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Reducing Alert Fatigue in Microsoft SCOM

Alert fatigue is one of the most common challenges organizations face when using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). The sheer volume of notifications from servers, applications, network devices, and cloud services can overwhelm IT teams, making it difficult to distinguish between critical incidents and low-priority events.

5 Tools for Monitoring WebSocket Connections in Real Time

What if your app, website, or online platform suddenly starts crashing? Users cannot connect with the application, nothing is loading, and complaints start coming in. You contact your developer. They checked the backend technicalities like API, server, and databases, and everything seems fine. So, what is the real problem here? In many real-time applications, this issue lies one layer deeper. Most people often overlook this issue, and that is: WebSocket connections.

Kubernetes monitoring 101: Best practices to kickstart your journey

Use this guide to help you build a solid observability foundation without getting overwhelmed and get started with the best practices for a practical Kubernetes management. Starting your Kubernetes journey can feel like diving into the deep end; with hundreds of metrics, endless logs, and a growing list of tools, it's easy to lose focus. But here's the good news: you don't need to monitor everything from day one. Instead, start small.

From Logs to Insights: Accelerate Customer-Impact Analysis with Datadog Sheets

Datadog Sheets helps you move from log exploration to actionable insights quickly and with no code required. In this demo, see how to enrich logs with Salesforce data, build pivot tables, uncover customer impact trends, and build shareable reporting, all within Datadog.

Datadog Feature Flags, track Claude costs, migrate historical logs, and more | This Month in Datadog

See how you can reduce risk during feature rollouts in September’s This Month in Datadog. This episode, we spotlight Datadog Feature Flags, which combines advanced targeting with built-in observability, and guardrails to make rollouts safer and more controlled. Plus, we cover: This Month in Datadog brings you the latest updates on our newest product features, announcements, resources, and events.

Your infrastructure Is more distributed than you think.

An eCommerce platform, a banking app, even a simple user portal depends on a web of APIs, cloud tools, hosting services, and edge networks. Each one introduces another potential point of failure. And when those dependencies break? User experience suffers. Brand trust takes a hit. Millions in revenue are at risk. That’s why leading digital businesses, especially in eCommerce and banking, are expanding visibility beyond the application stack.

Resolve website transaction bottlenecks faster with Step Summary and Step Performance Reports

Ever wondered why some steps on your website feel slower than others? In this video, we’ll show you how to spot slow logins, delayed checkouts, and page load issues, and how to pinpoint their causes so you can fix them fast using the Step Summary and Step Performance reports. You’ll learn how to access these reports, what insights they provide, and how they help you quickly pinpoint performance bottlenecks to ensure a seamless user experience.

What Is RabbitMQ And How Do You Manage It With Kubernetes?

The world of Kubernetes and RabbitMQ evolves rapidly. Our popular 2022 post laid the groundwork for HA deployments; now, join us for the crucial 2025 update to ensure your architecture remains cutting-edge. As organizations continue their powerful shift from monolithic architecture (where all the code building the application exists as a single, monolithic entity) to microservices architecture.