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Automate workflows with Datadog's Amazon EventBridge integration

This Datadog article details how to gain full visibility into your serverless applications built on AWS services like API Gateway, SQS, and Kinesis. It explains how Datadog automat…

How to use ApacheBench for web server performance testing

This Datadog article explains how to effectively monitor your Apache Tomcat applications by leveraging both logs and metrics. It details how to automatically collect and analyze To…

Consul monitoring tools

This article details how to effectively monitor HashiCorp Consul using Datadog. It explains how to leverage Datadog's integrations to collect key Consul metrics – including service…

Key metrics for monitoring Consul

This article details how to effectively monitor HashiCorp Consul using Datadog. It explains how to leverage Datadog's integrations to collect key Consul metrics like service health…

How to monitor Consul with Datadog

Datadog's Network Performance Monitoring (NPM) now integrates with HashiCorp Consul, providing visibility into service mesh traffic and dependencies managed by Consul. This allows …

7 Ways to Boost Your IT Help Desk Performance Today

07/09/19 Is the performance on your IT help desk lacking? Have there been complaints? The trick to righting the ship is to act quickly, decisively, and positively. The post 7 Ways …

Assessing Your Agency’s Cloud Readiness

07/09/19 A recent report regarding the modernization of Federal Information Technology (IT), coordinated by the American Technology Council (ATC) in 2017, called for agencies to “i…

Bimodal IT vs. Hybrid IT: What’s the Best Approach?

07/08/19 IT departments have always been an important part of the business. Critical business models rely on systems managed by IT. Businesses have been using IT for years, but IT …

Configure Alerts on Deadlock Events

07/05/19 SolarWinds® Database Performance Monitor (DPM) can now detect deadlocks in MySQL, and generate events that you can use for alerting and notification. It’s normal for an AC…

How to Prevent Lock-In for DevOps Tooling

07/03/19 We’ve talked about a lot in this series about DevOps tooling: Start Your DevOps Journey by Looking at the Value You Add Why Choosing a One-Size-Fits-All Solution Won’t Wor…

Software License Management: 6 Steps to Prepare for an Audit

07/02/19 Issuing software licenses to employees is another one of those routine IT tasks that you may not think twice about. But what may go unnoticed is software titles employees …

Tips for Building a Battle-Hardened Network

07/02/19 The U.S. Army is leading the charge on the military’s multidomain battle concept—but will federal IT networks enable this initiative or inhibit it? The network is critical…