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Prometheus Distributed Tracing: An Easy-to-Follow Guide for Engineers

Apr 28, 2025 By Preeti Dewani In Last9
When your microservices architecture starts growing, tracking requests as they bounce between services becomes a real headache. You know the feeling—a user reports a slow checkout process, and you're left wondering which of your twenty services is the bottleneck. That's where distributed tracing with Prometheus comes in.
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What is API Monitoring and How to Build API Metrics Dashboards

Apr 28, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
In today's connected world, APIs are the backbone of modern applications. Whether you're working on a microservices architecture, a mobile app, or a SaaS platform, APIs are what keep everything talking to each other. But how do you know if your APIs are healthy, performing well, and delivering what your users need? That's where API monitoring comes in. Let's break down what API monitoring is, why it matters, and how you can build effective API metrics dashboards to keep your systems running smoothly.
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onpage

A Process for DDoS Incident Response

Apr 28, 2025 By Gilad Maayan In OnPage
A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack overwhelms a server, service, or network with internet traffic to disrupt or halt normal operations. This is typically achieved by multiple compromised systems flooding the target with traffic. The result is that legitimate users cannot access the systems or services, causing significant operational and financial impact.
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nexthink

The ROI of VDI: Delivering Value or Draining Resources?

Apr 28, 2025 By Nexthink In Nexthink
VDI has been a cornerstone of enterprise IT for nearly two decades. Once seen as a breakthrough for secure remote access and business continuity, the cost of resolving IT issues within VDI environments has led some leaders to question whether these systems are a blessing or a burden. With rising pressure on IT teams from shrinking budgets and increasing demands for efficiency, one question keeps coming up: Is your VDI investment a value driver, or a cost center?
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scout

Rails Apps and Slowdowns: How Scout Shows what Databases Don't

Apr 28, 2025 By Lance Erickson In Scout
Congratulations! Your Rails app has finally started seeing consistent traffic and things are on the upswing. But with growth comes the potential for the sluggish sort of SQL queries that can really slow things down. In this post, we’ll go over what your database (whether it’s MySQL or PostgreSQL) can tell you about the problem, and we’ll also talk about what it can’t tell you. Spoiler alert: this is where Scout comes galloping over the hillside to the rescue!
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Website Monitoring vs. Web Analytics: What's the Difference?

Apr 28, 2025 By Super Monitoring In Super Monitoring
In the present day’s digital world, a company’s website is more than just a digital shopfront important factor in customer experience, marketing, and company operations. With so much at stake on the performance of the Web and user engagement, organisations have to ensure that the websites are tuned both technically and for meeting visitor needs.
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Are You Worried That Your Business Doesn't Have What It Needs?

Are You Worried That Your Business Doesn't Have What It Needs?

Apr 28, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Starting something from scratch takes guts-but keeping it running day after day? That takes real skill. If you're shipping, storing, or handling physical goods, there's a lot that can quietly go wrong. Missed orders, delays, broken packaging, or even vehicle issues can lead to frustration and unexpected costs. But here's the good news: avoiding those problems doesn't require fancy tools or a huge budget. Just a bit of planning and smart decisions in the right places can help everything feel easier and more in control.
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statusgator

Why choose StatusGator: The smarter way to stay ahead of cloud outages

Apr 27, 2025 By Colin Bartlett In StatusGator
In today’s cloud-first world, downtime isn’t just an inconvenience—it disrupts work, frustrates users, and costs money. Whether you’re in DevOps, IT support, or engineering, it’s critical to stay informed about outages affecting the services your company relies on. That’s where StatusGator comes in.
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How to Give a Better Presentation

How to Give a Better Presentation

Apr 27, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
The art of giving a presentation well can prove to be invaluable at work. In the modern age, people tend to see so many presentations on a daily basis, but they instinctively know which ones have been delivered well and which ones have significant room for improvement. There are plenty of ways that you have available to give better presentations, and the following blog post will present a broad overview of just some of the main options that you have in front of you. Ultimately, it all comes down to being properly prepared, knowing your audience and working on your own individual set of skills.
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hyperping

Continuous testing in DevOps: The missing piece for reliable systems

Apr 26, 2025 By Leo Baecker In Hyperping
Reliable, high-performing systems are the lifeblood of modern digital businesses. But it's hard to know where to start, especially when you're a startup with limited resources and a small DevOps or SRE team. Fortunately, effective continuous testing doesn't have to be overly complicated. In this guide, we'll break down the essential components of continuous testing in DevOps, with special attention to the often-overlooked monitoring aspect that can make or break your testing strategy.
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