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Garbage Collection in Java  

Garbage collection is the process of reclaiming unused run-time memory automatically. This means developers can create new objects without worrying about memory allocation and deallocation since unused objects are destroyed automatically. Learn more!

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Blog / Engineering / 05.12.22
Effective Dashboards to Jump Start Your IT Monitoring Initiatives

Using dashboards effectively helps consume metrics and data from multiple data sources, provides a common space for various organizations, and much more. Learn how effective dashboard implementation can propel your IT monitoring initiatives.

Posted by Srikar Archanta
Blog / Engineering / 05.05.22
Azure Cost Management with LogicMonitor

Azure Cost Management with LogicMonitor helps optimize cost when planning future rollouts, auditing others already in-flight, and capturing shareable items on a recurring basis or with live access for accounting or management teams to get quick insight into Azure costs.

Posted by Bryce Carlson
Blog / Engineering / 04.21.22
How to Write a Custom Terraform Provider Automatically With OpenAPI

Learn how to build a Terraform Provider using automatically generated code based on OpenAPI, as well as a framework to apply this to your own API.

Posted by Adam Johnson
Blog / Engineering / 03.31.22
How LogicMonitor Works: SaaS Platform Overview

This blog breaks down how LogicMonitor's SaaS platform works from two different perspectives- architectural building blocks and data lifecycle in the LogicMonitor platform.

Posted by Akshay Sangaonkar
Blog / Engineering / 12.29.21
Ruby Application Manual Instrumentation for Distributed Traces

Use this guide to manually instrument a basic Ruby application for distributed traces.

Posted by Anubhav Singh
Blog / Engineering / 12.21.21
Flask Application Manual Instrumentation for Distributed Traces

Use this guide to instrument a basic Flask application for distributed traces.

Posted by Taher Khopoliwala

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ITIL v3 vs. ITIL v4: An Introduction to the ITIL v4 Framework
Business Education / 05.19.22
ITIL v3 vs. ITIL v4: An Introduction to the ITIL v4 Framework

Gain introductory knowledge to the ITIL v4 framework, as well as the improvements and changes made from ITIL v3.

Posted by LogicMonitor
Employee Spotlight: Lalit Shukla
Blog / 05.17.22
Employee Spotlight: Lalit Shukla

Senior Software Engineering Manager Lalit Shukla talks about his experiences working at LogicMonitor.

Posted by LogicMonitor
Garbage Collection in Java  
Business Education / 05.11.22
Garbage Collection in Java  

Garbage collection is the process of reclaiming unused run-time memory automatically. This means developers can create new objects without worrying about memory allocation and deallocation since unused objects are destroyed automatically. Learn more!

Posted by LogicMonitor
What Is a CMDB and What Role Does It Play in IT?
Business Education / 05.03.22
What Is a CMDB and What Role Does It Play in IT?

A CMDB acts as a central repository used to track and control the relationships between various IT assets and their established configurations. Learn more!

Posted by LogicMonitor
What Data Types Does SQL Server Support?
Business Education / 04.29.22
What Data Types Does SQL Server Support?

In this guide, we'll go through all of the data types SQL Server supports, along with the process of defining custom data types using Transact-SQL or the Microsoft .NET Framework. 

Posted by LogicMonitor
VMWare vs. Sphere vs. ESXI vs. vCenter
Business Education / 04.27.22
VMware vSphere vs. ESXi vs. vCenter

vSphere is a suite of products. This means you can download and use components of the suite individually. However, many new users of the vSphere lineup may find themselves confused. Since each component serves a different function, it's crucial to distinguish between them.

Posted by LogicMonitor
What Are The Different Types of Authentication?
Blog / 04.26.22
What Are The Different Types of Authentication?

This guide provides an overview of the most common authentication methods, along with the most popular protocols, that businesses can use to verify a person's identity and keep systems secure. 

Posted by LogicMonitor
Java vs Python
Blog / 04.25.22
Java vs Python

Java and Python are widely used as general-purpose programming languages for desktop and web applications. There are many similarities when comparing the two, but there are also significant differences. Learn more!

Posted by LogicMonitor
LM Referral Spotlight: Jo Saunders
Blog / 04.19.22
LM Referral Spotlight: Jo Saunders

Jo Saunders joined LM as Account Executive in January 2022. Learn about her experience as a referral and how her life has changed since her first day at LogicMonitor.

Posted by Christy Koontz
Submit Your Nominations for the LogicMonitor Fearless Innovators Awards
Blog / 04.13.22
Submit Your Nominations for the LogicMonitor Fearless Innovators Awards

Vote now for LogicMonitor's Fearless Innovators awards. Nine categories can be voted on through April 27, 2022, and will be awarded at LM Elevate on June 2.

Posted by LogicMonitor
Observability for K-12 and Higher Education: Top 4 Challenges and How Monitoring Can Help
Blog / 04.12.22
Observability for K-12 and higher education: Top 4 challenges and how monitoring can help

IT infrastructure monitoring allows K-12 and higher education institutions to face common technology challenges both reactively and proactively. See how!

Posted by LogicMonitor
Observability for State and Local Government: Top 3 Challenges and How Monitoring Can Help
Business Education / 04.06.22
Observability for State and Local Government: Top 3 Challenges and How Monitoring Can Help

Learn the top challenges state and local government faces in their IT environments, and how monitoring and observability can help.

Posted by Kelly Malloy
A Commitment to Diversity: Fostering Unique Career Pathways to University Talent
Blog / 03.30.22
A Commitment to Diversity: Fostering Unique Career Pathways to University Talent

In order to sustain this level of rapid growth and scale our recruitment efforts for the future, we decided to launch a newly-scaled, formalized University Recruiting (UR) plan to build teams from the ground up… and so far it’s working!

Posted by Dan Brodsky
Employee Spotlight: Astra Duke
Blog / 03.29.22
Employee Spotlight: Astra Duke

Customer experience director Astra Duke talks about her experiences working at LogicMonitor.

Posted by LogicMonitor
Virteva Customer Spotlight
Blog / 03.24.22
Virteva Customer Spotlight

Virteva, an award winning IT Service Management company, talks about some of the problems LogicMonitor has solved for them, and the business impacts.

Posted by LogicMonitor
What Are the Differences Between Elastic Beanstalk, EKS, ECS, EC2, Lambda, and Fargate?
Business Education / 03.23.22
What Are the Differences Between Elastic Beanstalk, EKS, ECS, EC2, Lambda, and Fargate?

his guide discusses each of these technologies. It will also answer the question: “What are the differences between Elastic Beanstalk, EKS, ECS, EC2, Lambda, and Fargate?”

Posted by LogicMonitor
Observability for the Software Industry: Top 4 Challenges and How Monitoring Can Help
Blog / 03.17.22
Observability for the Software Industry: Top 4 Challenges and How Monitoring Can Help

With hybrid work and work from home becoming the norm, software companies remain focused on either shifting to public clouds and/or becoming hybrid and needing to bridge both worlds. Software companies need to adapt to high-speed connectivity and secure systems along with large volumes of data that require serious computing power. Continuing to move to a cloud-first strategy drives improvements in agility but inevitably brings about challenges with security.

Posted by LogicMonitor
What Is Log Retention?
Blog / 03.11.22
What Is Log Retention?

Here is what you need to know about log retention, the importance of a log retention policy, best practices, and more. 

Posted by LogicMonitor
Hot Storage vs. Cold Storage
Blog / 03.10.22
Hot Storage vs. Cold Storage

Want to access your data faster? Learn the difference between hot storage vs. cold storage, the pros and cons of each, and how to get the most from them.

Posted by LogicMonitor
Kubernetes vs. Docker
Business Education / 03.08.22
Kubernetes vs. Docker

Learn the main similarities and differences between Kubernetes and Docker, and the advantages of containerization.

Posted by LogicMonitor
Town Hall Reflections: How DE&I Work Resonates Within LogicMonitor
Blog / 03.02.22
Town Hall Reflections: How DE&I Work Resonates Within LogicMonitor

Read some highlights from LogicMonitor's February 2022 Town Hall focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion work.

Posted by Gillian Calley
Transform What's Next: The Time Value of Technology
Blog / 02.22.22
Transform What's Next: The Time Value of Technology

Time saved on routine IT maintenance/troubleshooting can translate into more time for the CIO and their skilled technical team to innovate. See how!

Posted by Merrily McGugan
LogicMonitor APM Is Now Generally Available
Blog / 02.18.22
LogicMonitor APM is now generally available to Enterprise customers

LM APM empowers ITOps and DevOps teams with the context they need to continue delivering quality user experiences while seamlessly correlating all of this data in one easy-to-use platform.

Posted by Bowen Cai
Ping Checks vs. Synthetics vs. Uptime
Blog / 02.17.22
Ping Checks vs. Synthetics vs. Uptime

Ping checks, website synthetics, and uptime are three different ways to measure the performance of a website. Learn about the differences!

Posted by LogicMonitor
Employee Spotlight: Sophy Ting
Blog / 02.09.22
Employee Spotlight: Sophy Ting

Technical Writing Manager Sophy Ting talks about her experiences working at LogicMonitor.

Posted by LogicMonitor
Difference Between Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud
Business Education / 02.02.22
Difference Between Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud

The three general categories of cloud for organizations are public, private, and hybrid. Learn about the similarities, differences, and when to use which.

Posted by LogicMonitor
The Meaningful Impact of More Women in Top Leadership at LM
Blog / 02.01.22
The Meaningful Impact of More Women in Top Leadership at LM

LogicMonitor now has its first woman CEO and an Executive Leadership Team that is 50% women. We asked the [email protected] group for their thoughts on these big celebratory announcements, here’s what they had to say. 

Posted by Gillian Calley
Ben Radke, Chief Technology Officer, Field Operations at LogicMonitor
Blog / 01.27.22
Innovation From the Ground Up: Why I Joined LogicMonitor

Chief Technology Officer of Field Operations Ben Radke discusses the reasons why he joined the team at LogicMonitor.

Posted by Ben Radke
Scaling New Heights Together. Why I Joined LogicMonitor
Blog / 01.25.22
Scaling New Heights Together. Why I Joined LogicMonitor

Chief Revenue Officer William Corkery talks about the reasons he joined the team at LogicMonitor.

Posted by William Corkery
LogicMonitor Chief Financial Officer Carol Lee
Blog / 01.21.22
Hyper-Growth, Hyper-Drive. Why I Joined LogicMonitor

Chief Financial Officer Carol Lee discusses some of the reasons she joined LogicMonitor.

Posted by Carol Lee
IT outages and cyberattacks in 2020 and 2021
Blog / 01.19.22
IT outages and cyberattacks in 2020 and 2021

As IT environments become more complex, the prevalence of IT outages and brownouts are on the rise. Significant gaps in coverage remain common as global MSPs navigate strategies to prevent cyberattacks and protect uptime in 2022 and beyond.

Posted by LogicMonitor
Uptime vs. Availability
Business Education / 01.18.22
Uptime vs. Availability

Uptime does not mean availability. Understanding what these two metrics mean and what they don't can help managed service providers (MSPs) create accurate and transparent agreements.

Posted by LogicMonitor
Employee Spotlight: Catherine Davis
Blog / 01.13.22
Employee Spotlight: Catherine Davis

Catherine Davis, Group Product Manager talks about her experiences working at LogicMonitor.

Posted by LogicMonitor
Docker Logging: How Do Logs Work With Docker Containers?
Business Education / 01.10.22
Docker Logging: How Do Logs Work With Docker Containers?

Learn about Docker logging, as well as some recommended practices for optimizing the logs of your containerized apps.

Posted by LogicMonitor
Christina Kosmowski, CEO at LogicMonitor
Blog / 01.06.22
A New Chapter of Growth

Christina Kosmowski discusses LogicMonitor's new chapter as she transitions from president to CEO.

Posted by Christina Kosmowski
Kevin McGibben, Executive Chairman at LogicMonitor
Blog / 01.06.22
Thank You LM Community!

Kevin McGibben, newly appointed Executive Chairman at LogicMonitor, thanks the LM Community for their accomplishments.

Posted by Kevin McGibben
LogicMonitor’s Verified HashiCorp Terraform Integration Allows You To Do More With Less
Blog / 01.04.22
LogicMonitor’s Verified HashiCorp Terraform Integration Allows You To Do More With Less

LogicMonitor is proud to announce its official Terraform integration, which offers a robust and scalable enhancement that improves upon the usability and security of the former community-based, open-source integration. 

Posted by Catherine Davis
Employee Spotlight: Dinesh Chandrasekhar
Blog / 12.28.21
Employee Spotlight: Dinesh Chandrasekhar

Dinesh Chandrasekhar, Vice President of Product Marketing talks about his experiences working at LogicMonitor.

Posted by LogicMonitor
LogicMonitor launches Santa Tracker Dashboard to monitor annual Christmas flight
Blog / 12.17.21
LogicMonitor launches Santa Tracker Dashboard to monitor annual Christmas flight

Just how automated is Santa's Workshop and where is he now? A LogicMonitor dashboard can show you all this and more. See how!

Posted by Stuart Weenig
LM’s Community Groups: A Reflection on 2021
Blog / 12.16.21
LM’s Community Groups: A Reflection on 2021

LogicMonitor has been steadfast in our efforts to foster safe spaces for all, and this year we pushed ourselves to understand what this means for everyone and how we can better facilitate meaningful events in our new hybrid working world. See how!

Posted by Gillian Calley
Perfecting the Customer Onboarding Experience for MSPs
Business Education / 12.14.21
Perfecting the Customer Onboarding Experience for MSPs

Every customer is unique and has specific needs and challenges, so there is not just one precise process for onboarding. However, a systematic approach can save a lot of time and trouble, plus prevent many costly errors. Learn how!

Posted by LogicMonitor
Observing Kubernetes With LM Logs
Business Education / 12.10.21
Observing Kubernetes With LM Logs

Learn how to configure LM Logs to view Kubernetes Logs, Kubernetes Events, and Pods Logs to provide a holistic view into K8s, correlating both metrics and logs. 

Posted by David Femino
7 Reasons Why MSPs Benefit From IT Automation
Business Education / 12.08.21
7 Reasons Why MSPs Benefit From IT Automation

The benefits MSPs obtain from IT automation include lower costs, reduced errors, and increased productivity. With automation, MSPs can acquire better data, become more reliable, and scale their operations. See how!

Posted by LogicMonitor
AWS Outage on Dec. 7, 2021 - When Did You Know About It?
Business Education / 12.07.21
AWS Outage on Dec. 7, 2021 – When Did You Know About It?

How soon were you notified of the AWS outage on Dec. 7 2021? For LogicMonitor customers, alerts were triggered within one minute. Learn more!

Posted by James Felton
4 Steps to Making Observability Real for Your Team
Blog / 12.03.21
4 Steps to Making Observability Real for Your Team

Here are some Unified Observability best practices your team should implement to improve visibility into your application’s code.