In the dynamic world of IT operations, a common misconception has emerged: Observability vs Monitoring is often framed as a battle where one replaces the other. At Icinga, where open-source...
Observability vs Monitoring: Enhancing, Not Replacing
In the dynamic world of IT operations, a common misconception has emerged: Observability vs Monitoring is often framed as a battle where one replaces the other. At Icinga, where open-source...
Investment Trends in Infrastructure Monitoring Market: What Users Should Know
In recent months, the IT monitoring landscape has seen notable investment activity: Turn/River Capital acquired SolarWinds. The same firm previously invested in Paessler (PRTG). Checkmk announced a strategic investment from PSG. These developments are part of a larger...
Releasing Icinga for Windows v1.13.3
Today we are happy to announce that - after a long bugfixing session - we released Icinga for Windows v1.13.3. This release ships with a new PowerShell Framework (v1.13.3) and PowerShell Plugins (v1.13.1). Breaking Change for Scheduled-Task plugin With Icinga for...
Magazine Luiza Monitoring Case Study: Icinga Supports Digital Transformation
At Icinga, we are proud to support customers worldwide by providing robust IT infrastructure monitoring solution. In this Magazine Luiza monitoring case study, we highlight how South America’s largest e-commerce retailer leverages Icinga to achieve its ambitious...
Finally accomplished – Icinga DB Released
We couldn't be happier and are proud to announce the final release of Icinga DB today. After many years of development and one or the other setback on the way to the release, we are proud to finally hand you the final version of Icinga DB for your monitoring...
Embedding Git Commit Information in Go Binaries
Embedding Git commit information in Go Binaries is essential for identifying exact software versions, especially when working with development builds. So it's good if software is able to tell you its version, for example by calling it with --version. For release...
Using Sketch Symbols to boost the UI mock up workflow 🚀
As you may have noticed in one of my last posts, I’m not super averse to using Sketch in my daily workflow. Still, for creating UI mock ups, both high low quality, Sketch is the graphics tool, that I feel most comfortable in, because it enables me to work and ideate...
Icinga integration cases: OpsBridge and ServiceNow
The health of your systems and applications is fundamental for your organization’s infrastructure. Monitoring them indicates if there are any issues that need to be handled before they become serious and affect your customers. This is why companies often use a...
Releasing Icinga for Windows v1.9.0 – An Isolated Experience
Today we are happy to announce that we are releasing Icinga for Windows v1.9.0. This release cycle is the biggest one yet, because we are releasing new versions for everything! This includes Framework Basic Plugins MSSQL Plugins Hyper-V Plugins Cluster Plugins...
Releasing Icinga 2.12.8
Today we are releasing Icinga 2.12.8. It addresses an issue with one of the fixes included in the 2.13.3 and 2.12.7 releases that was applied incorrectly in version 2.12.7. In addition, the bundled dependencies on Windows are updated to the latest available versions....
Building a strong relationship with Red Hat
Working together with other companies is a crucial part of our everyday business. Be it with our customers, business partners or technical partners - a close relationship is key for every future collaboration. Vendors of operating systems play an important role in...
Releasing Icinga 2.13.3 and 2.12.7
Today we are happy to announce the release of Icinga 2.13.3 and 2.12.7. Quite a number of bug fixes accumulated since the last release, including fixes for multiple crashes. Most changes are included in both versions except for the changes related to Icinga DB. These...
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