As we kick off the new year, it’s important to consider the unique challenges facing enterprises when it comes to managing databases. We’ve seen data and databases grow exponentially with each passing year. This added growth also brings added complexity, resulting in increased difficulty for database professionals to monitor application performance and mitigate issues as […]
How to Work with Modern Databases
Click to learn more about author Thomas LaRock. Historically, databases were like digital filing cabinets, not sources for marketing information and new business opportunities. Today, we gather data at a seemingly manic pace – and as quickly as it’s collected, it’s analyzed and parsed. As the famous saying from a few years back goes, “Data is […]
Change is Good, Monitoring Change is Better, Improving Change Monitoring is Best
Click to learn more about author Thomas LaRock. Change is good — that’s what “progress” is. Usually, changes make our apps better and improve our tools. But no one likes it when a bad change hobbles those apps and causes us to waste hours sifting through code to figure out where it all went wrong. And […]
APM Skills in a Cloud-First World
Click to learn more about author Thomas LaRock As we kick off a new year, it’s time for a new — or at least, an evolved — you. The growth and maturity of the cloud require tech pros to manage an increasingly complex web of applications spanning on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. For many, the changes […]
The Biggest Misconception About Moving Data to the Cloud
Click to learn more about author Thomas LaRock Clouds consist of tiny droplets of water or ice crystals—hydrogen and oxygen. The Earth is made up mainly of iron, oxygen, silicon and magnesium. You wouldn’t expect these different combinations of elements to act the same, nor should you assume that your Cloud servers will function exactly like […]
Managing Databases in the Cloud: What You Need to Know
Click to learn more about author Thomas LaRock. The latest IT Trends Report revealed that 95 percent of North American organizations have migrated mission-critical applications and infrastructure to the Cloud over the past 12 months, with database workloads ranking in the top three. While the report found that many organizations are realizing the benefits of Cloud […]