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How to implement Prometheus long-term storage using Elasticsearch

Prometheus plays a significant role in the observability area. An increasing number of applications use Prometheus exporters to expose performance and monitoring data, which is later scraped by a Prometheus server. However, when it comes to storage, Prometheus faces some limitations in its scalability and durability since its local storage is limited by single nodes.

Five Ways AIOps Can Improve IT Incident Management

Artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) is an emerging technology that can help IT operations teams make sense of operational data. As hybrid infrastructure and cloud-native technologies present new levels of complexity, AIOps is showing great promise in simplifying and transforming digital operations management. In our recent Tech Talk, Five Ways AIOps Can Transform Your Enterprise, OpsRamp’s Eric Cook spoke about the need for AIOps in today’s multi-cloud environments.

Lockdown Bugfixes & Midnight Coding

It's been a strange few months here in Edinburgh. Thankfully Downtime Monkey has been largely unaffected by the lockdown, quietly continuing to monitor websites while the world shuts down. Coding from home has been challenging with kids off school and nurseries closed. However, in the twilight zone silent hours after everyone has gone to bed we've been developing improvements and fixing bugs. Here are the details...

Monitoring Applications that use Okta for User Authentication

As the leading provider of identity and access management and authentication for enterprises, Okta gives employees, partners, suppliers, and customers secure access to the tools they need to do their most important work. With deep integrations to over 6,000 applications, the Okta Identity Cloud enables simple and secure access from any device.

How to scale your monitoring with Sensu clustering

I recently led a webinar for the Sensu community on how to scale your monitoring by setting up a three-node cluster in Sensu Go using Sensu’s embedded etcd. Clustering improves Sensu’s availability, allows for node failure, and distributes network load. In this post, I’ll recap the webinar and provide demos on how to set up, back up, and restore your etcd cluster, including best practices for success.

Find What You Need! All About Our New Search Tool.

Product Releases Update Our new Search tool allows you to quickly build detailed queries without having to leave the page. Our new search tool expands on our column filtering feature. You can now create even more detailed queries by filtering on 20 unique criteria. New for this release is the ability to search Call Stack Function Names, Call Stack File Names, and Call Stack Line Numbers.

Quickly Duplicate Triggers Across Apps in AppSignal

We’re happy to announce that we’ve added a new feature which will make it easier for you to copy your trigger setup from one app to a new one. Anomaly detection triggers are a great way to get notified about unwanted events in your app. These anomalies are things like a high error rate, a lack of free disk space, or a high CPU usage. If your apps have a lot of the same requirements and infrastructure, you may have a lot of the same triggers across your apps.

Breaking down network complexities with network mapping

Is it possible for network engineers to gain complete visibility over all the components in an enterprise network? With new devices constantly connecting and disconnecting, creating a mental image of the entire network is impossible. This is where network mapping comes in. Using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), you can see a visual representation of your network and every connected device for an easy-to-understand look at your dynamic network.

Managed Service Providers Need to Ramp Up Now

Given the burden of supporting a remote workforce while accelerating digital transformation, IT operations teams will lean more heavily on the expertise of their managed service providers to navigate the new normal. In a recent survey, more than 90 percent of technology leaders expect to use managed service providers for technical expertise and knowledge, enhanced security and cost optimisation.

Putting ITIL 4 Into Practice With SolarWinds Service Desk - SolarWinds Lab Episode #87

ITIL 4 certifications demonstrate a thorough understanding of how to deliver value to the modern organization through services. Matching that understanding with the capabilities of your ITSM solution is a powerful combination. Join ITIL 4 Managing Professional Sean Sebring and ITSM Senior Sales Engineer Liz Beavers for a crash course on applying the seven guiding principles of ITIL 4 and how they tie into using the SolarWinds Service Desk platform. Whether you’re a certified ITIL pro or a new help desk technician hoping to work more efficiently, learn five ways to deliver better service to your organization.