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

How to decide between cloud and on-premise monitoring

May 6, 2025 By Dave Swersky In Raygun

Application performance monitoring systems tend to be available in two modes: on-premise and cloud-based SaaS. Which is the "right" choice? Well, it depends on your situation, but overall cloud-based SaaS offerings have significant benefits when compared to on-premise. However, it's not always so simple. The right selection depends on the facts on the ground. Using my experience working for a large-scale cloud solutions department, I've put together some key things you'll want to consider before you make a decision, starting with some benefits and challenges.

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Maintaining Effective IT Infrastructure Monitoring in the Public Sector

May 6, 2025 By Progress WhatsUp Gold In WhatsUp Gold

Public sector organizations have needs very different from their commercial counterparts. Cybercriminals go after public sector organizations because they hold confidential, often classified, information—the exact data state-sponsored and other criminal groups salivate over. Based on tax payments, these organizations serve and answer to the public. Progress WhatsUp Gold offers ample out-of-the box monitoring features, helping you monitor more of what matters to your organization.

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Troubleshooting N+1 Errors with Tracing

May 6, 2025 By Sentry In Sentry

Repository: https://github.com/pry0rity/supa-simple-demo
Try Sentry for free: https://sentry.io
Docs: https://docs.sentry.io

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Visualizing Session Flow With Honeycomb

May 6, 2025 By Ken Rimple In Honeycomb

I want to know what users are doing in my application. A distributed trace is the best way to show the data flow of one user interaction through my application, but it isn’t sufficient to show the overall user experience.

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SQL Server Observability: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Best Practices

May 6, 2025 By Preeti Dewani In Last9

For DevOps teams managing mission-critical databases, SQL Server observability is a fundamental capability that provides comprehensive insight into database performance and health. Effective observability practices enable teams to identify potential issues before they impact end users and provide the context necessary to resolve problems efficiently. SQL Server observability involves collecting and analyzing metrics, logs, and traces to build a complete picture of database behavior.

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The Definitive Guide to OpenTelemetry Exporters for High-Performance Monitoring

May 6, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9

In modern distributed architectures, observability has shifted from optional to necessary. OpenTelemetry has emerged as the standard framework for telemetry data collection, with exporters serving as the critical bridge to your backend monitoring systems. For developers at any stage—those new to observability practices or those refining existing monitoring setups—a solid grasp of OpenTelemetry exporters will significantly reduce debugging time and improve system visibility.

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Prometheus native histograms in Grafana Cloud

May 6, 2025 By Grafana In Grafana

In this demo video, Gyorgy Krajcsovits, Senior Software Engineer at Grafana Labs, shows you how to use Prometheus native histograms in Grafana.

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Emerge Tools is now a part of Sentry

May 6, 2025 By David Cramer In Sentry

Today I'm thrilled to announce that Emerge Tools is joining Sentry. Emerge builds best-in-class mobile tooling trusted by some of the most important brands in the world. You’ve probably seen the work of the team through their relentless efforts to improve mobile builds, efforts we’ve always admired here at Sentry. It was no surprise that when we finally met Emerge founders Josh and Noah we found that we shared a similar view of the world and hit it off instantly.

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AppSignal Closes $22 Million Growth Investment

May 6, 2025 By 3 authors In AppSignal

In August 2012, we set out to build a fairly priced, developer-centric APM and logging platform that we’d love to use ourselves. Soon after, AppSignal was born and quickly gained traction. Despite operating in a competitive market, we’ve become a household name among many of our peers, now serving over 2,000 organizations across six continents.

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Prometheus native histograms in Grafana Cloud: More precise, easier to use, and better compatibility

May 6, 2025 By Gyorgy Krajcsovits In Grafana

Histograms help you monitor and visualize the distribution of values for key metrics, such as response times or request sizes of a service. They’re frequently used to gain insights into data patterns, anomalies, and trends, making them an important tool for observability.

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