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Understand what log management is and why it’s essential for troubleshooting, security, and observability across modern IT environments. Log management helps organizations collect, centralize, parse, and analyze logs from servers, applications, cloud platforms, containers, and network devices in one searchable platform. Learn how centralized log monitoring reduces mean time to resolution (MTTR), eliminates siloed troubleshooting, and helps IT teams detect anomalies faster using AI-powered analytics.

Watch the full SolarWinds Day 2026 event on-demand and discover how AI is transforming IT operations, observability, and incident response. In this exclusive event, SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna and product leaders unveil the company’s vision for Autonomous Operational Resilience—powered by AI, automation, and unified visibility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

AI infrastructure is entering a new phase – one where the biggest challenge may no longer be building better models, but building systems capable of feeding them. In this episode of Uplink, Michael Reid sits down with Renen Hallak, Founder and CEO of VAST Data, to explore the infrastructure realities behind the AI boom. From software-defined storage and GPU-scale architectures to neoclouds and agentic AI, this conversation dives deep into the systems powering the future of artificial intelligence.

Join this 5-part series designed to help IT teams move from reactive, fragmented processes to a more structured, connected way of working. Each session focuses on a core area, from incident resolution and CMDB visibility to employee experience, service catalog design, and change governance, giving you practical frameworks you can apply right away. You’ll walk away with: Faster, more consistent incident resolution.

In 2026, the best network monitoring tools are Kentik, Datadog, SolarWinds NPM, LogicMonitor, Cisco ThousandEyes, Dynatrace, Auvik, Paessler PRTG, ManageEngine OpManager, Zabbix, OpenNMS, and WhatsUp Gold — spanning four overlapping categories: network intelligence platforms, full-stack observability, digital experience monitoring (DEM), and traditional network performance monitoring (NPM), including open-source tools.