Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

“We are drowning in noise all day long! Please help us!” -Every IT operations team Rich monitoring data is more important than ever for IT operations to manage the range of technology platforms and inter-connected systems the business runs on. One natural result of this is there are more signals and more noise that vie for operator attention.

With applications becoming increasingly distributed and complex, gaining insights into their behavior and performance is essential for maintaining reliability and delivering exceptional user experiences. OpenTelemetry has emerged as a powerful framework for instrumenting applications to collect, process, and export telemetry data.

March was a fun month for OnlineOrNot. I spoke to more customers than ever before, developed a long roadmap for OnlineOrNot's status page functionality (it's going to be an even better stand-alone product), heartbeat checks are going to support cron expressions, and more.

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Endpoint Management is so inherent to IT that it is canon in this industry, especially now that remote work is the new normal. Setting a robust system is paramount for any organization that relies on digital devices. These devices are connected to the corporate network and can access its resources, so the goal is to ensure that these devices are secure, compliant with company policies, and operating efficiently.

As the automation of processes and deployment becomes more prevalent in the manufacturing industry, the need for IT services grows further. The use of complex systems and technologies, such as AI and robotics has become the new normal for manufacturing organizations.

The 2024 SRE Report highlights a pivotal shift in how organizations approach the reliability and monitoring of their services, especially those that extend beyond their direct control. According to the report, 64% of organizations now recognize the importance of monitoring productivity or experience-disrupting endpoints, even beyond their physical control.

Jenkins pipelines play a pivotal role in achieving continuous delivery in software development processes. Continuous delivery (CD) is a software delivery approach aimed at ensuring that code changes are systematically and automatically prepared for release to production. In modern software development practices, CD pipelines streamline the process of building, testing, and deploying software, enabling organizations to accelerate software delivery and provide value to its customers.

Data volumes are soaring. Environments are increasingly intricate. The risk of applications and systems encountering breakdowns is sky-high, and the mean time to recovery (MTTR) for production incidents is moving in the wrong direction. Disruptions not only jeopardize critical infrastructure but also have a direct impact on the bottom line of organizations. Swift recovery of affected services becomes paramount, as it directly correlates with business continuity and resilience.

When an organization attempts to reduce costs immediately, one of its go-to options is to look into the Azure advisor recommendations and take action on them. However, the biggest challenge for many customers is that they often do not know there are saving insights available to take advantage of and reduce thousands of dollars per year in Azure bills. This is because of a few reasons, as defined below;