Monitoring is Not a Focus of Java Developers Software developers are often only concerned about the functionality of their applications. When these applications are deployed in production, scalability and performance issues surface and application developers then have to worry about performance...
What is SNMP? Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet Standard protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behavior. Figure 1: How SNMP works SNMP exposes management data in the...
It’s no secret that Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is becoming a critical competency in today’s enterprise networks. After all, so many enterprises are moving to a cloud-based model that leverages tiers of service, which brings unforeseen complexity into the task of keeping things...
As microservices gain in popularity, containers have become a hot topic for developers. But how do they differ from virtual machines? Will containers replace virtual machines? And when should you choose containers over virtual machines? Micro Machines for Microservices When it comes to defining...
Robust, resilient IT systems are crucial to data-driven operations. Whether these systems drive internal processes or deliver customer-facing services, the need for reliability and availability remains the same. So, why would you deliberately try to break your services?
Improving Citrix Logon Times Most of you know that one of the most important user experience metrics in a Citrix environment is the logon time. A 2018 survey by eG Innovations and DABCC found out that Citrix logon time was the number one problem for administrators: 59% of respondents rated logon...
Most modern enterprise applications are multi-tiered: One or more web front-ends balance requests across multiple servers for scalability. Middleware application servers host the business logic. The data resides in backend database servers and is accessed by application logic hosted on the...
How SLTN solves performance problems and better serves its clients with eG Enterprise This short article was first published on the Dutch IT Channel on 17 October, 2020. It has been translated to English and republished on our blog with their permission...
Overview of Microsoft Office 365 Microsoft Office is one of the very few software platforms that can claim to be truly timeless. However, even timeless technology could use an upgrade and Microsoft provides this often. If you recently upgraded your system or you intend to do so, you may have...
Every time there is an outage, questions are asked about an organization’s monitoring strategy: Were the right tools in place? Were there early warning indicators? How much time did the IT Operations team need to identify the cause of the problem and fix it? Did the tools in use alert the IT...