ongoing adjustments, updates, and corrections to meet evolving needs. Without proper maintenance, even the best software can become obsolete, buggy, or vulnerable to security risks. This article delves into the intricacies of software maintenance. We will explore what it entails, the different types, its importance, and the common challenges organizations face.

No app is perfect. Even if we try our best to test all possible cases, sometimes things will go wrong. It only takes one failing request to get you in trouble. It’s how we handle it that makes the difference between an application crash and a graceful fail. In this article, we’ll cover the basics of error and exception handling in React apps. We’ll also explore different kinds of errors and best practices for recovering from them in a user-friendly way.

Cloud engineers have become a vital part of many organizations – orchestrating cloud services to create seamless digital experiences for clients. With responsibilities spanning across cloud security to troubleshooting incidents, cloud engineers are key to keeping modern businesses running efficiently. And as the need for cloud expertise continues to rise, so do opportunities in the field.

Last week, a handful of Memfolks had the opportunity to travel to Austin to attend the first ever Embedded World North America1! Embedded World NA welcomed 3,500 visitors and 180 vendors across 3 days2. While it was surely a smaller showing than Nueremburg’s Embedded World, we still wanted to quickly touch on our takeaways from the event. In this post, we will cover what we learned from the first Embedded World North America.

Monitoring application health is a lot like monitoring your personal health. Vital signs such as heart rate, blood pressure, and overall well-being can spot problems before they escalate, helping us maintain good health. Similarly, application health requires constant monitoring of performance indicators like CPU usage, memory consumption, and application response times.

For over a decade, we’ve worked closely with AWS to help our joint customers ensure the health and security of their mission-critical applications. That’s why we’re so excited to have recently renewed our Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with AWS and to announce five new AWS competencies across multiple industries.

Performance bottlenecks can sneak in and slow everything to a crawl regardless of how advanced your application is. These hidden culprits can turn a seamless user experience into a frustrating one. In this blog, we’ll uncover the most common bottlenecks that drag down complex applications and share proven strategies to identify and resolve them. By the end, you'll have the tools to keep your application running at top speed, regardless of the workload.