How to Use APM Metrics to Optimize Application Performance
This article emphasizes the importance of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) metrics for modern software teams. APM metrics – encompassing application performance, infrastruc…
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Comparing The Best AIOps Tools for Faster, More Reliable IT Ops
This article discusses AIOps – tools designed to cut through the overwhelming volume of signals generated by modern IT systems. Effective AIOps platforms don’t just add more dashbo…
Cloud Monitoring Tools: 5 Best Platforms to Evaluate in 2026
The cloud monitoring market is booming, but organizations are often overwhelmed by fragmented tools creating noise instead of clarity. Effective monitoring in 2026 focuses on *unif…
Automate Log Management via Terraform
This article advocates for “Log Management as Code” using Terraform and New Relic to automate and standardize log pipelines. By defining log parsing, data partitioning, security (o…
New Relic Named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide AIOps
New Relic has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AIOps 2026 Vendor Assessment, highlighting its strong capabilities in intelligent observability and oper…
OpenTelemetry Events vs. New Relic Custom Events: Capabilities, Context, and the “Why”
This article explains the difference between OpenTelemetry (OTel) Events and New Relic Custom Events, both used for observability signals. OTel Events are structured logs tied to t…
Doing or Waiting?
This article emphasizes the importance of understanding whether application performance bottlenecks stem from “doing” (CPU usage) or “waiting” (external dependencies or resource co…
A Blueprint for Enterprise Alert Management
This article highlights the common problem of alert fatigue in organizations despite robust observability tooling. The core issue isn't *what* you monitor, but a broken incident re…
A Blueprint for Multi Layer Service Level Management
This article highlights the “Observability Gap” – the disconnect between healthy infrastructure metrics and poor user experience, often caused by measuring components in isolation.…
SAP Managed Service Providers Guide to New Relic
SAP Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are facing a critical shift – they can no longer succeed by simply maintaining infrastructure. The rise of RISE with SAP and increasing custome…
eBPF: Network Metrics - Now GA!
New Relic is launching a new eBPF-based agent to unify observability across network performance, APM, infrastructure, and logging. This agent runs directly within the Linux kernel,…
Demystifying Java Instrumentation: The Engineering Behind the New Relic Java Agent
The New Relic Java Agent prioritizes stability while providing observability by minimizing its footprint and utilizing the JVM’s built-in instrumentation. It achieves this through …