Question: Can you recommend a platform that provides real-time visibility into network performance and connections?

If you want to see what's going on in real time with your network and the connections to it, there are several options. Datadog is an all-purpose monitoring and security service that offers a broad view of performance, security and user experience. It's got infrastructure monitoring, APM, synthetic monitoring and security monitoring, so you can use it to monitor an entire technology stack to try to optimize the performance and reliability of the system.

Another strong contender is LogicMonitor, which offers a hybrid observability platform called LM Envision. It's a SaaS-based service that offers real-time monitoring and automation through an agentless design that spans on-premises and multi-cloud environments. It's got broad monitoring abilities for infrastructure, cloud services and digital experiences, and it's got AIOPS for trying to predict when to fix IT problems.

If you're more focused on the user, NETSCOUT offers end-to-end visibility and packet-derived insights to ensure a good user experience and security across data centers, clouds and networks. Its products include nGenius Enterprise Performance Management and Omnis AI Insights, so it's good for trying to optimize performance, security and user experience in complex digital environments.

Last, ExtraHop offers real-time threat detection and response, using network visibility and AI to try to protect business operations. Its products include Network Detection and Response (NDR) for security and Network Performance Monitoring (NPM) for finding and troubleshooting network problems, so it's good for trying to keep your network running and secure.