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How to Monitor Cloudflare with OpenTelemetry

With observIQ’s latest contributions to OpenTelemetry, you can now use free open source tools to easily monitor Cloudflare. The easiest way to use the latest OpenTelemetry tools is with observIQ’s distribution of the OpenTelemetry collector. You can find it here. In this blog, the Cloudflare receiver is configured to monitor logs locally with OTLP– you can use the receiver to ship logs to many popular analysis tools, including Google Cloud, New Relic, OTLP, Grafana, and more.

Website Monitoring for Shopify: Avoid Downtime & Lost Revenue

In today’s fast-paced e-commerce world, it’s essential for your Shopify store to remain accessible and functional at all times. Even a brief period of downtime can result in substantial lost revenue, tarnish your brand reputation, and drive potential customers to your competitors. That’s why website monitoring for Shopify should be an indispensable component of your store’s digital infrastructure.

EUC Professionals Choose Nexthink as Clear Leader in DEX

We’re honored and humbled to announce that popular Peer Reviews site, G2, has named us a Leader in DEX Management software. In a field of 18 other competitors, we’ve received the highest rating from hundreds of real EUC Professionals. We strongly believe in the adage: ‘Your Reputation is Everything’, so to receive such positive feedback from the IT community means the world to us here at Nexthink.

Users have spoken: ServiceNow leads in low-code, no-code development

I’m thrilled to announce that ServiceNow is the Leader in low-code and enterprise no-code development platforms, according to the G2 peer-to-peer review site. Through individual reviews, the global community of software users has ranked ServiceNow App Engine as: This distinction validates the momentum of App Engine, which was named a G2 Leader in 2022 and a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader in Low-Code Application Platforms.

Building Bitbucket Cloud for enhanced security, compliance, and scale

With support for Bitbucket Server ending in February 2024, we're seeing more and more of our enterprise customers moving their code to the cloud. To enable a smooth migration to cloud for our Bitbucket Server and Data Center customers and to enable our existing cloud customers to scale, we are continuing to build features around security, compliance, and scale in Bitbucket Cloud.

The Critical Role of Data in Cybersecurity: Why Incomplete Data Weakens Your Overall Program

In this live stream, CDW’s Brenden Morgenthaler and I discuss a foundational issue with many security programs — having the right data to detect issues and make fast decisions. Data drives every facet of security, so bad or incomplete data weakens your overall program. Watch the video or continue reading below to learn about these issues and the strategies we use to solve security’s data problem.

Pricing & Producthunt launch announcement

Since September, Spectate was free to use during the technical preview and later open beta phase. During this time, we have received immensely valuable feedback from all of you. Listening to feedback is something we'll never stop doing - as it makes Spectate even better bit by bit. First, let's talk about pricing. It's very hard to get this right, but we have decided on the following plans: The exact differences in features and limitations are listed on our pricing page.

Network Path Monitoring Pinpoints and Mitigates Connection Bottlenecks

An employee calls complaining about slow response time. Another one has similar trouble. No red lights are flashing on the Network Operations console, so the network is up and running. What is happening? Frankly, it could be just about anything: an overworked router, a runaway process on a laptop, a slow loading web page, or a bandwidth hog at home.

CloudDNS' geo-load balancing and redundancy ensure high availability and reliability

Cloud computing makes it easier for businesses to build and deploy applications that are accessible from anyplace in the world. But cloud computing also introduces new challenges, such as ensuring applications remain available even if there are network outages or unexpected spikes in traffic. ManageEngine CloudDNS provides a powerful geo-load balancing and redundancy feature that makes it easy to manage and distribute traffic across multiple servers and locations.

The AIOps journey: Navigating the path to proactive IT operations

In the modern IT era, most organizations are heavily on their IT infrastructure to stay relevant and competitive. However, managing complex IT systems can be a daunting task, as the volume of data grows and IT environments become more heterogeneous. To address these challenges, many organizations are turning towards artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps)—an approach that leverages AI and ML to streamline IT operations, improve efficiency, and reduce downtime.