Monitoring and Observability

Agentic AI Essentials: The Dashboard and Changing IT Roles

This article discusses how agentic AI is changing the role of IT professionals and the function of traditional dashboards. Instead of humans manually monitoring systems via complex…

Agentic AI Essentials: How to Measure ROI

This article details how to measure the ROI of agentic AI systems beyond simply implementing them. It emphasizes the importance of both explicit (direct feedback like ratings) and …

What Even Is… Observability?

This article explains that observability goes beyond traditional monitoring by focusing on understanding *why* issues occur in complex systems, not just *that* they are happening. …

Agentic AI Essentials: Adoption Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

This article stresses that successful adoption of agentic AI requires careful planning beyond simply implementing the technology. Organizations should first identify clear business…

What Even Is… The Cloud?

This article clarifies what "the cloud" truly is – not a physical place, but rather rented access to someone else's computing resources (servers, storage, and networking). It expla…

Error Monitoring Using Observability: A Business-Critical Approach to Root Cause Analysis and Remediation

Modern businesses rely on complex systems, and errors within these systems can significantly impact revenue and customer satisfaction. This article highlights the importance of err…

Agentic AI Essentials: Examining the Hype Around Agentic AI

This article introduces agentic AI, explaining it goes beyond simply analyzing data to autonomously taking action through “tool calling” – leveraging external tools to solve proble…

Agentic AI Essentials: Your Guide to the Future of Automation

SolarWinds has launched a new “AI Agent” designed to automate IT tasks and is releasing a four-part series, “Agentic AI Essentials,” to guide organizations through its adoption. Th…

“Best Practices”: How I Hate Thee

01/05/26 I have opinions about many prevalent terms in the IT industry. As in any industry, there’s a plethora of jargon that only means something to us. My favorite are the words…

SolarWinds Observability SaaS APM and Database Observability Integration to Unlock Deeper Database Insights and Full-Stack Observability

12/31/25 Why Are APM and Database Observability Needed? APM traces requests as they move through application components, capturing latency, errors, and runtime metrics. The databas…

Top 14 alternatives for Datadog in 2026

This article is a guide to the top 14 Datadog alternatives expected to be relevant in 2026, covering features, pricing, and ideal team types. It provides a detailed comparison of t…

Top 14 alternatives for Datadog in 2025

12/22/25 We’ll cover features, pricing models, and the kind of teams each shines for, so you can confidently pick a winner for your capabilities and requirements. Even if you’ve al…