Auto scaling beyond the basics: Fine-tuning AWS Auto Scaling groups

Before diving into advanced techniques, it's essential to have a firm grasp of what Auto Scaling groups are and how they function at a basic level. Auto Scaling groups adjust the number of Amazon EC2 instances required in your application to meet the peak performance demand. They can scale in (reduce instances) or scale out &#x...


The unknown threats: Understanding network outages and preventing them

According to a recent study by the Uptime Institute, the most frequent cause of network outages stems from issues in configuration or change management processes (https://datacenter.uptimeinstitute.com/rs/711-RIA-145/images/AnnualOutageAnalysis2023.03092023.pdf). This is closely followed by failures attributed to third-party network providers.&n...

Six cloud migration best practices for higher uptime

It is important to analyze the complexity, dependencies, and resource requirements of your applications. This will help you determine the most suitable migration strategy. Define your migration goals, such as cost reduction, improved performance, or increased scalability. This will help you align your efforts and measure success. You can also...


The role of QoS in optimizing network usage

As businesses heavily depend on the internet and network services for daily operations, the performance and reliability of these networks are key to their success. This highlights the crucial role of quality of service (QoS) in improving network efficiency. It ensures a smooth user experience and supports business advancement. In this blog, we'l...

How Australian local governments can use cloud-native observability

Australian city councils are the command centers of every city, ensuring essential services are delivered with reliability and speed while being available for citizens' queries and requests. Though the IT infrastructure of Australian city councils has predominantly been on-premises, the last decade has seen a substantial digital shift with incre...

Australian local governance: How to choose the right IT monitoring tool

Australian city councils and their IT stack City councils run like the central nervous system that links and serves a large community of people, companies, and establishments to make a city a complex, bustling melting pot. Touching every life across the population—right down to the last mile—city councils provide digital access to essential ser...

Why holistic monitoring is the key to future-proof your application

Pinpoint bottlenecks and reduce MTTR by quickly identifying the exact source of the issue down to the code level.

Reduce costs by diagnosing and resolving issues rapidly and minimizing business impact.


What is network uptime? Know how to measure and increase it.

Organizations that rely on traditional networks struggle to keep pace with rapidly evolving technologies and accelerate innovation. As AI, cloud, and decentralization create new challenges, the key to moving forward at a faster pace is to make sure the network is always available and working without any interruptions. This measure, known as netw...

Unlock Sybase ASE performance: Transform monitoring metrics into actionable insights

Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is a robust solution for handling critical business operations. To keep it running at peak performance, it's essential to monitor it continuously and collect a range of performance metrics. These metrics provide detailed insights into various aspects of the server’s health, including connection times, memo...

Understanding Kubernetes namespaces and how to monitor them with Site24x7

Kubernetes namespaces are a fundamental way of organizing your Kubernetes cluster resources to isolate groups of resources for specific needs. With better resource management, easy organization, robust security, and high scalability, Kubernetes namespaces help immensely in development, team handling, and application life cycle management.

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Optimizing webpage performance with Site24x7's waterfall chart

A slow website equals lost opportunities. Frustrated users abandon slow-loading sites, impacting conversions and search rankings. Prioritize website speed for business success and exceptional user experiences.

Site24x7's waterfall chart is a critical tool for understanding and optimizing webpage performance. It provides a visual re...


Australian local governance: Four ways observabIity helps achieve IT resilience

Australian city councils rely on a variety of computer applications, information websites, and service portals to help run the civic infrastructure and essential citizen services. Typically, Australian city councils operate a hybrid IT infrastructure that is a mix of both on-premise legacy applications that have passed the test of time and sever...

Four key benefits of configuration templates in network automation

Configuration templates consist of small pieces of code that allow administrators to implement changes across numerous devices as many times as necessary. These templates, often referred to as configlets, expedite system setup and make it more resistant to errors.  How to automate network configuration using configuration templates First, l...

Strategies that foolproof your AWS disaster recovery strategies

Before delving into specific AWS DR strategies, it's crucial to define your organization's unique recovery objectives:

Recovery Time Objective (RTO): This specifies the maximum tolerable downtime for a system or application.


MSP device templates at the admin level for tracking your customer's endpoints

Managed service providers (MSPs) are currently facing a critical challenge: efficiently managing and monitoring a diverse array of endpoints for multiple clients. At the core of effective network management is the seamless tracking of customer endpoints. The availability of device templates at the administrative level within Site24x7 is an advan...

What are networks? Part 2: Network devices and why we need to monitor them

In an era dominated by GenAI technologies, the critical role of robust network infrastructure—the backbone of AI's expansive capabilities—often remains in the shadows. At the heart of this infrastructure lies an intricate array of network devices, including routers, switches, modems, firewalls, wireless access points, etc. These devices, each se...

Six ways Australian local government IT teams can benefit from AIOps in monitoring

Running IT operations in an Australian city council is a complex role that faces a unique set of challenges and opportunities. Typically, a city council in an advanced country like Australia runs its IT on a hybrid model, with a combination of continuing on-premise installations working in tandem with modern cloud platforms, such as Azure. &nbs...

How to reduce failures with failover clusters

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Eight IT challenges faced by Australian local governments and their solution

Local governments are the bedrock of communities, ensuring a city thrives as a great place to live. Delivering vital services, building and running infrastructure, and ensuring people have adequate access to essential and emergency services alike are some of the top priorities of local governments. In the continent nation of Australia, local gov...

How to fix network latency with network traffic monitoring tools: Use cases and examples

Seamless network performance is the cornerstone of business success. However, network latency—the delay in data transfer initiation—can greatly hinder user experiences, decrease productivity, and even incur financial losses. For businesses aspiring to thrive, it is crucial to address and resolve network latency issues. In this context, network t...

Navigating IT complexity: Observability vs. monitoring for Australian SMEs' digital transformation

While traditional IT monitoring holds back Australian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in digital transformation, these organizations do realize that in the realm of IT operations, observability represents a significant advancement over traditional monitoring approaches. Unlike conventional methods that primarily focus on metrics like u...

The key benefits of Azure disk monitoring

Virtual machines (VMs) deliver flexible, scalable, and cost-effective computing solutions for businesses of all sizes. Microsoft Azure offers efficient and powerful VMs, but as infrastructures boom, the computing environment tries to accommodate the increased demands of the infrastructure. As VM demand increases, it can impact their performance ...

The rise of AIOps in infrastructure monitoring

Drowning in data from complex environments? Ditch the reactive approach. Artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) empowers proactive management with comprehensive observability. According to Gartner, IT spending will continue to mount sky-high despite the global economic instability; the IT expenditure is predicted to surge by 8.6% in 2...

How traditional IT monitoring is holding back digital transformation for Australian SMEs

In today's digital landscape, monitoring IT systems and infrastructure is crucial for ensuring operational efficiency and maintaining business continuity. Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) understand the importance of monitoring but often struggle to fully leverage its capabilities. One common challenge is the siloed nature of I...

How to optimize performance across Amazon EC2 instances

Imagine paying for a top-tier gym membership when all you do is walk on the treadmill occasionally. Choosing the right instance type is as crucial as choosing a gym membership. You need to analyze your application's needs—CPU, memory, and storage utilization—and select an instance type that perfectly matches those requirement...


Navigating digital disruptions: Lessons from the Microsoft outage

The recent Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage serves as a stark reminder of the interconnectedness and fragility of our digital infrastructure. What began as a seemingly isolated issue with a software update rapidly escalated into a widespread disruption, affecting businesses across multiple sectors.

The incident highlights the potential cons...


The role of IT monitoring in digital transformation for Australian SMEs

The importance of visibility over the entire technology environment cannot be overstated. This ensures the health, performance, and security of the technology that organizations rely on to deliver digital services. Technology leaders in Australia’s SMEs understand and appreciate the strategic benefits of monitoring. The strategic benefits of IT ...

Status page examples

The visual presentation and aesthetics of a company's online presence are crucial in shaping the company's reputation and customer trust. One such vital aspect is the status page, which is often overlooked yet highly influential. By examining the best status page examples, we can see how a well-designed status page not only conveys reliabil...

Top IT challenges Australian SMEs must tackle for better operational efficiency

As digital intensity rises in Australian SMEs, technology teams face significant challenges. The complexity of expanding technology architectures, the proliferation of applications, and reliance on diverse cloud environments exponentially increases the demand for IT support and operations. This intricate tech landscape introduces coordination ch...

A guide to choosing the best cloud infrastructure monitoring tool

The cloud is a complex network of interconnected resources—virtual machines (VMs), containers, serverless functions, and a web of data flowing between them. With so many elements, it becomes challenging to ensure continuous uptime for all cloud services while also maintaining optimal performance and security. Cloud monitoring tools assist in thi...

Top 7 best practices for monitoring your OpenShift environment

To ensure your OpenShift environment is healthy and stable, consider these seven tips:

Ensure your OpenShift platform is available at all times. Your monitoring tool is invaluable during these periods. Utilize node redundancy, multiple pod replicas, and load balancing. Regularly back up your monitoring data and configurations, and ...


The pros and cons of cloud-native infrastructure

Cloud computing has emerged as a game changer for organizations looking for agility and flexibility from their IT infrastructures. A cloud-native infrastructure further enhances this by using microservices, containers, and DevOps for a scalable foundation for modern applications.  However, like any technology, it has its advantages and disa...

Digital transformation and cost savings: How AI benefits Australian SMEs to enhance digital experience

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in Australia's economy. Despite this, they face significant challenges in the current economic climate, including rising costs, higher interest rates, and the need to stay competitive in a rapidly-evolving digital market. For these businesses, cutting expenses is the top priority, clo...

Understanding Network Mapping with Site24x7

With cloud solutions becoming mainstream and hybrid workforces becoming the norm rather than the exception, organizations need to stay nimble and agile for network access that can occur anytime, from anywhere. A thriving organization has a flourishing network that extends its arms globally, yet delivers high speed and performance without any com...

Infrastructure maps: Build and visualize custom network topology maps to dissect network outages and performance bottlenecks in your IT stack

The ability to visualize your IT infrastructure from end to end is critical in fostering successful operations and delivery of service. Being a network admin, you need to keep a close eye on all your network devices, whether they're across the globe or inside your data centers. However, this is difficult to do without an actual location-...


Breaking down network complexities with network mapping

Is it possible for network engineers to gain complete visibility over all the components in an enterprise network? With new devices constantly connecting and disconnecting, creating a mental image of the entire network is impossible.

This is where network mapping comes in. Using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), ...


Mobile APM best practices to ensure top user experiences

Whether you are a solopreneur or the owner of a large business, think about the instances on your website or app when customers feel irritated, stuck, or frustrated on their mobile screens. Be it an app slowdown, broken flow, or irregular functionality, a mobile application performance issue can make or mar a business's reputation quicke...


Demystifying the cloud: Elasticity vs. scalability

Elasticity and scalability are essential aspects of cloud computing and crucial for optimizing resource management and ensuring seamless operations. However, despite their importance, these concepts are often confused. Understanding their distinct purposes and functionalities is essential for fully leveraging the power of cloud technology. ...

Leveraging observability to improve digital resilience

With increasing competition and a digitizing landscape, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Australia are being forced to level up their game using AI and modernization. This means eventually relying on cloud and AI integration to ensure agility and responsiveness. The diversity of applications and the complexity of tech architecture pose cha...

CMDB monitoring integration: Benefits and best practices

For decades, IT organizations have benefited from the configuration management database (CMDB) for their service management to ensure a resilient, reliable IT ecosystem for all users. Though difficult to implement and even more difficult to maintain, a well-kept CMDB (whether manual or automated) serves as the canonical source of truth for IT in...

What is cloud TCO? How does cloud monitoring help lower your cloud TCO?

The cloud promises agility, innovation, and virtually endless scalability. However, with great scalability comes great costs that can spiral out of control without proper oversight. Factors like over-provisioning, underutilized resources, and unexpected data transfer fees can strain budgets and reduce the overall efficiency of cloud investments....

Securing your cloud castle: Effective Amazon VPC monitoring with Site24x7

In the realm of modern business, the cloud reigns supreme. Countless organizations rely on cloud infrastructures for core operations, from storing sensitive data to running critical applications. However, with this reliance comes a vital responsibility: safeguarding your cloud environment against ever-evolving security threats. Amazon Virtual Pr...

14 benefits of using Site24x7 in Kubernetes observability

Launched in June 2014 as an open-source container orchestration software, Kubernetes is now ten years old. Being increasingly adopted by organizations of all sizes, Kubernetes has today become an essential part of the IT landscape. Kubernetes now completes the modern IT picture, along with Linux, the cloud, and containers that form the backbone ...

Top five cloud monitoring challenges

Behind every cloud, there is exceptional monitoring. At least, there should be. However, the dynamic nature of the cloud, while its greatest strength, also poses a vulnerability by making it challenging to maintain visibility across all areas. As the cloud becomes the backbone of many organizations' digital operations, robust and efficient monit...

Guardians of user experience: How REST API monitoring keeps your applications running smoothly

Modern web applications rely on invisible engines called REST APIs to function. These APIs handle crucial data exchanges behind the scenes, ensuring everything from login functionalities to dynamic content updates runs smoothly, handles client-server communication or communication across application services. But, just like any complex system, t...

What is IP blocklisting?

Imagine a bouncer at the entrance of a website, carefully checking IDs and denying entry to anyone who can cause a security risk. IP blocklisting functions similarly. 

What is IP blocklisting?
IP blocklisting (earlier called as IP blacklisting), is a security measure where IP addresses associated with malicious activity are added to a blocklist...

Improve mobile vitals using Site24x7 mobile APM and crash analytics

Between your app server and your customer's fingertips, your mobile application or website's performance depends on many factors. Often, what you give may not be what the customer gets, as several things can get in the way, such as bottlenecks, server performance issues, network woes, and un-optimized code. All these factors prevent your custome...

Streamline communication between applications by monitoring IBM MQ effectively

Efficient communication between applications is essential for seamless operations in modern IT environments. IBM MQ, robust messaging middleware, plays a pivotal role in facilitating this. Monitoring IBM MQ is crucial for enhancing communication efficiency and enables organizations to optimize performance, identify potential issues before they e...

Three reasons why your business needs infrastructure monitoring

A business's website or application might appear polished on the surface, but if the underlying infrastructure is struggling, the user experience also suffers. Users can only benefit from applications and services if the critical back-end infrastructure is functional. Here's where infrastructure monitoring comes in—it acts as a watchful eye in y...

What is DNS monitoring and why is it important

Just like any critical infrastructure, DNS servers require constant monitoring to ensure smooth website accessibility. Here's a detailed breakdown of what DNS server monitoring typically focuses on: