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An Introduction to Apache Parquet

A look at what Parquet is, how it works and some of the companies using its optimization techniques as a critical component in their architecture. As the amount of data being generated and stored for analysis grows at an increasing rate, developers are looking to optimize performance and reduce costs at every angle possible. At the petabyte scale, even marginal gains and optimizations can save companies millions of dollars in hardware costs when it comes to storing and processing their data.

AppSignal for Node.js 3.0 Introduces OpenTelemetry Support

After a period of beta testing, we're happy to announce the launch of our latest AppSignal for Node.js package. This package features six new integrations and uses the OpenTelemetry framework for reliable telemetry data collection. OpenTelemetry is an open standard that facilitates the instrumentation of standardized telemetry data collection. AppSignal is committed to using OpenTelemetry in new integrations, and our Node.js integration is the first to use the standard.

What is Network Performance Monitoring?

When you think about improving visibility into your IT environment, monitoring applications and the other infrastructure that hosts them might be the first thing that may come to your mind. Although infrastructure and application monitoring are two important components of an overall monitoring strategy, an equally vital part – and one that is easier to overlook – is network monitoring. If your network fails or underperforms, your applications will also experience problems.
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What CIOs Need to Know About Digital Experience Monitoring

Many enterprises are taking a customer-centric approach to meet customer demands more efficiently and upscale their businesses. However, several siloed communication and workflows within these organisations often make it challenging to achieve the desired experiences for customers. Additionally, the initiatives adopted by the enterprises usually don't provide an extensive understanding of the end users' experiences. The market's answer to this problem is monitoring software. Enter digital experience monitoring.

The Incident Retrospective Ground Rules

I joined Honeycomb as a Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) midway through September, and it’s been a wild ride so far. One thing I was especially excited about was the opportunity to see Honeycomb’s incident retrospective process from the inside. I wasn’t disappointed! The first retrospective I took part in was for our ingestion delays incident on September 8th.

What's New in Sysdig - November 2022

Content What’s New in Sysdig is back again with the November 2022 edition! I am Matt Shirilla, an Enterprise Sales Engineer based in Texas, and I am very excited to update you with the latest feature releases from Sysdig. For Sysdig Monitor, this month brings new filtering for AWS Cloudwatch Metric Streams and a new Lambda Extension for AWS Lambda Telemetry API , plus the release of new Advisories.

Optimize Your NOC with DX NetOps and Automic Automation

Learn how Automic can help NetOps speed up triage, reduce MTTR, and alleviate the load on your NOC Today’s network team is committed to advancing the speed of triage and resolution. This can be a titanic task in modern networks, which are fueled by SDN and becoming more agile and dynamic than ever. These new networks have introduced traffic, congestion, and outages on a greater scale.