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Real-World Tips and Tricks to Tune Apache Tomcat for High Performance

Apache Tomcat, developed by the Apache Software Foundation, is an open source Java servlet container that also functions as a web server. While over 10,000 websites rely on Tomcat as a web server, a Plumbr of Java application servers showed that over 60% of websites that use Java technology relied on Apache Tomcat to host the business logic. Production environments must be high performing.

AI: Let's Get Real

The hype has gone off the charts for AI and machine learning tools' potential in IT organizations. It’s time to temper expectations and move towards a sensible adoption path. Artificial intelligence is not fairy dust sprinkled on a data center, despite the enthusiastic proclamations of many IT operations vendors today. A couple of years ago, AI was the bride atop the wedding cake. It was perfect, with promises to render obsolete errors and out-of-control performance issues.

AWS Batch: A Detailed Guide to Kicking Off Your First Job

There are always the kind of tasks that need to run periodically, either to analyze and process information (like fraud detection), or to simply do things like send email reports. But for that, we need to have a tool to schedule computer resources and, of course, the script. But what if we only need to worry about coding the script? Introducing AWS Batch. It’s a free service that takes care of batch jobs you might need to run periodically or on-demand. And you only pay for the resources you use.

Under The Hood: Inside a Status Page Aggregator

StatusGator is a status page aggregator. We monitor the world’s status pages and provide a unified dashboard which tracks the status pages each user cares about. But how do we collect and normalize all this data? To get started with StatusGator, you choose the services you already use from our list. For each service, you select the specific components from their status pages that you depended on.

Server monitoring best practices for superior server performance

Server admins are tasked with keeping an eye on server availability 24x7 and ensuring all mission-critical applications are up and running; this includes monitoring CPU, memory, and disk performance. It's critical for server admins to understand how to effectively monitor server performance, as well as how to proactively troubleshoot issues.

How to Monitor Changes to Local Certificates

Local certificates provide a multitude of security benefits. From encrypting emails and allowing easier authentication, to securing connections between web browsers and your web servers, they're a necessary part of any network. Learn how to monitor changes to local certificates with SolarWinds® Server Configuration Monitor.

G2 recognizes ManageEngine as a High Performer in the Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) category for Winter 2020

ManageEngine’s unified endpoint management solution,, Desktop Central, has been recognized as a High Performer and Momentum Leader in G2’s winter report for 2020. This is the second time in the past six months that Desktop Central has been named a High Performer in G2’s Unified Endpoint Management category.

What is Server Monitoring? Beginners Guide to Server Performance Monitoring

Server Performance Monitoring is referred to as consistent monitoring of all network infrastructure, related to servers to analyse their resource utilisation trends & later on optimize it for a smooth end-user experience. Server Monitoring makes admins sure about server’s current state and whether or not it is capable of hosting business-critical apps, thereby offering you a complete view into the state of your system – whether it is working or not.

What We Learned About Uptime from 2019 Website Outages

One thing we’ve always known: there’s no such thing as 100% uptime for any website. Too many variables are at play to keep a site from staying up all the time. From traffic surges to hardware failures and everything in between, keeping sites up and running is a full-time job for SREs and IT pros. Here at Uptime.com, we track major downtime all year long to provide websites of all sizes with lessons in how to catch downtime and resolve incidents quickly.