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In Honeycomb’s Customer Architects team, we work with the full spectrum of team, scope, and budget sizes. “The data isn’t valuable enough” is something we’re always dismayed to hear, but we hear it often enough. The thing is, as much as we want it to not be true, no product or tool can magically maximize the value of your telemetry data—at least not without gobs of human input, oversight, and review.

Catchpoint has officially crossed a major milestone: over 3,000 intelligent agents now power our Global Agent Network. This isn’t just a big number. It underscores our commitment to helping our users monitor what matters, from where it matters most: the end user. With agents deployed across 105 countries, 346 cities, and every layer of the Internet stack, Catchpoint now offers the broadest and deepest visibility into user experience available today.

IT infrastructures in the modern business landscape never stand still. The backbone that keeps the organization and its business operations running is expected to relentlessly scale with the newer technologies and challenges that are thrown in while keeping business functions online without disruptions. IT infrastructure transcends from networks and servers to applications and cloud environments, where every component is as crucial as the other. And the margin of error is very small.

Critically-acclaimed TV show The Last of Us is back. As a huge fan, I find striking parallels between the series’ post-apocalyptic environment and modern digital operations. Just as Ellie and Joel’s (the main characters) world was fundamentally changed by an unstoppable force of nature, today’s operations are being radically transformed by increasingly complex, interconnected systems, and the power of AI and automation.

A Service Orchestration and Automation Platform brings together several core automation capabilities—workflow orchestration, workload scheduling, and resource provisioning—into a single, policy-driven platform. The goal is to provide end-to-end automation across hybrid infrastructure, applications, data pipelines, and services.

In a Linux environment, understanding how your storage devices perform can mean the difference between a system that flies and one that crawls. Whether you're troubleshooting performance issues or fine-tuning your server setup, getting familiar with Linux disk I/O statistics is an essential skill for any tech professional. This guide breaks down everything you need to know about Linux disk I/O stats - from basic concepts to practical monitoring techniques that you can implement today.

If you're dealing with slow MySQL queries and wondering why your database performance is lagging, you're not alone. MySQL performance analyzers are key tools for pinpointing bottlenecks, optimizing queries, and ensuring your databases stay efficient and responsive. Let’s explore how these tools can help you keep things running smoothly.

Hybrid and multicloud IT environments have become standard for enterprises, and with good reason. These environments offer greater flexibility, improved resilience, and optimized performance by allowing organizations to leverage the best features of multiple cloud providers while maintaining the security of on-premises infrastructure.

Starting a business requires investing in fixed assets like land, buildings, equipment, etc. Have you ever wondered what happens when these assets turn old or outdated? Further, why should you never dispose of these capital assets or fixed assets without a proper strategy? Asset Disposal is a critical aspect of asset management that involves the systematic removal of outdated assets from the balance sheet.

Can application performance truly influence business outcomes? The numbers say it all. Amazon’s 2024 annual report revealed a staggering $638 billion in revenue—and by its own benchmark, a mere 100 millisecond delay could cost Amazon 1% in sales, equating to a potential $6.38 billion loss. Now imagine the scale of financial impact on organizations worldwide with underperforming applications. Every millisecond counts, and the business case for optimizing performance has never been clearer.