The pros and cons of cloud-native infrastructure
Cloud computing has emerged as a game changer for organizations looking for agility and flexibility from their IT infrastructures. A cloud-native infrastructure further enhances this by using microservices, containers, and DevOps for a scalable foundation
Digital transformation and cost savings: How AI benefits Australian SMEs to enhance digital experience
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in Australia's economy. Despite this, they face significant challenges in the current economic climate, including rising costs, higher interest rates, and the need to stay competitive in a
Understanding Network Mapping with Site24x7
With cloud solutions becoming mainstream and hybrid workforces becoming the norm rather than the exception, organizations need to stay nimble and agile for network access that can occur anytime, from anywhere. A thriving organization has a flourishing
Infrastructure maps: Build and visualize custom network topology maps to dissect network outages and performance bottlenecks in your IT stack
The ability to visualize your IT infrastructure from end to end is critical in fostering successful operations and delivery of service. Being a network admin, you need to keep a close eye on all your network devices, whether they're across the globe or
Breaking down network complexities with network mapping
Is it possible for network engineers to gain complete visibility over all the components in an enterprise network? With new devices constantly connecting and disconnecting, creating a mental image of the entire network is impossible. This is where network
Mobile APM best practices to ensure top user experiences
Whether you are a solopreneur or the owner of a large business, think about the instances on your website or app when customers feel irritated, stuck, or frustrated on their mobile screens. Be it an app slowdown, broken flow, or irregular functionality,
Demystifying the cloud: Elasticity vs. scalability
Elasticity and scalability are essential aspects of cloud computing and crucial for optimizing resource management and ensuring seamless operations. However, despite their importance, these concepts are often confused. Understanding their distinct purposes
Leveraging observability to improve digital resilience
With increasing competition and a digitizing landscape, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Australia are being forced to level up their game using AI and modernization. This means eventually relying on cloud and AI integration to ensure agility and
Gain critical insights about your AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery environment
Hi there! We're happy to inform you that Site24x7's AWS monitoring now supports AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) monitoring. AWS DRS is a cost-effective and reliable disaster recovery solution that offers affordable storage, minimal compute resources,
CMDB monitoring integration: Benefits and best practices
For decades, IT organizations have benefited from the configuration management database (CMDB) for their service management to ensure a resilient, reliable IT ecosystem for all users. Though difficult to implement and even more difficult to maintain,
What is cloud TCO? How does cloud monitoring help lower your cloud TCO?
The cloud promises agility, innovation, and virtually endless scalability. However, with great scalability comes great costs that can spiral out of control without proper oversight. Factors like over-provisioning, underutilized resources, and unexpected
Securing your cloud castle: Effective Amazon VPC monitoring with Site24x7
In the realm of modern business, the cloud reigns supreme. Countless organizations rely on cloud infrastructures for core operations, from storing sensitive data to running critical applications. However, with this reliance comes a vital responsibility:
14 benefits of using Site24x7 in Kubernetes observability
Launched in June 2014 as an open-source container orchestration software, Kubernetes is now ten years old. Being increasingly adopted by organizations of all sizes, Kubernetes has today become an essential part of the IT landscape. Kubernetes now completes
Top five cloud monitoring challenges
Behind every cloud, there is exceptional monitoring. At least, there should be. However, the dynamic nature of the cloud, while its greatest strength, also poses a vulnerability by making it challenging to maintain visibility across all areas. As the
Guardians of user experience: How REST API monitoring keeps your applications running smoothly
Modern web applications rely on invisible engines called REST APIs to function. These APIs handle crucial data exchanges behind the scenes, ensuring everything from login functionalities to dynamic content updates runs smoothly, handles client-server
Effortlessly monitor a cluster of network devices using our enhanced topology maps
Keep a close eye on the performance, health, and availability of a cluster of network devices by adding your monitor groups to topology maps and viewing their status updates in real time. You can also add custom nodes as needed to organize and monitor
What is IP blocklisting?
Imagine a bouncer at the entrance of a website, carefully checking IDs and denying entry to anyone who can cause a security risk. IP blocklisting functions similarly.
What is IP blocklisting?
IP blocklisting (earlier called as IP blacklisting), is
Improve mobile vitals using Site24x7 mobile APM and crash analytics
Between your app server and your customer's fingertips, your mobile application or website's performance depends on many factors. Often, what you give may not be what the customer gets, as several things can get in the way, such as bottlenecks, server
Streamline communication between applications by monitoring IBM MQ effectively
Efficient communication between applications is essential for seamless operations in modern IT environments. IBM MQ, robust messaging middleware, plays a pivotal role in facilitating this. Monitoring IBM MQ is crucial for enhancing communication efficiency
Three reasons why your business needs infrastructure monitoring
A business's website or application might appear polished on the surface, but if the underlying infrastructure is struggling, the user experience also suffers. Users can only benefit from applications and services if the critical back-end infrastructure
What is DNS monitoring and why is it important
In the digital world, your website is like a house, and visitors access it through an address. But before they reach your doorstep, they need directions—that's where the domain name system (DNS) comes in. It acts like a phone book and translates user-friendly
Uncover the benefits of AWS Lambda log analysis with Site24x7
In the ever-growing world of cloud computing, efficient log analysis is crucial for maintaining application health, debugging issues, and ensuring security. While traditional approaches often involve dedicated servers or complex infrastructure, AWS Lambda
Top 5 website monitoring best practices for a swift website
It's crucial to build trust and brand loyalty with a website as your storefront. Website monitoring ensures that the platform remains functional and accessible and delivers a smooth user experience. It includes the ongoing process of measuring and tracking
Monitoring complex networks just became easier with our enhancements in Layer 2 maps
Based on invaluable feedback from users like you, we have enhanced our Layer 2 maps. The updated user interface now includes many more features that simplify network visualization, including a map inventory on the same pane that displays device details
Communicate scheduled maintenance with StatusIQ
Failure to communicate scheduled maintenance often results in unexpected downtime, significantly impacting the user experience by causing frustration and disrupting workflow. This not only leads to user confusion but also burdens IT support teams with
Guarantee uninterrupted Azure monitoring by updating your client secret expiry dates
Hi there! We are elated to announce an important update to improve your Azure monitoring experience with Site24x7. To ensure continuous tracking and data collection for your Azure resources, it's essential to keep your client secret up to date. Why is
Configure a check (monitor) for cipher configuration?
Hi Site24x7 Team, is it possible to configure a check (monitor) for cipher configuration? Site24x7 should check which ciphers the server returns for xyz.website.com and compare them with the specified ones. If something does not match, it should send
Get proactive RabbitMQ monitoring and improved reliability with Site24x7
Hi there! We're happy to inform you that Site24x7's AWS monitoring now supports Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ in addition to Amazon MQ for ActiveMQ monitoring. RabbitMQ is an open-source message broker that supports multiple protocols. Site24x7's integration
Mandatory domain verification to use a custom domain
Hi there, We would like to inform you that we have added a new step for domain verification. Verification of domain ownership can ensure the security of your email server and prevent spamming and phishing. You can complete this verification by collecting
File Age monitoring for Windows Server
Hi all, I'm looking to monitor a folder - and its subfolders - and get alert if there are files older than X minutes. One point is: The folder is a shared folder I could write a plugin script but in site24x7 console, I get the error below, its like if
Optimize your database performance with our new plugin for monitoring Sybase (SAP ASE) servers
Greetings! We are pleased to introduce a new plugin integration to monitor the availability and performance of your Sybase (SAP ASE) servers. With the plugin, you can: Optimize your database performance, minimize downtime, and ensure a seamless user experience.
On-call scheduling to streamline incident response systems in high-velocity teams
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
Don't miss the blind spots: API monitoring for digital resilience
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).
New monitoring Location Request
If you need Site24x7 to support a new monitoring location in addition to what is already supported, please post it here. We will try to support it based on the demand. Please vote by "Like"ing for a location if its already asked for in this post. Thanks Gibu
Site24x7: The best network monitoring tool where intuitive design meets powerful features
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
Third-party software: The double-edged sword of website security
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
Suspended Network Interfaces
It would be nice to be able to see your suspended network interfaces on a single page, versus having to navigate to the respective network device to view the suspended interface(s).
Website content monitoring: Essential tool for marketers and SREs
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
API - Get Server OS Version
Using the API, I would like to get the OS Version of the server. Like Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS x86_64. When using the API today I am only able to get if is Linux or Windows
5 Top Kubernetes Observability Challenges and Solutions
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
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