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Container Observability

In the recent past, container-based deployment architectures have played a significant role in improving applications on multiple fronts, including: Containers are all-inclusive packages containing lightweight services which are easy to spawn and terminate. However, container-based deployments can comprise hundreds of individual services and their replicas spinning up and down at any moment.

Cloud Logging pricing for Cloud Admins: How to approach it & save cost

Flexera’s State of the Cloud Report 2022 pointed out that significant cloud spending is wasted, a major issue that is getting more critical as cloud costs continue to rise. In the current macroeconomic conditions, companies focus on identifying ways to reduce spending. To effectively do that, we need to understand the pricing model. We can then work towards the challenges of cost monitoring, optimization, and forecasting.

Don't Know What to Monitor? L.E.T.S. Start with 4 Metrics!

Software monitoring, how does it work? “We paid for a bunch of tools but we don’t know what we should be looking at. There are tons of charts that don’t seem to mean anything!” If you talk to people about software monitoring you’ve inevitably heard something similar to this. With so many possible metrics it can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. Even with curated dashboards there is inherent confusion about what is important.

Tracking website changes to receive alerts when new Calendly appointments become available

Teams and individuals worldwide use Calendly to help them with appointment scheduling without the hassle of juggling their calendars and conflicting meetings. With features like automated reminders and routing forms, it’s no surprise that it’s considered one of the best scheduling apps on the market.

Microsoft Teams Isn't Down Because of Microsoft. There's A Lot More Going On

Another ticket rolls in complaining about Teams service quality – calls keep breaking up, or the video quality regularly drops out. And when each one mentions that Microsoft Teams often does this, it’s easy to pass the blame. Sure, people jump to conclusions when they’re frustrated by tech, but the truth is that Microsoft Teams itself is rarely the problem.

Find and Fix Bottlenecks in Your Gradle Builds With OpenTelemetry and Honeycomb

Today, I’d like to share with you a new community-contributed integration that helps you optimize and debug your Gradle builds. This new Gradle plugin is available today, is free to use, and you can use it immediately with a free Honeycomb account.

SolarWinds Observability - A Unified Full-Stack Solution for DevOps Teams

SolarWinds® Observability is a SaaS offering that unifies application, infrastructure, database, network, digital experience, and log analysis into a single, integrated platform. The solution is designed to grow and expand to accommodate whatever kind of environment you manage.