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Graphite vs Prometheus

Graphite and Prometheus are both great tools for monitoring networks, servers, other infrastructure, and applications. Both Graphite and Prometheus are what we call time-series monitoring systems, meaning they both focus on monitoring metrics that record data points over time. At MetricFire we offer a hosted version of Graphite, so our users can try it out on our free trial and see which works better in their case.

LogicMonitor Excels in G2 Fall 2023 Network Monitoring Report

Fall 2023 Reports, including Enterprise Monitoring and Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, were announced September 12, 2023 from G2, the world’s leading business software review platform. Take a look inside the G2 Fall 2023 Network Monitoring Report highlights below to see where LogicMonitor stood out among the rest.

Revolutionize Data Ingestion: Introducing Terraform Support for Splunk Cloud Platform

Splunk Cloud Platform has always been a powerful platform for aggregating, analyzing, and extracting actionable insights from your machine-generated data. As data volumes continue to grow exponentially, efficiently managing the ingestion of data into Splunk becomes crucial. To address this need, we are thrilled to announce the debut of Terraform support for the Splunk Cloud Platform.

LLMs Demand Observability-Driven Development

Our industry is in the early days of an explosion in software using LLMs, as well as (separately, but relatedly) a revolution in how engineers write and run code, thanks to generative AI. Many software engineers are encountering LLMs for the very first time, while many ML engineers are being exposed directly to production systems for the very first time.

Seamlessly correlate DBM and APM telemetry to understand end-to-end query performance

When the services in your distributed application interact with a database, you need telemetry that gives you end-to-end visibility into query performance to troubleshoot application issues. But often there are obstacles: application developers don’t have visibility into the database or its infrastructure, and database administrators (DBAs) can’t attribute the database load to specific services.

Setting the Standard for Essential Observability: Logz.io Earns 20+ Fall G2 Badges

Logz.io is thrilled to have earned over 20 Fall 2023 G2 Badges for our Logz.io Open 360™ essential observability platform! G2 Research is a tech marketplace where people can discover, review, and manage the software they need to reach their potential. We’ve earned the following Fall 2023 G2 Badges for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Log Analysis.

What's Going on in There? What is Server Monitoring?

X-ray machines are one of the most sophisticated tools in the medical field. Capable of creating images of someone’s fractured arm, x-rays enable medical professionals to see what is going on in a patient’s most vital areas. In the IT world, server monitoring has a similar function.

Best Practises For Application Performance Monitoring

Application performance monitoring (APM) tools have become a fundamental part of many organisations that wish to track and observe the optimal functioning of their web-based applications. These tools serve to greatly simplify the process through automation and allow teams to effectively collaborate to maximize efficiency, enabling you to reach the root cause of an issue before it reaches your customers.

Application Dependency Maps: The Secret Weapon for Troubleshooting Kubernetes

Picture this: You're knee-deep in the intricacies of a complex Kubernetes deployment, dealing with a web of services and resources that seem like a tangled ball of string. Visualization feels like an impossible dream, and understanding the interactions between resources? Well, that's another story. Meanwhile, your inbox is overflowing with alert emails, your Slack is buzzing with queries from the business side, and all you really want to do is figure out where the glitch is. Stressful? You bet!