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Avoiding the Data Roach Motel with Open Source

It's your data. You should be able to do whatever you want with it. However, vendor lock-in can trap your data in a single solution, making it extremely difficult to switch to something that better meets your needs. When your data goes in, but doesn't come out—that's a data roach motel. Open source technologies, and solutions built with open source tools, enable organizations to take control of their data, giving them the freedom to put it into and take it out of whatever databases or solutions they see fit.

How Time Series Databases and Data Lakes Work Together

In the fast-paced world of software engineering, efficient data management is a cornerstone of success. Imagine you’re working with streams of data that not only require rapid analysis but also need to store that data for long-term insights. This is where the powerful duo of time series databases (TSDBs) and data lakes can help.

How to speed up MySQL and PostgreSQL queries for FREE

How can I speed up a SQL query? This video showcases how to optimize a SQL query on MySQL or PostgreSQL for free using AI and a tool called EverSQL by Aiven. In the example shown, the query performance on a MySQL database went from 20 seconds to 0.5 seconds only by pasting the SQL and additional metadata in the EverSQL by Aiven UI and applying the indexes and SQL rewrite suggestions. Check out these resources to learn more:(links to any tools or resources you used in the video, our docs/trial if appropriate)

Using Time Series Data for Infrastructure Monitoring: Challenges and Advantages

Monitoring the performance and health of infrastructure is crucial for ensuring smooth operations. From data centers and cloud environments to networks and IoT devices, infrastructure monitoring plays a vital role in identifying issues, optimizing resource utilization, and maintaining high availability. However, traditional monitoring approaches often struggle to handle the volume and velocity of data generated by modern infrastructures. This is where time series databases, like InfluxDB, come into play.

Aiven workshop: Learn Apache Kafka with Python

What's in the Workshop Recipe? Apache Kafka is the industry de-facto standard for data streaming. An open-source, scalable, highly available and reliable solution to move data across companies' departments, technologies or micro-services. In this workshop you'll learn the basics components of Apache Kafka and how to get started with data streaming using Python. We'll dive deep, with the help of some prebuilt Jupyter notebooks, on how to produce, consume and have concurrent applications reading from the same source, empowering multiple use-cases with the same streaming data.

Comprehensive Metrics in the SaaS Industry: 7 Reasons Why They Matter

Understanding comprehensive metrics in SaaS is crucial for your success in the industry. These numbers are more than just data; they offer insights into customer behavior, product performance, and operational efficiency. By embracing the importance of these metrics, you can drive better decision-making, ensure customer satisfaction, and promote sustainable growth. Let's dive into why these metrics are indispensable to your business strategy.

Powering Real-Time Data Processing with InfluxDB and AWS Kinesis

Imagine a data engineer working for a large e-commerce company tasked with building a system that can process and analyze customer clickstream data in real-time. By leveraging Amazon Kinesis and InfluxDB, they can achieve this goal efficiently and effectively. So, how do we get from idea to finished solution? First, we need to understand the tools at hand.

New MTTX analytics to drive your reliability roadmap

Analytics are great. We can all agree there. But not all analytics are created equal. FireHydrant has long offered incident analytics dashboards that provide an in-depth look at the entire incident lifecycle. You can see how incidents impact services and teams, understand retrospective participation and completion, and even get insight into follow-ups. But great analytics do more than simply organize data. They help you tell a story.

Data Lakes: A Comprehensive Guide

Whether you’re a Data Engineer, DevOps, Cloud Architect, or a Business Intelligence Professional, Data Lakes are indispensable tools for harnessing the power of big data, enabling advanced analytics, and driving informed decision-making across your enterprise. Back in the 90s, the internet boom led to an unprecedented expanse of data. This led to a gaping demand for better data storage solutions.

Start as an AWS reseller a simple guide for MSPs

As cloud adoption accelerates, managed service providers (MSPs) have a major opportunity to capitalize on this trend by reselling Amazon Web Services (AWS). Becoming an AWS reseller allows MSPs to expand their service offerings, achieve recurring revenue, and solidify their status as cloud experts. This comprehensive guide will walk through everything MSPs need to know to successfully start reselling AWS services.