Murphy's Law says that "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong," drawing attention to the inevitabilities of life laced with irony. In IT monitoring, we can tweak it and say, "The most important monitoring alert will always trigger when you're on vacation with spotty internet." Given life's uncertainties, how can IT engineers stay prepared at ...

In today's digital world, applications are the lifeline of businesses. They're the engines powering everything from e-commerce transactions (think adding items to your shopping cart) to internal communication tools (imagine sending a message to a colleague). Any glitch or outage in these applications can have a domino effect, impacting revenue, ...

Network administrators may find it overwhelming to select the best network monitoring tool, but the search becomes a breeze when they know exactly what to look for: A network monitoring solution that's perfect for businesses big and small, where every detail is at your fingertips and you're always in the loop. Site24x7 not only ticks all...

Imagine a palette with multiple options to choose from, which can help you add features and functionalities to your website that would take ages to build from scratch. Third-party software empowers you to build amazing websites, but this power comes with the risk of security vulnerabilities. This article dives into the potential security gaps th...

In the bustling marketplace of the internet, your website is your meticulously curated storefront. It's where you present your products or services to potential customers and aim to make a lasting impression. Just like any well-stocked shop, constant upkeep is essential. Empty shelves, dusty displays, and expired products can send shoppers scurr...

Observability in IT refers to the ability to measure a system's internal functioning by studying its signals from the outside. Modern IT observability is achieved through three kinds of telemetry: metrics, traces, and logs. Metrics aggregate events to gauge a system’s current state. Tracing tracks the progress of each transaction to not only mea...

The internet, like a vast kingdom, relies on a complex infrastructure to function smoothly. At the heart of this infrastructure lies a watchtower, the Domain Name System (DNS)—the unsung hero that translates user-friendly domain names (e.g., https://www.example.com/) into numerical IP addresses that computers understand. But just like a kingdom ...

In today's digital world, websites and applications are the lifeblood of your business. But ensuring their performance and uptime in a complex IT landscape, with its mix of technologies and systems, is a constant challenge. Imagine a sale overwhelming your online store, causing the website to slow down and frustrated customers to abandon carts. ...

When the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) deliberated on an approach to making cloud computing accessible and compliant to handle brokerage systems, the questions that needed immediate attention were: How to handle technical glitches during peak trading hours? What would it take for stock brokers to use cloud computing to navigat...

Analyzing network traffic data can quickly descend into chaos due to the increasing number of devices and applications in organizations, making it difficult to untangle the complexity manually. Many organizations now use network traffic analyzers to streamline this process. But what exactly is a network traffic analyzer, and how can it help with...