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

Monitor MongoDB Atlas with Datadog

MongoDB Atlas is a fully managed NoSQL database that deploys onto the cloud platform of your choice: AWS, Azure, or GCP. Atlas provides built-in security features and automatically distributes clusters across availability zones to help ensure high availability and uptime. We’re excited to announce that with our new integration, you can now monitor MongoDB Atlas health and performance metrics alongside the rest of your cloud infrastructure and the applications that depend on your database.

Surface Kubernetes Errors with Sentry

Kubernetes, like a lot of other tools, can be noisy. Errors and warnings often go completely unnoticed in the event stream. Or sometimes they are noticed, but are hard to understand in the context of what else is happening in the cluster. Sentry, unlike a lot of other tools, works to eliminate that noise as much as possible, including Kubernetes-related noise.

NYC Kafka Meetup: How To Rewind The New York Times Homepage and Capacity Planning at Datadog

Datadog recently hosted the NYC Kafka Meetup. Presenters included Jamie Alquiza (Datadog), Stephen Dotz (NY Times) and Michael Kaminski (NY Times). Jamie shared how Datadog conducts capacity planning for Kafka, and the NY Times team shared how their publishing pipeline works.

Releasing Icinga Reporting for Early Adopters

We’re happy to announce that we released an early version of Icinga Reporting today! With this release we create the foundation for an overall reporting functionality for Icinga by introducing a new way to work with collected data. At the same time we are also publishing the first use case of Icinga Reporting which enables you to calculate, display and export SLA reports for your hosts and services.

ML and AI enabled IT Ops: the NOC as a modern cockpit

A common sentiment among our prospects after they see our demo for the first time is: “That’s it? It can’t be that simple!”. The truth is – yes it can be, and it should be. ML and AI should make IT Ops simpler, and a big part of that is usability. If your ML & AI powered IT Ops tools take months to set up and weeks to learn, and then don’t provide a substantially improved user experience, you’re obviously using the wrong tools.

Pros & Cons of Streaming Media on a Website

Media streaming is becoming popular in our time, thanks to the advancements in technology. A lot has changed, and so has the number of websites that provide these services. Just like any other technology-inspired venture, there are some upsides and downsides of streaming media on a website. Clear Sound and Picture Unlike pirated sites, the video and audio quality of the movies are usually high. You will be streaming the videos in HD.

NiCE Oracle Management Pack 5.00

Oracle database availability and performance is key. Gain insight into what happens within your Oracle environment. Using the NiCE Oracle Management Pack for Microsoft SCOM, advanced monitoring has never been easier. The NiCE Oracle Management Pack smart algorithm determines problems and their severity way upfront. Leverage your existing investment, reduce costs, save time and build efficiencies that will last beyond your expectations.