Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

In part one of this two-part blog post, we began our deep dive into Apache Spark tuning to optimize resources. We looked at what is involved in executor and partition sizing, particularly choosing the number of partitions and choosing an executor size. After establishing some principles of optimization here, we ended by asking an important question: Is it really practical for all applications to be optimized? As our recent State of the Market report helped reveal, the answer is two-sided. The good news?

In the business world, information technology (IT) is everything. Without it, companies would struggle to keep track of their data and operations. However, managing all of a company’s IT assets can be a daunting task. This is where IT asset management (ITAM) comes in.

For their MaaS Solution (monitoring as a service), Pandora FMS partners with OVHcloud to ensure data sovereignty, European technological independence and top quality service with datacenters in Europe, America and Asia.

We have to admit that customers and brands alike are able to put a good spin on website downtime and social media managers are undoubtedly having all their Christmases arrive at once! We’ve found some of the most reactions to website downtime online, albeit the majority are from the notorious Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp downtime experienced globally. Feel free to actually LOL.

What would happen if your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system were attacked? For many companies, the consequences would be devastating. ERP systems not only contain the crown jewels of the business—customer data, stock levels, order entries, production plans, and contract data—they also manage such essential financial processes as order to cash (OTC), and operational processes such as production planning and steering and cash collection and payments.

Heartbeat monitoring (reverse monitoring) enables you to monitor your internal services that are not publicly accessible (for example due to security reasons). You may ask “How is this possible”? This can be accomplished by sending us simple HTTP GET request to our unique heartbeat URL. You periodically send us those “pings” as long as your application is healthy.

SAP maintenance planning is a helpful way to keep track of scheduled maintenance activities in your SAP environment. If you’re in the process of updating or planning for the upcoming year, it can be helpful to determine when your SAP systems will be down for maintenance. In this post, we’ll explore how you can use your maintenance planners to stay on top of your SAP maintenance requirements.

Because of their portability and functionality, laptops have seen explosive growth in many organizations. Today, a new laptop is a typical component to a new employee’s onboarding package. The pandemic driven remote work boom has only accelerated the trend towards laptops and managing these IT assets, including their lifespan, has become a critical task for modern IT professionals.

Businesses today operate in a highly dynamic environment. And it’s safe to say that over the last couple of years IT departments have witnessed an unprecedented change. While digital transformations have been among the key initiatives for most organizations, covid 19 catapulted enterprise digital transformation to become the top priority for many businesses. With this shift, the IT department has taken center stage.