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5 Monitoring Myths That Deserve to Be Busted

08/04/16 There’s no doubt that effective application performance management can be a daunting goal. As businesses have demanded increasingly complex tasks from their technology, th…

SQL Injection Detection and Alerting are Vital For Secure Data

07/28/16 The Mossack Fonesca “Panama Papers” hack is the latest security breach to drive home how much an impact an SQL injection can have on modern-day organizations. Though that …

SolarWinds Database Performance Monitor Doesn’t Do Root Cause Analysis… and That’s a Good Thing

07/09/16 Root cause mentality is the idea that when an issue appears within a system, it’s always possible to find a single, underlying reason why, if you just dig deep enough. Muc…

Why Adaptive Fault Detection is Powerful and Unique

07/07/16 Adaptive Fault Detection is a patented, algorithm-based technology and one of the important central components of the SolarWinds® Database Performance Monitor (DPM). Unlik…

5 Database Insights Easy to See with SolarWinds Database Peformance Monitor SaaS Monitoring

06/28/16 There are manifold ways to collect, visualize, and analyze data… but not all methods are equally useful. SolarWinds® Database Performance Monitor (DPM) however, is singula…

Using SolarWinds Database Performance Monitor to Help Optimize MySQL Configuration

06/17/16 Many users new to MySQL will find themselves overwhelmed when tasked with configuring their system for best performance. It doesn’t need to be intimidating, however. MySQL…

SolarWinds’ Database Performance Monitor SQL Injection Detection

06/09/16 For data-driven applications, security is of absolute importance. Virtually all modern tech-driven organizations must treat the protection of sensitive information as an i…

Why Use Slow Query Logs When There’s SolarWinds Database Performance Monitor?

05/25/16 At SolarWinds, we believe that database monitoring can be much, much better than what many people currently settle for. In fact, we know that monitoring needs to be better…

Common UI Performance Problems in Angular Apps

05/20/16 In this post, we analyze some performance issues we recently fixed in our web app common in AngularJS apps. We also discuss the tools we used to find and diagnose the caus…

Addressing a Problematic MySQL Query and its Effects on Amazon Aurora

05/06/16 Since we announced our support for Amazon Web Service’s Aurora last year, we’ve had great experiences working with customers who use Aurora as their database system of cho…

How to Build a Probabilistic Sketch

04/13/16 Last month, we published our newest, free ebook, Sampling a Stream of Events With a Probabilistic Sketch, examining the way that SolarWinds® Database Performance Monitor u…

Drinking from the Firehose: How SolarWinds Database Performance Monitor Compresses its Metrics

02/23/16 Sometimes, when working with a top-of-the-line monitoring tool, having access to the best possible visibility, granularity, and reliability is simply not enough. Sure, tho…