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Logs play a crucial role in DevOps and software development, especially when troubleshooting issues. However, raw, unformatted logs can quickly become overwhelming and difficult to navigate. This is where logging formatters help by turning messy log entries into clear, structured data, making it easier to pinpoint problems. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about logging formatters—how they work, why they matter, and tips for implementing them effectively in your workflow.

Monitoring doesn't always need to be complex. In this guide, we'll show you how to turn raw logs into usable metrics using a lightweight open-source setup with no ELK stack and no heavy lifting. We'll use Loki, Python, and Telegraf to convert logs into Graphite metrics you can easily monitor or alert on. This is perfect for system admins, DevOps beginners, or anyone curious about building more innovative monitoring pipelines from scratch.

Cribl’s powerful data processing engine is designed specifically for IT and Security teams, enabling organizations to take control of their ever-growing data volumes. By simplifying the management, processing, and analysis of telemetry data, such as logs, metrics, and traces, generated across complex digital environments. This empowers organizations with the choice, control, and flexibility to manage and analyze data, allowing them to adapt to evolving needs and strategies.

The 2025-26 Australian Federal Budget sets out a clear priority: building a stronger economy and a more resilient nation. That includes investment in critical infrastructure, skills and services to help Australians navigate ongoing uncertainty. More than $3 billion has been committed to upgrade the National Broadband Network (NBN), extending high-speed fibre to 95% of homes and businesses.

Like the sailor in Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” surrounded by ocean water that he cannot drink, modern organizations contend with similar challenges: data is all around, but it’s not doing them much good (or as much as it could at least). Exploding data volumes have complicated the data management strategies for security and observability teams seeking to contain costs while meeting regulatory and compliance obligations.

Effectively managing events and alerts is essential for preventing or quickly resolving incidents, whether it’s a sudden service outage or an ongoing cyberattack. The three terms — events, alerts, incidents — are different but they are closely related. Read on to learn more. Ensuring the reliability, performance, and efficiency of IT systems is both the heart of operational excellence and an important strategic objective for digital organizations.

Modern systems throw off logs like confetti—and making sense of all that noise is half the battle. OpenTelemetry logging offers a way to bring some order to the chaos. It helps DevOps teams collect logs in a consistent format, no matter what language or framework they’re working with. In this guide, we’ll walk through what OpenTelemetry logging is, why it matters, and how to put it to work in your stack.