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What’s with application monitoring? Another company picks up a monster funding round

It seems that monitoring is all the rage. Wavefront’s huge Series B is an indication of this.

By Ben Kepes

Nov 7, 2016 6 mins

Application Performance Management Cloud Computing Data Center

Nyansa brings a new approach to end-user management

Nyansa's Voyance+ provides significantly more accurate insight into real-time and historical behavior of applications

By Zeus Kerravala

Nov 7, 2016 4 mins

Analytics Application Performance Management

Riverbed searches for the IT Holy Grail

Riverbed’s SteelCentral 11 brings together end user experience, infrastructure, application and network performance management in a single platform

By Zeus Kerravala

Oct 19, 2016 6 mins

Application Performance Management Network Management Software SaaS

What’s behind Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s aggressive cloud expansions

An arms race is on in the IaaS cloud as leading vendors build out data center capacity around the world

By Brandon Butler

Oct 18, 2016 5 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Management Compliance

5 tools for making sense of system logs

Security and systems administrators discuss the best and worst features of log management products such Splunk, ArcSight and LogRhythm.

By IT Central Station

Oct 17, 2016 7 mins

Compliance Security

Beyond logging: Using SIEM to combat security, compliance issues

Perimeter security isn't enough anymore. We need a holistic view of our IT infrastructures; SIEM provides that.

By Rich Banta

Oct 13, 2016 4 mins

Compliance Data Center Security

When medical alarm standards fail patients and health professionals

A look at a lesser-known but important issue facing health providers and patient well-being: auditory masking

By Andrew Boyd

Oct 10, 2016 4 mins

Computers and Peripherals System Management

Ransomware spreads through weak remote desktop credentials

A new ransomware program in Brazil uses RDP brute-force attacks to infect hospitals

By Lucian Constantin

Sep 30, 2016 2 mins

Security System Management

The Emergency Alert System test: Lesson learned, catastrophe averted

After an awkward public failure 5 years ago, the FCC and FEMA put their nose to the grindstone and achieved a successful national test of the Emergency Alert System

By Mark Fletcher

Sep 30, 2016 3 mins

Small and Medium Business System Management Telecommunications Industry

Swift CEO reveals three more failed attacks on banking network

Swift will impose stricter security standards on banks from next year

By Peter Sayer

Sep 27, 2016 3 mins

Compliance Security