When applications experience performance issues, developers may rely on heuristics and find the root cause of issues by directly looking into their code. However, in modern application environments, several services, third-party APIs, and cloud-based components can make it difficult to pinpoint the root cause of an issue. Application logs can help developers detect and resolve […]
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Today, continuous development and continuous delivery have become the de facto mode of application development for businesses seeking higher agility. With the continuous push to achieve higher efficiency and reliability in running software operations, container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, and Mesos have become mainstream. Among these technologies, Docker is the most popular. Though Docker makes […]
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When applications are deployed in the production environment, developers expect them to work smoothly without any performance issues. However, applications often experience unexpected bottlenecks, making it crucial to monitor applications. One of the simplest ways to monitor a C# application is to emit, save, and index log data for search, analysis, and troubleshooting. We’ll discuss […]
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In the modern digital ecosystem, every user activity, system error, application transaction, and network packet movement can be tracked using logs. This level of visibility into systems, networks, and applications is useful for troubleshooting bottlenecks, analyzing past trends, and predicting future events. However, monitoring various cloud-based and on-premises resources becomes complex in the absence of […]
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In IT environments, all software applications and systems produce logs with varying levels of details or context about different events. These log files are automatically generated, and you can see them as a time-stamped record of events. Traditionally, organizations maintained logs locally or in a self-hosted setup. This was done primarily to meet various compliance […]
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In modern digital environments, logs are present everywhere. From networking devices, servers, and databases, to operating systems, cloud-based services, and applications, every component produces some form of digital records of events. These records or logs provide an audit trail for Security Information Event Management (SIEM) and help in performance monitoring of servers and applications. However, […]
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Today every organization has invested in the cloud for higher agility, scalability, computing performance, and more. With self-service portals offering easier provisioning, cloud-based services and platforms have reduced operational overheads on IT teams significantly. Further, with cloud, organizations can choose pay-as-you-go plans without making any heavy upfront investments, get full visibility into their spending, and […]
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Large scale web applications experience a huge amount of traffic daily. Many of these applications include multiple transactions and content elements. Further, most of these applications are frequently updated with new features. Ensuring the moving components and the underlying architecture supporting the web apps perform as expected is a complex task. Any slow loading element […]
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Today, centralized log management has become a common practice for supporting IT operations and mission-critical business applications. However, as IT environments evolve, log management practices also need to catch up. Today, most IT teams have migrated a significant portion of their operational workloads to the cloud, which has become the defacto platform for innovation and […]
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Drupal is a powerful and versatile open source software allowing developers to create websites to their exact specifications. Drupal is supported by a strong community, and a plethora of tools and extensions to help expand the functionality of any site and cater for individual needs. In this article, we’ll discuss five Drupal extensions and tools […]
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Ensuring your website is fully functioning and doesn’t suffer from regular bouts of downtime is a must for any website owner. Downtime will affect your SEO, increase your bounce rates, tarnish your company’s reputation, lose you loyal customers, and ultimately cost you sales and revenue. But what are the main causes of downtime, and importantly, […]
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Monitoring the speed and uptime of your website is a must for all website owners. Not only will it help you understand the experience your visitors receive on your website, it will also enable you to quickly fix any issues on your site and make informed long-term performance improvements. In this article, we look at […]
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