Why monitor a monolithic server? It is quite challenging to improve the performance of a monolithic server application. Change is difficult when things are tightly coupled. Unlike microservices, where things are more likely to be managed by development teams. However, … Read More
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OTel Tracing stability milestone reached
OTel Tracing stability milestone reached OTel Tracing stability milestone reached with OpenTelemetry Collector. As a result, OpenTelemetry Collector has released its first GA version. With version 0.36.0, the tracing components come with stability guarantees for tracing in the OpenTelemetry Protocol … Read More

APM – Whats new in Application Performance monitoring
What is an APM (Application Performance Monitor) Application Performance Monitors (APMs) help developers and DevOps professionals improve the performance of an application and identify errors and exceptions in the code. So, the APM identifies and diagnoses complex application performance problems … Read More

Log4j vulnerability Important information for ColdFusion, Lucee, and Java users
Log4j CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 Log4 Shell vulnerability Important information for ColdFusion, Lucee, and Java users Updated December 16, 2021 Does FusionReactor need updating to fix the vulnerability? The FusionReactor agent does not depend on or utilize Log4j, so is not … Read More

VueJS 101 for CFML Devs
VueJS 101 for CFML Devs I’ve been stumbling across a fair few developers recently who like the idea of using VueJS, but are not sure how to get started. VueJS can be used to build whole applications, but sometimes the … Read More

Webinar – Distributed tracing and on-prem observability
Introducing Distributed tracing and on-prem observability In this webinar, Nick and Mikey will give an update on where FusionReactor is in its Observability journey. We will talk about using metrics, logs, and tracing in a smart way to help you … Read More

Benefits of observability and monitoring
Using observability and monitoring There’s an increasing demand for flexible observability and monitoring solutions that can collect all the data about their environment in one place by organizations, businesses, and developers. First off, you can only monitor an observable system. … Read More

Effective ways to Avoid Application Performance Overhead with Log data
Effective ways to Avoid Application Performance Overhead with Log data It becomes critical for every forward-thinking organization to adopt effective ways to avoid performance overhead when managing their logs. Log data remains an untapped or poorly managed resource for many … Read More

Best practices to optimize and enhance log data
Best practices to optimize and enhance log data Best practices to optimize and enhance log data, such as data compression and log parsing, should be considered effective ways to minimize the mounting costs of monitoring and querying logs. The massive … Read More

What you need to know about distributed tracing
This article will guide you on what you need to know about distributed tracing, why it matters, and when your organization can implement it. … Read More