Introduction Synthetic Monitoring Tools are proactive performance monitoring solutions that simulate user interactions with websites, APIs, applications, and digital services. Instead of waiting for real users to encounter issues, synthetic monitoring continuously runs scripted tests from various locations, devices, and networks to verify availability, performance, and functionality. These tools play a critical role in modern…
Introduction Application Performance Monitoring (APM) refers to a set of tools and practices used to monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance, availability, and reliability of software applications. In today’s always-on digital world, applications are the backbone of customer experience, internal operations, and revenue generation. Even a few seconds of latency, unexpected downtime, or hidden errors…
Introduction Distributed Tracing Tools are designed to track, visualize, and analyze requests as they travel across complex, distributed systems such as microservices, APIs, containers, and cloud-native architectures. Instead of viewing logs or metrics in isolation, distributed tracing connects every request into a single, end-to-end trace, making it easier to understand system behavior. In modern applications,…
Introduction Infrastructure Monitoring Tools are software solutions designed to observe, analyze, and alert on the health, performance, and availability of IT infrastructure. This includes servers, networks, cloud resources, containers, databases, and operating systems. In modern IT environments—where hybrid cloud, microservices, and distributed systems are the norm—manual monitoring is no longer practical or reliable. These tools…