DNS is the most important component of the engine that keeps the internet running. If DNS is not managed effectively or the servers go down, applications are inaccessible and users are frustrated. Public DNS servers are becoming the preferred DNS server among the internet population. They improve the online customer…
Monitorama is one of my favorite conferences to attend. It is about one of my favorite subjects (monitoring) and is hosted in one of my favorite cities (Portland). It always surprises me how similar the themes are across the talks at a single-track conference like this; one might think that…
Technology teams are not immune to hype and trends. Today one of the hottest topics is Observability. Everyone seems to be jumping on the observability bandwagon. Companies are building observability teams and looking to purchase observability tools. Observability isn’t necessarily a new thing. Having spent two decades building, monitoring, and…
This is a guest blog post from Carl Levine, Senior Technical Evangelist at NS1. Boasting the largest population of internet users in the world, China remains one of the greatest opportunities and risks in the proliferation of an open, and free internet. While the country has been “online” since the…
The gaming industry has created its own indispensable space in the online world, it is a multi-billion dollar industry bringing together avid gamers from every corner of the globe. The internet added a new dimension to the gaming universe, evolving from basic arcade games and video games to advanced gaming…
I love the Internet! I love it so much it became the cornerstone of Catchpoint’s vision to help the Internet deliver on its potential for everyone. A few weeks ago, I attended a lecture by Professor Rawi Abdelal from Harvard Business School where he spoke about the rise of physical…
Companies are no longer dependent on software that needs to be installed and activated with a license key; software-as-a-service (SaaS) has changed the way we access and use software applications. The same model of subscription-based services has been replicated across the IT landscape. Now we have infrastructure-as-a-service for compute, print,…
We’re beyond proud to introduce Catchpoint Cares, a company initiative dedicated to empowering Catchpoint employees, partners, and customers to lead positive change in our communities. We aim to do this through an ongoing effort to provide opportunities and support endeavors that advance education, improve our environment, strengthen communities, promote diversity,…
When we crafted the questions and analyzed the data from our recent Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) survey, we tried to present a balanced view of the organizational environments and challenges that SREs face. It was no surprise in the survey that some of the top job responsibilities of an SRE…
In nearly every new version of Chrome, there are notable updates, bug fixes, and new features added to the new version. This often requires developers to change their code to accommodate the new changes so that the performance, reliability, and user experience of their website can be maximized. In 2009, Google…
