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Grafana Tutorial - Annotations

Grafana is a tool that helps users identify and fix performance issues by allowing them to monitor and analyze their database. Grafana is famous for making great graphs and visualizations, with tons of different functionalities. This Grafana tutorial is about one of these functionalities: Annotations. Grafana annotations are for users who want to make notes directly onto the graphs in their dashboards. There are various reasons a user might want to do this.

Why Hourly Granularity Is Necessary For Effective Cloud Cost Management

Cloud spenders of all sizes, but particularly those who have exceeded the $50,000 a month benchmark, know how challenging it can be to extract meaningful insights from their spend environments. As a digital-native company grows, its spend environment naturally gets more complicated — and without a strong organizational framework, what could be a treasure trove of data turns into a rat’s nest of semi-organized, confounding figures.

Implementing Security in your AIS Solutions - Alessandro Moura

In this session titles "Implementing Security in your AIS Solutions"Alessandro Moura, Integration Platform Lead at Fisher & Paykel Appliances, takes center stage to address the critical topic of security in Application Integration Solutions (AIS). In this enlightening session, you'll gain valuable insights and best practices for safeguarding your APIs, Azure resources, and network infrastructure.

6 Ways To Get Engineers More Involved In Cloud Costs

As a SaaS leader, you probably understand how crucial it is to get your engineers to make strategic cloud cost decisions. After all, your engineers are responsible for most of the cloud operating costs within your company. Unfortunately, getting engineers to care about costs isn’t always intuitive or easy. In fact, it’s commonly thought to be one of the most difficult challenges faced by SaaS leaders and FinOps specialists.

Building Real time Analytics on Kubernetes by Robert Hodges - Navigate Europe 23

Join Robert Hodges, a seasoned programmer with over five decades of experience, as he dives into the world of real-time analytics in Kubernetes, emphasizing the strengths of ClickHouse, his preferred database. Hodges shares his extensive knowledge and practical insights on leveraging Kubernetes for robust data analytics: the complexities, best practices, and technical nuances of running ClickHouse on Kubernetes, and the future of data management in cloud environments.

Opinionated Observability with Ralph Meijer - Navigate Europe 23

Join Ralph Meijer from Netdata as he explores the concept of "Opinionated Observability" in our latest Navigate Europe 23 talk. Dive into the intricacies of transforming complex metrics into user-friendly visualizations and alerts. Ralph shares his professional journey and the challenges he faced in different roles, emphasizing the importance of understanding metric context and units. Discover how Netdata's innovative approach simplifies observability, offering pre-defined dashboards and alerts for efficient monitoring.

Improving Customer Support with Squadcast Webforms: A Smart Solution for MSPs

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) handle a multitude of customer support cases, each requiring efficient routing to the right team member. Squadcast's Webforms provide a solution to expedite issue reporting and streamline resolution. In this blog, we will explore how MSPs can leverage webforms to enhance the customer support experience.