Maximizing TCO and ROI with Open-Source Solutions

In recent years, the debate around total cost of ownership (TCO) and return on investment (ROI) for open-source solutions has intensified, particularly within the scope of technology operations. With increasingly complex IT infrastructures and pressure to optimize costs, the choice between open-source and proprietary solutions has become a crucial strategic decision. By using a platform like Zabbix, which is both open-source and low-maintenance, multiple operational needs can be met, increasing returns.

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Monitoring a Complex Infrastructure Environment with Zabbix

Inviting the members of our global community to share their Zabbix dashboards with us prompted a flood of fascinating responses, and we’re highlighting a few of the most interesting submissions here on our blog. This week’s entry comes to us from Nyein Chan Zaw, who is based in Bangkok, Thailand and works as an Infrastructure Specialist for Green Will Solution. Read on to see how he uses his Zabbix dashboard to monitor a highly intricate infrastructure in real time. 

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Blending Zabbix and AI with Tomáš Heřmánek

Zabbix Summit 2024 is only a few days away, which means that it’s time for the last of our interviews with Summit speakers. Our final chat this year is with Tomáš Heřmánek, the CEO and Founder of initMAX s.r.o. We asked him about his beginnings in the tech industry, how he got started with Zabbix, and how AI will change the game for monitoring in general and Zabbix in particular.

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My Zabbix is down, now what? Restoring Zabbix functionality

We’ve all been in a situation in which Zabbix was somehow unavailable. It can happen for a variety of reasons, and our goal is always to help you get everything back up and running as quickly as possible. In this blog post, we’ll show you what to do in the event of a Zabbix failure, and we’ll also go into detail about how to work with the Zabbix technical support team to resolve more complex issues.

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Zabbix for MSPs with Andre Morton

To help make sure that everyone’s up to speed with Zabbix Summit 2024 speakers and their topics, we’re continuing our series of interviews with Andre Morton of AGM Network Consultancy LTD. Keep reading to learn how he feels Zabbix can alleviate the typical pain points of managed service providers (MSPs), see how he uses Zabbix to maintain control of his network, and find out what he appreciates most about Zabbix.

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Monitoring Zabbix Security Advisories

Zabbix plays a crucial role in monitoring all kinds of “things” – IoT devices, domains, cloud infrastructures and more. It can also be integrated with third-party solutions – for example, with Oxidized for configuration backup monitoring. Given the nature of Zabbix, it usually contains a lot of confidential information as well as (more importantly) some kind of elevated access to network elements while being used by operators, engineers, and customers. This requires that Zabbix as a product should be as secure as possible.

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Monitoring MariaDB Clusters and MaxScale with Anders Karlsson

The heart and soul of a Zabbix Summit is the wide range of expert speakers who show up each year to share their experience, knowledge, and discoveries. Accordingly, we’re continuing our series of interviews with Summit 2024 speakers by having a chat with MariaDB Sales Engineer Anders Karlsson. He’ll grace our stage at Summit 2024  to talk about his 4 decades of work experience and share how he uses a variety of Zabbix features to monitor MariaDB clusters and MariaDB MaxScale.

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