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How to Detect Slow Database Queries Affecting Application Performance

The biggest challenge when a user complains of slow application is diagnosing why it’s slow: Is it due to a code-level issue or a database issue? Should we call the DBA or the application manager? Performance problems with the database can cause up to 70% of all application performance issues in production, according to consensus among database practitioners and experts.

OpsComm January: OpsRamp Winter Release Introduces New Capabilities for AIOps, Cloud Native Operations, and Service-Centric IT Management

It’s been a big month of great product updates in January, including the launch of the OpsRamp Winter Release, the ability to deliver collaboration across service delivery and IT operations teams with our certified ServiceNow integration and silver membership in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). In this month’s OpsComm, we’ll take you through some of the exciting news and updates at OpsRamp. To see all of the recent OpsRamp coverage, check out our newsroom.

How to Take Business Continuity Tests To The Next Level

The importance of effective business continuity planning (BCP) cannot be understated. Being able to avoid and mitigate the risks and damages associated with a disruption to operations is critical to the health of any business. And, the two main pillars upon which a robust BCP program rests are, of course, the plan and the testing program.

A Greater Gatsby: Modern, Static-Site Generation

Gatsby is currently generating a ton of buzz as the new hot thing for generating static sites. This has lead to a number of frequent questions like: A static…what now? How is GraphQL involved? Do I need to set up a GraphQL server? What if I’m not a great React developer, really more of a bad React developer?

9 Under Maintenance Page Tips To Keep Control During Site Work

A site under maintenance can be stressful for employees and customers. In our fast paced and hyper-competitive business environment, pulling through unharmed from a difficult situation requires a lot of effort, communication and teamwork. Often the level of effort required to ensure things run smoothly goes unnoticed by those on the outside of your organization.

timeShift(GrafanaBuzz, 1w) Issue 78

Grafana v6.0 Beta1 was released this week, and it’s packed with new features! This is one of the biggest updates to Grafana and introduces a new way to explore your data, support for log data, and includes tons of other enhancements. We hope you’ll give v6.0 Beta1 a try and let us know what you think. You can see a few of the highlights below, but check out all of the updates in the What’s new in Grafana v6 documentation.

How To Monitor Almost Anything: Lifehacking Diabetes

What can you monitor with LogicMonitor? There are only two limitations. As a Sales Engineer, I'm often asked questions like "Do you monitor (insert specific technology resource here)?". Equally often, I'm asked whether and how easily LogicMonitor's core abilities can be extended to gather metrics from any resources that may be specific to the customer.

How to shorten your feedback loops (and reduce your team's stress)

You’re working on a project — let’s say it’s a presentation to introduce a new initiative at your company. You have a first draft of the content done, and you send it to your boss for her feedback. She makes a few revisions and then says she’d like to share it with the leadership team to see what they think.

Mattermost security update 5.7.1/5.6.4/5.5.3/4.10.6 (ESR) released

We are releasing a recommended security update via Mattermost Team Edition 5.7.1, 5.6.4, 5.5.3 and 4.10.6 (ESR) and Mattermost Enterprise Edition 5.7.1, 5.6.4, 5.5.3 and 4.10.6 (ESR). This security update addresses a high-level vulnerability discovered during a security research review by Rohitesh Gupta.