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Tools for collecting AWS Lambda data

This article discusses using remote instrumentation to gain deeper insights into AWS Lambda function performance *without* modifying application code. By leveraging tools like Exte…

Calculating the ROI of SQL Server Monitoring

02/04/20 I was recently approached to help develop our latest online version of a Return On Investment (ROI) calculator for the SentryOne monitoring platform. We know the ROI of ou…

Careless and Malicious Insider Threats Are on the Rise Despite Better Detection

02/04/20 According to a 2019 Federal Cybersecurity Survey released last year by IT management software company SolarWinds, careless and malicious insiders topped the list of securi…

Distributed tracing for AWS Lambda with Datadog APM

This AWS article announces enhancements to their distributed tracing capabilities, specifically within X-Ray, to provide deeper insights into serverless applications. These improve…

Protecting Against 5 Common Causes of Network Outages

02/03/20 Keeping a network up and running is a full-time job, sometimes a full-time job for several team members! But it doesn’t have to feel like a fire drill every day. Managing …

Protecting End Users in an SD-WAN World

When it comes to an SD-WAN deployment we tend to spend a lot of time thinking about connectivity, reachability, protocols, traffic steering and so on. One area that we sometimes ov…

How ITIL Practices Can Simplify Hybrid IT

01/30/20 According to IBM, 98% of companies plan to use hybrid cloud computing by 2021. That means almost everyone will be managing some combination of on-premises and cloud-based …

Docker logging best practices

This article details how to effectively monitor Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) using Datadog's comprehensive monitoring platform. It explains how to leverage Datadog's agents and i…

IT: The Employee Engagement Department — SolarWinds TechPod 022

01/28/20 What is employee engagement and what does it have to do with IT? Andrew Eardley-Day, ITSM system administrator for Betfred, and Joey Brown, product manager for SolarWinds …

Are You Digitally Competent?

The role of digital competence in digital transformation Everybody talks about digital transformation, but how can you be sure it’s working for your company? In other words, how do…

New Laws Alone Won’t Be Enough to Secure IoT Devices

01/28/20 Security concerns over the Internet of Things (IoT) are growing, and federal and state lawmakers are taking action. First, the U.S. Senate introduced the Internet of Thing…

Don’t Shut Your Pi-Hole, Monitor It! (The Sequel)

01/27/20 Back in October, 2019, I shared my love of both Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.org/) devices and the Pi-Hole (https://pi-hole.net/) software; and showed how—with a …