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Key metrics for monitoring VMware vSphere

VMware’s vSphere is a virtualization platform that allows users to provision and manage one or more virtual machines (VMs) on individual physical servers using the underlying resources. With vSphere, organizations can optimize costs, centrally manage their infrastructure, and set up fault-tolerant virtual environments.

Preparing your website for Black Friday

Each year ecommerce sites are named and shamed for failing to prepare their website for Black Friday, sacrificing sales revenue and reputation. We explain changes companies can make in advance to mitigate outages, reduce shopping cart abandonment and improve digital experience in preparation for Black Friday 2020.

MetricFire vs. Datadog

Before we dive into the specifics of MetricFire vs. Datadog, let's address the most critical point: scaling. Datadog is great for users who need to do a little bit of everything, but Datadog's biggest weakness is scaling. Datadog can do logs, APM, time-series and more, but scaling time-series metrics, alerts, and servers will cause your monthly bill to escalate. The graph below shows what you pay at Datadog vs. MetricFire: Now, let's dive into MetricFire vs. Datadog, and their key comparisons.

Monitoring the London Underground with SCOM

This week I had the honour of speaking at Silect’s MP University and my hot topic was Cookdown’s free PowerShell Authoring MP. I was looking to make the session a little fun, in homage to the original “Fun SCOM Monitoring” video from CTGlobal on monitoring a coffee machine with SCOM 2007 R2. So, I thought what’s the next best thing after coffee? Beer!

How LM Logs Makes Data Meaningful

Before I get started on how excited I am to see LogicMonitor launching a logging product, here’s a little background information. This blog is probably a blast from the past for many longtime LM employees and customers. I served at the company for over seven years, starting from back when it was just a few of us trying to see if a SaaS monitoring product would be accepted in the marketplace (while seemingly crazy to say now, SaaS was a tough sell back in 2011).

Who Uses A Network Performance Monitor

Network performance monitoring has become a standard practice for modern businesses. With the shift towards large cloud-based applications, and hosted services, businesses rely on optimal network performance to sustain some of their key applications. Because of that, tools like network performance monitoring software have piqued the interest of users even outside of the IT team.