Application management tools and practices

Thanks to the ever-increasing importance of web, mobile, cloud and a variety of other application types, keeping a portfolio of business-related applications has become more challenging than ever. Learn from seasoned software experts about the complex details surrounding modern application management tools and practices.

October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
Ardoq architecture tool adds new Scenarios planning module

The new Scenarios module in Ardoq's enterprise architecture tool enables customers to model and analyze potential future states in a collaborative way.
July 15, 2020 15 Jul'20
New performance monitoring tool alerts developers in real time

New performance monitoring feature in Sentry's error tracking and release integration platform helps developers find and fix performance issues.
April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20
COVID-19 unemployment claims up demand for COBOL programmers

There is an urgent need for COBOL programmers amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has devastated the U.S. economy and overwhelmed unemployment insurance systems in some states.
August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18
BP Logix BPM tool packs AI features in latest release

With BP Logix's latest BPM platform release, predictive analytics comes to BPM without a posse of data scientists. The AI tools inside could fill BPM's machine learning gap.

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root cause analysis

Root cause analysis (RCA) is a method for understanding the underlying cause of an observed or experienced incident. Continue Reading
10 application performance metrics and how to measure them

You've deployed your application, now what? To keep your application performing well, you need to track various metrics. Take a look at these ten critical KPIs. Continue Reading
7 principles of observability in modern applications

Organizations must keep these seven principles top of mind when monitoring and organizing data to institute observability practices that resolve problems quickly. Continue Reading

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Top observability tools for 2022

Observability tools can give developers and IT administrators better insight on applications to improve delivery, performance and customer experience -- and avoid potential issues. Continue Reading
Observability vs. monitoring: What's the difference?

Although observability and monitoring are different concepts, they aren't mutually exclusive; both provide IT administrators with valuable insights on their systems. Continue Reading
The ups and downs of using an internal developer platform

IDPs can provide a productive and secure environment for development teams. Consider the pros and cons to see if an internal developer platform is right for your organization. Continue Reading

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Common use cases for observability

These use cases for observability enable an organization to dig deeper into its systems monitoring and analysis to get ahead of potential issues and alert IT staff. Continue Reading
8 observability best practices

Observability enables organizations to analyze data on a continuous basis and act on it quickly. Learn best practices for implementing the technology. Continue Reading
9 steps to implement in an observability strategy

As distributed software systems grow in scale and complexity, things like monitoring and debugging can become a tangled mess. Here are nine ways to bolster your observability plan. Continue Reading

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Enable an antilatency cloud event processing architecture

Event-based applications cannot tolerate unreliable networks or latency. Consider an architecture that puts some event processing local to the source to alleviate cloud traffic. Continue Reading
Modernizing legacy applications with minimal strain

Many different challenges can occur as a result of modernizing legacy applications. Luckily, there are a multitude of options at your disposal to overcome these obstacles. Continue Reading
How can microservices help modernize legacy applications?

Can microservices help modernize legacy applications? An expert lists ways microservices help developers break the monolith into functional services. Continue Reading