Cloud application monitoring and performance

Cloud application monitoring and performance optimization are critical to ensure a positive end-user experience. These resources provide technical advice to monitor app response time, performance trends and more. Compare different app monitoring tools, both from public cloud providers and third-party vendors, and explore their unique analytics and visualization features.

October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20
Oracle launches Cloud Observability and Management Platform

Oracle's new Cloud Observability and Management Platform seeks to appeal to customers with complex multi-cloud and on-premises environments.
May 21, 2020 21 May'20
IT pros clamor for Kubernetes multi-cloud deployment API

Enterprise IT pros who want a standard approach to Kubernetes multi-cloud deployment say the Cluster API project shows promise, but it needs work to be production-ready.
October 11, 2019 11 Oct'19
Ticketmaster unifies DevOps monitoring with Confluent Kafka

Ticketmaster troubleshoots and secures distributed applications using Kafka stream processing as a central hub for data collection.
September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19
Microsoft extends Azure networking with satellite connections

Microsoft Azure customers can now tap satellite internet providers through the private Azure ExpressRoute service. The move follows the release of AWS Ground Station in May.

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Practical advice on cloud application management

To manage cloud-based applications, you'll need to be smart about how you look at performance metrics, monitoring strategies, uptime and plenty of other variables. Continue Reading
Learn from these real-world AWS serverless examples

Check out how Equinox Media and BMW use AWS serverless tools and technologies to process and analyze data as part of their IT strategies. Continue Reading
workload

In computing, a workload, typically, is any program or application that runs on any computer. Continue Reading

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Evaluate these 15 multi-cloud management platforms

Dig into the benefits -- and drawbacks -- of the top tools and services to help enterprises manage their hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Continue Reading
A list of AWS networking services cloud users should know

Get to know AWS cloud networking services for load balancing, traffic routing, content delivery and more with this overview. Continue Reading
Why is high availability important in cloud computing?

How many "nines" does your own cloud app really need? High availability is still an important factor in a cloud SLA, but uptime needs vary for each service and company. Continue Reading

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Metrics that matter in cloud application monitoring

Error rates, compute cost, requests per minute -- there are many metrics to look at as part of a strategy for cloud application monitoring. Which ones should you prioritize? Continue Reading
5-step IaaS security checklist for cloud customers

Get expert advice on patching, data encryption, and identity and access management responsibilities in this enterprise IaaS security checklist. Continue Reading
The importance of cloud capacity management and how to do it

Running workloads in the cloud gives an organization access to unlimited resources. That's a good thing, but only if the IT team adopts good capacity management practices. Continue Reading

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Do multi-tenant environments still create noisy neighbors?

A noisy neighbor isn't just a real-world problem. Learn how a noisy neighbor can affect workload performance and how the public cloud has changed to address this issue. Continue Reading
Understand limitations when monitoring cloud performance

When monitoring cloud performance, organizations need to recognize the limitations that come with SaaS, PaaS and IaaS models, as well as public and private cloud architectures. Continue Reading
Strike a cost-performance balance in microservices deployment

To successfully deploy microservices in the cloud, IT teams should beware of these four common mistakes around resource locations, service selection and more. Continue Reading