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December 19, 2024

Cloud Security is a Data Problem

Transforming cloud security through data integration and machine learning

December 13, 2024

Optimizing Kubernetes Monitoring with Datadog

Holistic Kubernetes Observability: Beyond Basic Metrics

December 12, 2024

Now Assist Series: Connecting GenAI to External LLMs

Effortlessly Integrate External LLMs into ServiceNow

December 5, 2024

Now Assist Series: Accelerating Development with Code Generation

Unlock Increased Productivity and Precision with AI-Driven Code Suggestions

November 26, 2024

Enhance Red Hat Satellite Content Management through Observability

Ensure Compliance and Stability of Red Hat Linux environments with RapDev’s Red Hat Satellite Integration for Datadog

November 19, 2024

Automate CI Tagging with Tag Generator

Automate Key-Value tagging for complete visibility in ServiceNow

November 13, 2024

Enhancing Terraform with Datadog: New Metrics, Improvements, and More

Explore the latest Terraform integration updates: drift metrics, improved dashboard, token monitoring, and enhanced module support

November 7, 2024

Datadog Adopts RapDev’s Secret Backend Utility

RapDev’s Secret Backend Utility is now with Datadog for future updates, allowing global users to contribute to secure secret management

November 6, 2024

Minimizing Upgrade Conflicts with ServiceNow

Leverage inheritance to safely extend script include behavior without upgrade risk

October 30, 2024

Advanced Logs to Metrics Using Vector

Use Vector’s VRL to generate metrics from logs when more advanced logic is required

October 23, 2024

Debugging Windows Discovery Using Powershell

A step-by-step guide to troubleshooting remote access issues

October 16, 2024

Integrating ServiceNow with Datadog the Right Way

Utilize ServiceNow and Datadog to build a robust and efficient incident management system

October 8, 2024

Simplifying Strategy: A Guide to Setting up ServiceNow SPM

Ensure business success with seamless portfolio management

October 2, 2024

Using APM to Enhance Problem Resolution

How to best navigate Datadog APM to troubleshoot issues

September 24, 2024

Using Hidden Filter Conditions for ServiceNow Tags

Hidden ServiceNow Tag Filters for Smarter Queries

September 16, 2024

Generating Datadog Events Using Vector

Don’t miss critical events in your logs by using Vector to send them to Datadog as Events

September 3, 2024

SAM Normalization Failing and How to Fix It

Troubleshooting SAM Normalization Failures: Quick Fixes and Best Practices

August 29, 2024

Navigating College and My RapDev Internship

How RapDev's Culture Shaped my Real-World Experience

August 26, 2024

Platform Co-pilot Adds Usage Tracker to Offering

Empowering Datadog Users with Comprehensive Governance and Usage Insights

August 19, 2024

Setting Up ServiceNow ETL

Simplify Your ETL Setup with Transform Maps and Robust Transformers

August 13, 2024

ServiceNow’s Special Keyboard Shortcuts

Save time, simplify navigation and work faster with ServiceNow

Monitors: Simple Practices with Datadog

Effectively streamline your tags and monitors

Where to Get Started with ServiceNow GenAI

Set up Now Assist for faster time-to-value on ServiceNow investments

Reducing Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) with Datadog Workflows

Automate incident detection and response and empower your teams to handle emergencies more efficiently

Mastering IP Address Management

Insights into the Infoblox Subnet Integration for ServiceNow

Monitor Azure Virtual Desktop with RapDev’s AVD Integration

Visualize your Azure Virtual Desktop performance alongside your Azure infrastructure in Datadog

RapDev at DASH 2024: Week at a Glance

A glimpse at an action-packed week at Datadog's DASH 2024 conference

Crafting Good APIs in ServiceNow

Elevate Your ServiceNow Integration with Best Practices

Understanding ServiceNow's Hardware Asset Substitutes

Enhancing Efficiency and Flexibility in IT Asset Management with ServiceNow

RapDev at Knowledge 2024: Insights and Highlights

Discover how RapDev made waves at ServiceNow's Knowledge 2024 with 2 expo booths, 3 packed speaking sessions, and an epic happy hour.

From Classroom to Codebase: How RapDev Shaped My Transition to Full-Time Engineer

A quick look into my journey from student to Rapdeviant

Streamline CI/CD Pipeline Management with the Bamboo Integration

Get real-time insights and alerts on your Bamboo cluster and remote agents

Cloudflare Management Solution for ServiceNow

Take control of your Cloudflare DNS management with this open-source ServiceNow integration

Populating the Technical Platform/App Services Layer of the CSDM

Part II in our CSDM blog series - identify Application Services, relate them to Business Apps and Technical Service Offerings

Transforming User Experiences with ServiceNow DEX

ServiceNow DEX: Proactive End-User Experience Monitoring for a Smoother Digital Employee Experience

ServiceNow Store Integration: CSDM as Code

Update and manage your CMDB from your Git repositories

Ansible Methods for Automating Datadog Deployment

Take control of sprawling deployments and optimize efficiency with ease

Unclassed Hardware and Vulnerability Response

Enhancing Efficiency in Managing Unclassified Hardware Records

Monitor Commvault with RapDev’s Integration

Centralize Commvault performance and health metrics within Datadog

Developing the Webex Integration

A guide to monitor and optimize collaboration analytics

Update Set Printer v2.0: Enhanced with DiGi

Discover dynamic update consolidation, efficient clipboard functions, and DiGi integration in Update Set Printer v2.0!

How Vector Enhances Datadog Logs & Metrics

Stronger data insights from optimized pipelines

Bring the health of your Jira Cloud into Datadog

Monitor the state of your Jira Cloud infrastructure with RapDev’s Integration

February 26, 2024

Tackling IP Overlaps for a Leaner Infrastructure

Optimize your Discovery process, eliminate redundant scans and resource drain

February 19, 2024

Boost Infrastructure Visibility with RapDev's Infoblox Integration

Monitor the state of your Infoblox infrastructure

February 15, 2024

Data Validation with Asset and CI Insights

Assess your ITAM and CMDB health and benchmark your data quality

February 12, 2024

Keep your Apache IoTDB Healthy with RapDev’s Integration

Maintain data availability, monitor system stability & ensure optimal data write performance

February 8, 2024

Getting Started With ServiceNow Discovery

Learn how to set up, configure, and leverage its benefits for efficient CMDB management.

February 5, 2024

Managing And Storing Secrets in AWS with Puppet and Ansible

Centralize storage and management of secrets while simultaneously enhancing the security and manageability of your infrastructure.

January 29, 2024

Accelerating Innovation with ServiceNow UI Builder

Explore this game-changing feature enabling developers and non-developers to revolutionize user interfaces.

January 25, 2024

Developing the Google Meet Integration

Start looking at Google Meet as a whole with powerful, out-of-the-box metrics

January 25, 2024

Extend Observability into Google Cloud with GCPEnhanced

Uncover Google Cloud Platform insights effortlessly with GCPEnhanced—an open-source app amplifying ServiceNow's cloud discovery

January 18, 2024

The RapDev GlassFish Integration

RapDev’s integration enables users to monitor several different modules within.

January 11, 2024

Selling Developers on the Benefits of APM

Empower your teams to be able to quickly and easily troubleshoot their applications

December 14, 2023

Bridging the gap with the IBM Cloud integration from RapDev

Elevate your cloud monitoring & observe every layer of complex IBM Cloud environments

December 7, 2023

Authentication and Authorization

When we visit any application or website, including ServiceNow, three things are important in the context of security.

December 6, 2023

Introducing ServiceNow Platform Co-Pilot, by RapDev

RapDev's ServiceNow Platform Co-Pilot offering: a tool born from deep ServiceNow expertise

December 6, 2023

Introducing Datadog Platform Co-Pilot, by RapDev

Designed to elevate your Datadog deployment with actionable information and insights.

November 30, 2023

Assume Nothing: Data Foundations in ServiceNow

Implementing or extending ServiceNow has a lot in common with building a house.

November 23, 2023

The RapDev Veeam Integration

Optimize performance in remote office or large scale enterprise deployments.

November 14, 2023

Say Hello to DiGi: RapDev’s Open-source GenAI Developer

Meet DiGi, your digital wing-bot, always ready to address and assist with the custom needs of your organization.

November 9, 2023

Get the Most Out of Your Spacelift Investment

Make sure deployments are completed successfully and have proper governance.

November 2, 2023

Monitoring SaaS Applications with Datadog

Learn why and how you can effectively monitor SaaS applications.

October 26, 2023

Secrets Management in Datadog

Keep your secrets hidden and ease some of the burden of custom tool development for your team.

October 19, 2023

ServiceNow IntegrationHub ETL

Streamline data integration workflows and save countless hours of writing custom code.

September 14, 2023

Google Stackdriver & ServiceNow: Seamless Integration

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) cloud discovery is an out-of-the-box solution, see why.

September 7, 2023

ServiceNow's Glide APIs

Dive into Glide APIs, but don't worry—we'll keep it fun and straightforward!

August 23, 2023

Exploring DASH2023: Memorable Highlights

Think beyond the series of dull talks, generic workshops, and obligatory networking.

August 17, 2023

Execute the ping command from our ServiceNow instance and receive a response in seconds!

August 10, 2023

A Layered Approach to Populating the CSDM

What if the conversation was treated like a scripted process with options and decision trees?

Datadog Network Device Monitoring: Configuration & Troubleshooting

Configurations needed for Datadog’s NDM and how the integrated ‘snmpwalk’ command will simplify the testing process.

From Customer to Consultant

Every ServiceNow configuration has a business objective behind it.

Easing into Auto-Approvals

Fears can be directly addressed with a data-driven approach to change evaluation and approval.

Service Portal Dependencies

One of ServiceNow’s greatest strengths is its flexibility and the creation of nearly limitless possibilities.

Zero to Hero: My Journey with ServiceNow

As a ServiceNow engineer from a non-traditional background, the past year has been a journey of growth and learning for me.

Crafting Good Code - The Function

Crafting good functions is fundamental to crafting good code.

Enhance Your ServiceNow Documentation

What new functionality did you build? What updates did you make to the system?

Dynatrace, Service Graph Connector, and You

An easy, accessible way to link your Dynatrace monitoring systems into your ServiceNow CMDB.

February 23, 2023

Optimizing Your Instance with Performance Analytics

Gain valuable insights into the performance of your instance and make informed decisions about optimizing it.

January 26, 2023

Service Graph Connectors

The elixir of knowledge that contains information about an organization's hardware and software assets.

January 12, 2023

Automating Github Onboarding With ServiceNow

GitHub is one of the many essential tools to developers, and through ServiceNow, we were able to centralize the onboarding process.

January 5, 2023

Azure Discovery: An Automated Solution

With ServiceNow's Azure Cloud Discovery, one can better keep track of their Azure environment and subscriptions.

December 22, 2022

Invoking Javascript in Pattern Steps

Can't get that Discovery pattern to do what you need to do?

December 8, 2022

State of Serverless

Shift your focus to your application code and delivering business value to customers.

December 1, 2022

CSDM: 4 Letters We Often Hear yet Know So Little About

Is your CMDB missing something? This post unpacks CSDM - the essential Common Service Data Model framework for your CMDB.

November 17, 2022

Automating DevOps Change Deployment Windows

Automate DevOps change deployment scheduling with Flow Designer.

November 3, 2022

Eureka! A Discovery Blacklist: Global IP Exclusions

End the cycle of endless failed ServiceNow Discovery scans.

October 20, 2022

Automating RapDev’s Datadog Marketplace Sales Cycle

Don't let a growing pipeline slow your Datadog Marketplace sales. This post explores how to harness automation with AWS.

October 13, 2022

Schedule Custom Monitor Downtimes with Datadog

Get better control over your Datadog monitors with a custom Python script.

October 5, 2022

RapDev and ServiceNow Partnership: Lean into DevOps

Learn all about Lean into DevOps and what you can expect from it.

September 29, 2022

Crafting & Visualizing Custom Metrics

Learn how to gain visibility into your unique data sources with Datadog custom metrics.

September 22, 2022

Send Test Events to ServiceNow Event Management API with Postman

a few best practices to follow regarding the user account that will not only protect the instance from security risks, but also

September 15, 2022

Datadog Agent’s Persistent Cache

Maximize the Datadog Agent with persistent caching - track state changes between runs for powerful monitoring.

September 8, 2022

Getting the Most Out of the Least With Datadog APM

Cut through duplicate Datadog dashboards clutter with template variables.

September 1, 2022

Streamline Complex Decisions with Decision Tables

Replace tangled If/Else spaghetti code with ServiceNow decision tables.

August 25, 2022

Operating Datadog at Scale

Striving for greater agility, velocity, and resilience has led to many organizations adopting the self-service approach to development.

August 18, 2022

RapDev's Influx DB Integration

InfluxDB is a popular time series data store, but it needs monitoring too.

Build Integrations on your Integrations in ServiceNow

Don't reinvent the wheel when integrating ServiceNow. Discover when to build a new integration vs connecting an existing one.

Tag-Based Service Mapping

Uncover what's behind your apps with service mapping.

RapDev's Open Source Host List Generator

Get visibility into your Datadog hosts with this open-source tool.

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