Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

The latest News and Information on Monitoring for Websites, Applications, APIs, Infrastructure, and other technologies.

Crash Course on Building and Monitoring AWS CDK Apps

In this webinar, learn how to use the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) to build a complex microservice-based application and implement distributed tracing to monitor it. You'll be able to follow along with Thorsten Höeger, Cloud Automation Evangelist, and AWS CDK expert Michele Mancioppi, as they live-code an application that uses AWS Lambda with Node.js, and Amazon ECS with Java. Once built, you'll learn how you can apply distributed tracing to any AWS CDK-based application, in just a single line of code.

CloudWatch Logs to S3: The Easy Way

Many organizations use Amazon CloudWatch to analyze log data, but find that restrictive CloudWatch log retention issues hold them back from effective troubleshooting and root-cause analysis. As a result, many companies may be looking for effective ways to export CloudWatch logs to S3 automatically. Let’s look at some of the reasons why you might want to export CloudWatch logs to S3 in the first place, along with some Amazon-native and open-source tools to help you with the process.

A Guide to Different Types of Network Monitoring Tools: Unveiling the Superheroes

In the dynamic realm of computer networks, maintaining optimal performance and security is paramount. Whether you're an IT professional, a network administrator, or simply a curious enthusiast, understanding the types of network monitoring tools available to you can make a world of difference. Just like superheroes safeguarding a city, network monitoring tools play a crucial role in monitoring, managing, and protecting the intricate web of connections that keep our digital world thriving.

Grafana Cloud k6: What's new and what's next?

To ensure the best possible end-user experience, engineering teams must be able to seamlessly transition from performance testing to problem resolution, breaking down any silos that exist between the two. That’s why, earlier this year, Grafana Labs launched Grafana Cloud k6, a unified platform that natively integrates the Grafana k6 performance testing experience directly into Grafana Cloud.

The 4 Best Status Page Software for 2023

As someone tasked with handling the pitfalls and consequences of unwanted downtime, it can be difficult to keep up to date with the latest software developments working to address these undesirable yet inevitable situations. And yet, whilst recognizing this fact is a necessary condition of overcoming such challenges, it is not in itself sufficient to meet the task.

Session Replay for Developers: Your Shortcut to Faster Troubleshooting

What do you do when stack traces and breadcrumbs aren’t enough to reproduce a bug that is inundating your support team with tickets? Session Replay might be the solution every developer didn’t know they needed. Join Sentry engineer Elias Hussary as he shares how you can use Session Replay from Sentry to watch video-like playbacks of user sessions with code-level insights to confirm and debug errors and performance issues more easily. Plus, he’ll give a sneak peek of new and upcoming features we’ve added to our Session Replay product.

Understand your Azure Active Directory Sign-Ins with KQL

When Azure AD is configured to record Sign-In activity, Kusto KQL can be used to gain valuable insights. This blog walks through common needs and shows how to visualize them in SquaredUp. Ruben Zimmermann is an Infrastructure Architect at a large manufacturing company who likes Azure, KQL, PowerShell and, still, SCOM.

Cloud Trends to Watch in 2023: Cloud Cost, Cloud Spend & More

The past few years have seen an incredible rise in cloud computing. Organizations embrace the cloud to address the challenges of an uncertain economy, an increasingly distributed workforce and the pressure to deliver a better employee and customer experience. Gartner experts forecast almost $600 billion in worldwide public cloud spend in 2023. The cloud is no longer an option: nearly 9 out of every 10 IT leaders said it was a “cornerstone” of their digital strategy.