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.

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Cloud application monitoring and performance News

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.
September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19
Atlassian cloud woos enterprises with SLA, security boost

Large enterprise users of Atlassian's on-premises software say the vendor's cloud tools have piqued their interest with updates to security and support.

Cloud application monitoring and performance Get Started

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How to respond to 3 common IT alerts

When those IT alerts pop up, the ops team needs to respond. Take steps to deal with the problems -- but also look out for possible sources of the trouble. Continue Reading
What are the different types of cloud load balancing?

Learn how load balancing in the cloud differs from a traditional network traffic distribution, and explore the different services available from AWS, Google and Microsoft. Continue Reading
A guide to cloud capacity planning for unexpected spikes

Unpredictable traffic spikes can make or break applications. Make sure your apps can handle scaling demands with this breakdown of cloud capacity strategies. Continue Reading

Evaluate Cloud application monitoring and performance Vendors & Products

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

SD-WAN requirements for a multi-cloud world

With the emergence of a multi-cloud world, SD-WAN vendors must upgrade their platforms to ensure secure and reliable SD-WAN connectivity to cloud services. Continue Reading
Evaluate these 9 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
Get to know popular cloud monitoring tools

With so many cloud monitoring services on the market, it can be difficult to choose. Review some of the popular tools available from AWS, Google and Azure -- as well as non-native options. Continue Reading

Manage Cloud application monitoring and performance

Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.

Gain a broad view of cloud optimization

Cloud optimization is a broad discipline that involves much more than just cost. Learn why performance, reliability and sustainability should also play a role in an optimization strategy. Continue Reading
7 tips to manage cloud sprawl in your enterprise

Cloud sprawl can lead to all sorts of unwanted surprises. Review these recommendations to get control over all the cloud resources across your business. Continue Reading
Use these CloudWatch features to improve AWS app monitoring

Amazon CloudWatch ServiceLens, Synthetics and Contributor Insights give users more ways to monitor their AWS applications. Find out how these features work before you get started. Continue Reading

Problem Solve Cloud application monitoring and performance Issues

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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