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

Using Ruby on AWS Lambda

When Ruby support on AWS Lambda was announced yesterday, I was so excited about it that I had to try it right away. We've been using Lambda for a while at Honeybadger, and I have longed to be able to write our functions in Ruby. Having played with the new Ruby support for a few hours, I'm feeling confident we'll be spending less time with Node, Go, and Python. :)

How CA Operational Intelligence enables IT operations teams to make smarter decisions -- Live Demo

See how CA Operational Intelligence enables IT operations teams to make smarter, faster decisions for enhancing user experience and improving IT service quality and capacity through mainframe to the cloud contextual intelligence. In this demo, you'll see how machine learning-driven analytics, along with out-of-the-box visualization and correlation, can help you drive a superior user experience and boost operational efficiency by up to 60%. Live demo presented by Adeesh Fulay, Director, Product Management

Don't Fail on Black Friday: Why Performance Testing and Monitoring is More Critical Than Ever

Black Friday to Cyber Monday. That time of the year when we fight the crowds and traffic to squeeze a month’s worth of shopping into just a few fleeting days. Having worked in retail during my college years, I remember the customers lined up outside before 4:00 a.m., chomping at the bit to race into the store and fight (literally) other shoppers for the “scraps” that were left. Ah, the good ol’ days.

Are You an Agent of Transformation?

You’ve no doubt heard all about The Agents of Transformation, an emerging breed of elite technologist driving genuine innovation within their organizations. Since the launch of our global research just a few weeks ago, thousands of technologists have been flooding our Agent of Transformation website to learn more, and many of you have read about the other types of technologist operating within IT departments.

AppDynamics for ServiceNow: More Metrics, More Power

AppDynamics and ServiceNow have been working together for many years to support our mutual customers. The first version of our alliance (version 1) included the integration of the AppDynamics flow map and application topology into the ServiceNow Configuration Management Database (CMDB). In version 2, we added support for IT operations-specific use cases such as ServiceNow Event Management.

How to Improve Conversions by Localizing a Website

With the advent of social media platforms and accessible smartphone devices, the world has become smaller than ever before. This has lead websites and online services to the obvious necessity of localization. Translating an entire website into numerous languages, coupled with constant updates needed to make them relevant has led many companies to concern.

5 Reasons you must monitor your e-commerce website

In the present world, blogs and websites are becoming essential for your digital business. Performance of your e-commerce website and application can make or break your growth efforts. Website monitoring alerts you in real time regarding every kind of discrepancies before your customers notice it.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday | Key Takeaways from Studying Major Retailers

As expected, Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018 sales broke records. Amazon reported their highest sales day ever on Cyber Monday, though exact numbers weren’t provided. Brick-and-mortar retailers saw a decline in foot traffic by 1.7% on Black Friday, hinting at the importance of website performance for retailers of all sizes. Companies are more conscious of website downtime and its effect on sales.