What is a patch? the perfect tool for mending programs If anyone asks: what is a patch? we have to abandon the semantic field of piracy and go to serious and technical things, so to speak. What is a patch? Until a little while …
Docker Bench for security with Pandora FMS Although the main purpose of Pandora FMS is to monitor: its flexibility allows us to extend it as far as we need it. That’s why we now bring you Security with Docker Bench and suggest some ideas …
Modular Encryption Is Here! A Step Beyond Blockchain We shall remind ourselves of what we know as Blockchain because, in a certain way, Modular Encryption and Blockchain are closely related. What is Blockchain? Let’s try to explain what Blockchain is with one of Blockchain’s …
What is edge computing? Why will we need it in the future? What is edge computing? Do you really want to know? The story of edge computing reminds us how things used to be and how they will be in the future, similar but …
Network emulation: the problem of configuration factors The Network Emulation is a relevant technology when making tests related to the behaviour of our platform. Let’s look at these situations: We have developed a new application and wondered how it will behave when we put …
Free SQL Software Tools Our databases are the ones that keep the Internet alive. There has even been talk for some years about the development of operating systems with which users do not have direct contact with the files, but their personal files are …
TCP Congestion Control: basic outline and TCP CUBIC algorithm TCP congestion control is a fundamental part of this protocol and over the years has undergone a process of constant improvement through the generation of different versions, such as TCP Tahoe, Reno, Vegas, and so …
Server types; Let’s have a look at some of them and their functions How many server types are out there? The answer to this question, like so many others, is: “It depends”. Since there can be as many types of server as a company …
CIO and CTO Challenges; 7 Challenges for the Present and the Future The IT environment is always changing and some management positions, such as CIOs and CTOs are continually in the eye of the hurricane. The complexity of this type of job is no …
DevOps monitoring and its interrelationships In the 20th century we were programmers. In the 21st century, developers. With the massification of telecommunications worldwide, operators began to help us in our work. That’s where the term DevOps (“developers” and “operations”) arose, which implies the concept …
Types of cloud computing: Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds “To have your head in the clouds” has several meanings since Cloud computing arrived and is part of our vocabulary thanks to its efficiency. Therefore, today we will review not only what cloud computing is, …
OpenNMS vs Zabbix vs Pandora FMS. Here we go! Today we bring you a comparison: OpenNMS vs Zabbix vs Pandora FMS. Three titans of open-source software, without a doubt. We will see its main features and we will talk about the business model of …
Network security. What does this actually mean? Learn all about it Today, we live in a world in which, the use of new technology is greatly enhancing the ability to communicate with each other. The Internet has been globalized very fast and relationships are …
Network traffic analysis as a foundation for monitoring Monitoring has always relied on both network administration and network traffic analysis. Both fields provide ways to obtain data that allows us to obtain information about the general state of the platform. It is easy to …
Nutanix VS VMware: choose wisely in this hyperconvergent duel Good stories are always told from the beginning and so this duel between Nutanix and VMware is no exception, we must start from the basic concepts behind these solutions. Convergence: the beginning of everything First …
What is IPAM? Find out what it means for you and Pandora FMS Today we will take a tour of the most technical Pandora FMS. For some people, it can be a challenge. Although the IPAM extension already existed in Pandora FMS world, in …
Intent Based Networking: the new level of abstraction For some time now, there has been a great deal of talk about Intent Based Networking (IBN) as the next big goal to reach in the network field, or at least in the network management field. …
Command terminal: How to do more in less time! Something that the Linux kernel inherited was the command line interface (shell): in Unix® it was called Bourne Shell (written by Mr. Stephen Bourne) and it is called Bash which stands for the Bourne-again shell, …
VXLAN Network: a network between virtual machines, wherever they are The development of VXLAN technology or extensible virtual networks is usually associated with the implementation of service provider company platforms. However, the fundamental idea around VXLAN is applicable to any platform and arises to …
Server down: causes and damages that it can cause to a company Just a few decades ago, almost no company had servers. They did not even use servers from third parties. In fact, in business, server functions were still unexplored, so people did not …
What is Industry 4.0, and why will it really change the way we work? What is industry 4.0? Industry 4.0 represents a series of changes so deep in the productive structures, that it has been considered synonymous of a Fourth Industrial Revolution. That is …
Citrix NetScaler Monitoring Integrated with Pandora FMS In this article, we offer you the possibility to make an approach to the issue of Citrix NetScaler monitoring, based on the scope of this product line and the visibility challenges involved, to finally propose the solution …
Get to know through an illustrated TLS how private data is protected The wise saying says that the rope always breaks at its weakest point. That is why today we will cover the subject of safe communications with an illustrated TLS connection. In a …
What is Data Lake?; Learn all about it and Big Data Data! More data! What is Data Lake? Big Data is not only a more or less fashionable marketing “word”, but also contains a quite clear concept: the accumulation and processing of enormous amounts …
Mapping and Monitoring: Always together until the end of time Maps have been related to the management and monitoring activities of IT platforms for a long time. Years ago, when there were no tools available to generate the graphical vision we call maps, the …
What is smart home?, some examples that we have and that we will see Surely you have heard the term “smart home” some time, and you may have wondered “what is smart home?” but you’re not sure what it is about. Or you may …
Introduction to WAN Load Balancers Monitoring Since load balancers are active devices that can be included in the design of a WAN, the question arises: Should we adapt our monitoring scheme to include something that could be called Load Balancer Monitoring? To answer this …
Cloud applications; the best ones to make things easy for a company Previously, on our own “How to know everything about the technology that surrounds us”, we have already talked about what cloud computing is: that option given by the Internet and its endless …
Datadog alternative: history, comparison and use cases Do you know the Datadog software? Datadog is also the name of the company that produces it, and here we bring it in a comparison with Pandora FMS. First of all we want to tell you that …
Bike sharing services and their monitoring We can see them on the streets of many cities. They are an ecological and healthy alternative to other means of transport and are becoming more and more fashionable. Haven’t you tried them yet? Bike sharing is quite …
Nature monitoring, smart green returns to take care of the environment What do you think the so-called smart cities may have in common? We can say that, as a basis, all of them are based on an urban development based on sustainability. Smart cities …
Cloud Backup Cost: Things to Keep in Mind Before You Buy A backup is a set of files that are mirrors or exact images of their originals at any given time. They are generally compressed to save space both in storage and transport. They …
Women Programmers: Who were the most influential? As far as we know, computer programming seems to be a field entirely occupied by men. In fact, if we go to the evidence and the data is quite embarrassing: they tell us of a large majority …
“Monitoring policy system”, “monitoring policy system”, “monitoring policy system”… As much as you repeat it, it still sounds boring, unappetizing and expensive. But you have to admit that an in-depth contact with the monitoring policy system, especially the system that concerns you, is also …
7 +1 technology companies that survive through time against all odds Some technology companies are tough but flexible, like reeds. Time has changed them, but they continue putting up with everything they throw at them: social and technological transformations, political changes or even wars. …
VDI Monitoring: All you need to know to face the Challenge The decision to introduce Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) technology is not an easy one. One of the most important aspects to consider is precisely the administration and monitoring of VDI. From the point …