Six reasons IT Pros are ditching legacy monitoring tools
How to drive operational efficiency, become less reactive, and be more proactive


IT professionals have their pick of on-premise monitoring tools. However, IT infrastructure is continuously evolving and legacy tools aren’t agile enough to keep up with new and complex technology stacks. IT pros are now replacing aging legacy infrastructure monitoring solutions with Software-as-aService (SaaS)-based platforms to consolidate toolsets and keep up with the demands of scale.
According to PeerSpot members, the top reasons IT professionals are moving away from legacy monitoring solutions include the growing need for a platform that consolidates toolsets, enables automation, reduces mean-time-to-resolution (MTTR), and opens the door to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the monitoring process.
Ultimately, these factors drive operational efficiency and enable infrastructure monitoring teams to become less reactive and practice monitoring that is proactive and done in real-time.
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