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What Are Cron Jobs?
Learn
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What Are Cron Jobs?

Cron jobs are unattended programs that schedule tasks automatically on computer servers, ensuring that important, routine digital chores get done.
Tool Consolidation in the O11y World
Observability
11 Minute Read

Tool Consolidation in the O11y World

Ending up with or having too many tools for monitoring is an age-old problem in the monitoring space. It has been around for decades. In fact I would go a step further and argue that it is much worse within the platforms of today then it was in days gone by. There is a direct correlation between the explosion of new, exciting and innovative technologies and services in modern platform development of today and the sheer volume of tooling you can easily end up with to monitor it. In this blog I explore what has driven the expansion of tools, how having too many is creating fundamental challenges in how these platforms are being managed, the negative impact that this has on innovation and, most importantly, what the solution is.
Cisco builds a unified observability experience between AppDynamics and Splunk
Observability
3 Minute Read

Cisco builds a unified observability experience between AppDynamics and Splunk

Seamlessly navigate AppDynamics and Splunk with unified observability. Enjoy SSO and context-aware deep linking for faster troubleshooting, improved productivity, and reduced MTTR.