Defining the term ‘monitoring’ is a difficult task considering the performance space has evolved significantly over the years. Lately, there has been a shift in the monitoring world, sparking a healthy debate regarding the definition and purpose of monitoring, through which a new term has emerged: observability. Some of that debate can be found in…
Organizations deploy numerous solutions to monitor, alert, analyze, and share information – all to improve user experience. Finding the best tool or solution for the job can be stressful and time-consuming. Teams often test many tools simultaneously, which leads to disorganization and confusion over where to look when it’s time…
As the very first interaction between an end user and a digital property, DNS resolution is arguably the single most important component of any web transaction. In this sense, fast DNS is just as important as fast content, and something that every single company must take into consideration when establishing their online…
These days, no matter what task you’re trying to accomplish within your online properties, chances are there’s at least one cloud solution that provides it. However, with so much of our personal and business data living now online, there’s perhaps no functionality more important than cloud security. With cyber attacks more prevalent than…
The past few years have seen a huge increase in the amount of critical IT services that companies outsource to SaaS/IaaS/PaaS providers, be it security, storage, monitoring, or operations. Of course, along with any outsourcing to a service provider comes a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to ensure that the vendor…
This is a guest post contributed by Cloudinary, a cloud-based service that provides an end-to-end image and video management solution including uploads, storage, administration, manipulation, and delivery. Learn more about their PHP image upload capabilities here. Uploading images, especially at scale, is completely inefficient if you choose to do it manually. Businesses…
Most modern websites include widgets from different sources for enhanced user engagement. These widgets often include social media buttons so the user can ‘like’ or share content, a video-playing widget that will automatically play content on the sidebar, etc. As the structure of the webpage becomes more complex, it’s necessary for the…
DNS is a fundamental building block of the Internet. Its responsibility is to locate and translate domain names to its corresponding Internet Protocol Addresses (IPv4 and IPv6). Changes and adaptations in the industry have occurred over time; more top-level domains, registries, and registrars have come into existence, mankind witnessed the “Dot-Com” bubble,…
In our previous installments of this blog series, we’ve explored why and how organizations are moving to the cloud, how to plan a cloud migration, and the importance of internet networks to the cloud. Now comes the fun part: assessing the performance of your new cloud services. Depending on which types of cloud services you…
The ever-growing presence and complexity of third-party systems within IT architecture is arguably the biggest challenge that any DevOps or SRE professional faces on a daily basis. With so many components of IT infrastructure lying outside of your direct control, it’s an uphill battle to even get a clear picture…
