Site24x7, the cloud-based performance monitoring solution for DevOps and IT Operations, has announced the introduction of its AI-powered Microsoft Azure monitoring as well as its chatbot integration with Microsoft Teams.
Site24x7’s Azure monitoring leverages AI and automation to help IT teams with a number of capabilities like out-of-the-box support for 100+ Azure products covering Compute, Storage, Databases, Network, Analytics and Security. Its extensions in the Azure marketplace make it easy for IT teams to get in-depth visibility into processes and services running in Windows and Linux VMs; the APM Insight .NET extension helps in application performance management of .NET applications in addition to Java, PHP and newly launched Node.js.
“With digital transformation picking pace, DevOps teams are happy embracing public cloud for new workloads, but it comes with a few inevitable challenges such as getting end-to-end visibility, performance degradation and managing user experience of business critical applications,” said Srinivasa Raghavan, product manager, Site24x7.com. “With AI-driven monitoring and IT automation, the issues across private, public and hybrid environments helps IT teams to bring down mean time to repair incidents, thus improving productivity.”
Bhrighu Sareen, General Manager, Microsoft Teams, said, “ChatOps scenarios built on Microsoft Teams empower users to collaborate, share critical documents, applications and communicate in real time. Site24x7’s AI driven monitoring capability brings together developers, application teams and IT operations into a single efficient secure location in Microsoft Teams for quick problem identification all the way to resolution.”
It also offers AI-powered detection of unusual spikes in KPIs. IT automation capabilities allow administrators to automate and recover critical resources without any human intervention.
Site24x7’s chatbot integration with Teams gives DevOps and IT teams contextual information in one clear view to make quicker decisions. It also applies natural language processing, where users can interact and check the health status of critical applications and receive a realistic, near-human response. Notifications about incidents are also available in Teams through Connectors and Site24x7’s custom dashboard as a Tab to visualize data and collaborate with team members right within Teams portal.
In addition to providing a comprehensive Azure management platform, Site24x7 plans to introduce cost analysis and management for various cloud platforms in the near future. This is aimed at helping IT teams to better manage their cloud spending and bring down IT management costs.
Site24x7 Azure monitoring and the Microsoft Teams integration are available immediately starting at $9/ month. Sign up for a free, 30-day trial at www.site24x7.com/azure/.
