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The latest News and Information on Monitoring for Websites, Applications, APIs, Infrastructure, and other technologies.

Best practices for end-to-end service ownership with Datadog Service Catalog

In order to grow your organization effectively, you need to ensure the scalability of your systems. In a broad, distributed architecture, critical processes like incident triage, security response, and large-scale configuration changes can be difficult to execute without a programmatically accessible registry of what’s running in production and who owns it.

Last Day of The Quarter - Smooth Sailing?

You’re 24 hours away from the next quarter. Have you achieved everything in this one that you wanted to? Got a last-minute deal you need to get over the line? That’s ok, your favorite customer is just a quick video call away from signing on the dotted line – that’ll help you hit your target. Be a real problem if the call kept dropping out though – especially if they asked to reschedule. Oh, no, suddenly, your Teams is acting up!

Turning Logs into Metrics with OpenTelemetry and BindPlane OP

Turning logs into metrics isn’t a new concept. A version of this functionality is implemented in most agents, visualization tools, and backends. It’s everywhere because converting logs to metrics has many practical applications and is one of the fundamental mechanisms for controlling log volume in a telemetry pipeline. In this post, I’ll briefly overview log-based metrics, explain why they matter, and provide examples of how to build them using OpenTelemetry and BindPlane OP.

Deep Dive - Time Series Panel Visualizations: What Are They? How to Get Started? | Grafana

In this video, Grafana Developer Advocate Leandro Melendez describes Time series visualizations, the default and primary way to visualize time series data as a graph. They can render series as lines, points, or bars. They’re versatile enough to display almost any time-series data. — Found this video useful? Be sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more helpful Grafana tutorial videos.

Elevating Data Sovereignty with Stackify Self-Hosted Retrace

Stackify’s commitment to serving a broad array of industries is evident from its varied customer portfolio. From BigBank and Big Pharma to Logistics Supplier and Retail Bank, the Self-Hosted Retrace has proven adaptable and essential across different sectors. This versatility not only demonstrates the solution's robustness but also its capacity to meet your industry-specific demands, affirming Stackify's role as a critical tool in the optimization of IT infrastructures globally.

Effective Monitoring and Alerting Strategies in DevOps

DevOps teams play a crucial role in ensuring the continuous delivery of software applications. One of the key pillars of DevOps success is implementing effective monitoring and alerting strategies. In this blog post, we will explore the importance of monitoring and alerting in DevOps, discuss best practices, and provide insights into building a robust monitoring ecosystem.
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Cost Benefits of Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance

Microsoft has just released the latest news regarding the cost structures for Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance. In this recent publication by Aakash Basavaraj on the Microsoft Tech Community, valuable insights have been shared on the benefits and cost-effectiveness of transitioning from the traditional System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) to the cloud-based Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance (SCOM MI). This blog post provides a condensed overview, highlighting key considerations and showcasing potential cost savings of up to 44%.

The Best Strategy For Microsoft 365 Performance

In today’s lightning-fast world, seamless teamwork and communication are like oxygen for any company. And that’s where having a strategy for Microsoft 365 performance gives you an edge. It’s the epicenter of collaboration within the Microsoft 365 universe. It helps teams connect, build, and crush their goals. But, keeping Microsoft Teams purring like a kitten is essential to avoid revenue hiccups.