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The importance of end user experience monitoring

In 2024, customer experience will be the biggest driver of success. While the business world glances at the financial horizon with worried eyes, finding ways to retain users, capture new leads, and create meaningful, long-lasting brands is more critical than ever. According to Forrester, the ROI of customer experience is 9,900%. For most businesses, the value of user experience is apparent—lower costs, improved loyalty, higher satisfaction, and a higher overall LTV.

Digital transformation and cost savings: How AI benefits Australian SMEs to enhance digital experience

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in Australia's economy. Despite this, they face significant challenges in the current economic climate, including rising costs, higher interest rates, and the need to stay competitive in a rapidly-evolving digital market. For these businesses, cutting expenses is the top priority, closely followed by enhancing the digital customer experience.

Distributed Systems Monitoring: the Four Golden Signals

We recently published the IT Topic “IT System Monitoring: advanced solutions for total visibility and security”, in which we present how advanced solutions for IT system monitoring optimize performance, improve security and reduce alert noise with AI and machine learning. We also mentioned that there are four golden signals that IT systems monitoring should focus on.

Back to the basics with hybrid infrastructure monitoring

Managing IT environments can be challenging, especially with the growing complexity of hybrid infrastructures. These interconnected technologies, including servers, routers, storage arrays, and software-defined elements running in both data centers and cloud environments, require robust infrastructure monitoring.

How to Use and Configure Obkio's Chord Diagram | Obkio NPM Onboarding Series

Welcome to Obkio’s App! Today, we’ll be looking at the “Live Network Status” tab in Obkio’s app which shows you the live network performance of all network paths on Obkio’s Chord Diagram. The Chord Diagram is made up of Obkio’s Monitoring Agents, deployed in key network locations, as of the Monitoring Sessions, which are created between Agents.

What's New at Kentik, Episode 7

Leon Adato takes us through the latest updates and features at Kentik. Learn about improvements to Kentik's search bar, explore the highlights of the recent Network Management Megatrends report, and get an introduction to our new video series, "Kentik Close-up." We also explore the Kentik API and how to use it with tools like Telegraf. Stay informed, and find out how Kentik continues to enhance network observability. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with all things Kentik!

Why Every Engineering Team Should Embrace AWS Graviton4

Two years ago, we shared our experiences with adopting AWS Graviton3 and our enthusiasm for the future of AWS Graviton and Arm. Once again, we're privileged to share our experiences as a launch customer of the Amazon EC2 R8g instances powered by AWS Graviton4, the newest generation of AWS Graviton processors. This blog elaborates our Graviton4 preview results including detailed performance data. We've since scaled up our Graviton4 tests with no visible impact to our customers.

Recapping DASH 2024

DASH 2024 was our biggest event yet! Over two days, thousands from the Datadog community gathered at North Javits in New York City for an impactful experience. The 2024 keynote featured numerous new product launches and updates, but there was much more to enjoy beyond this speech. Attendees got to experience breakout sessions, workshops, certification exams, one-on-one Datadog consultations, and a bustling expo hall.