Distributed "Tracing" Application Monitoring

Solarwinds, Inc. delivers real-time, full stack cloud monitoring for application performance, infrastructure / hosting and custom metrics.

Challenge: Users needed a way to monitor and visualize latency in application service(s). Latency is monitored with a thread-like recording called a "trace", which monitors all activty like calls api and database calls. There can be hundreds or thousands of traced data points, and users needed a way to see and use them. Solution: Create an interactive "swim lane"-style visualization that gives users a birdseye view of all traces that can be drilled into for specific, technical details or an individual trace or a range of traces.

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