IT Systems Management and Monitoring

The IT systems management topic center is dedicated to tools and technologies that enable more visibility into IT infrastructure, integration between IT management tools, tailored alerts for IT professionals and new areas of performance monitoring and management. Look here for expert tips and tech news.

January 12, 2022 12 Jan'22
AIOps vendor BigPanda raises $190 million

The vendor's funding round was led by Advent International and Insight Partners. BigPanda plans to use the funds to build out its machine learning technology and product teams.
December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21
Calyptia spurs observability data with Fluent Bit Enterprise

Collecting first-mile log data that is as close to the source as possible is the open source startup's goal as it builds out new commercial services.
December 06, 2021 06 Dec'21
LogDNA raises $50M for observability data

The LogDNA CEO discusses challenges and the need for organizations to collect and analyze log data to enable operations, DevOps and security applications.
November 19, 2021 19 Nov'21
LogicMonitor introduces centralized log management platform

The data observability platform vendor's new platform enables enterprises to use AIOps and automation to find anomalies with their IT system, report them and head off widespread problems.

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trusted computing base (TCB)

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IT systems management

Systems management is the administration of the information technology (IT) systems in an enterprise network or data center. Continue Reading
Update incident response runbooks to meet new requirements

Incident response runbooks provide IT teams with the information needed to resolve common and serious incidents. Break a runbook down into flows to construct documentation. Continue Reading

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Open vs. closed APIs: 4 crucial factors you should examine

Open and closed APIs both have their respective upsides and downsides. To choose the right approach, developers must examine four critical technical and business-level factors. Continue Reading
12 DevOps KPIs you should track to gauge improvement

What's missing from your DevOps workflow? Cold, hard, impartial numbers. Track these key metrics to ensure DevOps processes achieve stated goals. Continue Reading
ITIL vs. DevOps: What path should an enterprise choose?

Frameworks and methodologies must keep pace with technology stacks. ITIL fell too far behind between the release of ITIL 3 and ITIL 4, but there might be a middle ground. Continue Reading

Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.

Anywhere Operations infrastructure enables decentralized IT

The pandemic forced companies into an abrupt hybrid workforce model. Anywhere Operations helps IT organizations support their workers, users and infrastructure -- wherever it is. Continue Reading
Establish an effective ransomware playbook

In an attack, an effective playbook offers IT teams a set of processes to identify compromised systems and alert the right individuals to recover the systems. Continue Reading
Start managing with these Microsoft Graph API features

Microsoft Graph offers several administrative advantages when handling jobs on Microsoft 365 and Azure AD, but be aware of some potential trouble spots when employing this technology. Continue Reading

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AI augments capacity planning with machine learning smarts

With lower costs and better task optimization, AIOps can revolutionize IT infrastructures. Learn why this approach is a must-have for enterprises. Continue Reading
Use APIs to create a custom disaster recovery report

The right set of PowerShell commands and API calls can go a long way to build and customize a disaster recovery report. Learn how with these steps. Continue Reading
Boost Windows Server performance with these 10 tips

A small investment in time to execute these Windows Server performance tuning tips and techniques can optimize server workloads for more satisfactory results. Continue Reading