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Supply Chain Security: Leveraging NDR to Combat Cyberthreats

Mar 19, 2025 By Filip Cerny In Flowmon

Supply chains are crucial to business operations. It’s essential to verify that the connections required for them to operate don’t provide an opaque pathway for cybercriminals to exploit. This makes supply chain security a critical concern for organizations everywhere. The criminals determined to breach security and establish a persistent presence on networks are increasingly targeting vulnerabilities in supply chains. Through a single entry point, they can compromise multiple organizations.

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Your Observability Questions, Answered

Mar 19, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9

Monitoring used to be simple—set up some dashboards, configure alerts, and call it a day. But with microservices and cloud-native systems, things aren’t so straightforward anymore. Keeping track of everything can feel like an endless game of whack-a-mole. That’s where observability comes in. If you’re just getting started or looking to refine your approach, this guide answers the most common (and important) questions.

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AWS TimeStream for InfluxDB with Read Replica

Mar 19, 2025 By InfluxData In InfluxData

Overview and demo on how to use AWS TimeStream for InfluxDB 2.x with Read Replica.

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How state, local, and education organizations can manage logs flexibly and efficiently using Datadog Observability Pipelines

Mar 19, 2025 By Abe Rosloff In Datadog

State, local, and education (SLED) organizations need their logs to provide clear, structured insights into system performance, user behavior, and security risks. But often, the picture becomes scattered and chaotic instead, with critical log data buried in noise and gaps that make logs difficult to interpret.

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North Korea Downed by Faulty ROA

Mar 19, 2025 By Doug Madory In Kentik

On March 18, 2025, North Korea’s BGP routes became RPKI-invalid due to the publication of a faulty ROA. In this post, we’ll visualize the impact on the propagation of affected routes and what North Korea (and you too!) can do to avoid problems with the optional maxLength attribute.

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Top 7 Real User Monitoring (RUM) Tools and Software for Better User Experience

Mar 18, 2025 By Janani In Atatus

As a software-based company, the most critical thing you can do is maintain control over your users' digital experiences and satisfaction levels. However, without a monitoring plan and technologies that allow you to see how customers interact with your application or website from their perspective is impossible. They provide you with the information you need to determine how well your webapp or website is operating and to avoid slow pages or screens that drive customers to your competitors.

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Less War, More Room: Breaking Down Operational Silos

Mar 18, 2025 By Last9 - High Cardinality Monitoring In Last9

Our Dev Evangelist, Prathamesh Sonpatki, shared insights on alert fatigue at a @ClickHouseDB meetup—sparking great conversations on observability, OpenTelemetry, and the need for a telemetry data platform.

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7 SaaS Compliance Pitfalls and How Proactive Managed IT Can Prevent Them

Mar 18, 2025 By Ben Botti In Auvik

MSPs and IT teams are trusted to maintain the security and compliance of sensitive data while also being on the hook for end-user experience. In and of itself, this is a tricky balancing act. When you add SaaS to the mix, compliance gets even more complex. SaaS compliance with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA is more complicated than traditional “castle and moat” style on-prem networks, where data resides squarely within an organization’s control.

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Loading JavaScript on your Website - Concepts of Web Performance

Mar 18, 2025 By Request Metrics In Request Metrics

Master the art of loading JavaScript efficiently in this essential Concepts of Web Performance tutorial with Todd Gardner from Request Metrics. Perfect for entry-level web developers struggling with slow websites, this video breaks down the critical differences between standard blocking scripts, async, and defer attributes that dramatically impact your site's performance. Learn when and why to use each loading technique, understand how JavaScript execution blocks HTML parsing and CSS rendering through clear waterfall and flame chart visualizations, and discover why defer is usually your best option for most scenarios.

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AWS ALB vs ELB: Which load balancer is right for you?

Mar 18, 2025 By David Girvin In Sumo Logic

Load balancers play a key role in Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems by maintaining traffic distribution, detecting server issues, and redirecting client requests to available servers without any downtime. But, choosing the right AWS load balancer can be daunting, as it’s essential for optimizing your application performance and scalability. Depending on your use case, you may find that an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) or Application Load Balancer (ALB) better suits your needs.

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