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The latest News and Information on Observabilty for complex systems and related technologies.

Using Cribl Search for Anomaly Detection: Finding Statistical Outliers in Host CPU Busy Percentage

In this video, we'll demonstrate how to use Cribl Search for anomaly detection by finding statistical outliers in host CPU usage. By monitoring the "CPU Busy" metric, we can identify unusual spikes that may indicate malware penetration or high load/limiting conditions on customer-facing hosts. The best part? This simple but powerful analytic is easily adaptable to other metrics, making it a versatile tool for any data-driven organization.

How CCP Games Used Honeycomb to Modernize and Migrate its Codebase

Imagine a universe in which a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) sets Guinness World Records for the size of its online space battles—and that game is built on 20-year-old code. Well, imagine no more. Welcome to the world of EVE Online, where hundreds of thousands of players interact across 7,800+ star systems and participate in more than one million daily market transactions.

How the All in One Worker Group Fits Into the Cribl Stream Reference Architecture

Join Ed Bailey and Eugene Katz as they go into more detail about the Cribl Stream Reference Architecture, designed to help observability admins achieve faster and more valuable stream deployment. In this live stream discussion, Ed and Eugene will explain guidelines for deploying all in one worker group. They will also share different use cases and talk about the pros and cons for using the all in one worker group.

Fixing Security's Data Problem: Strategies and Solutions with Cribl and CDW

Cribl's Ed Bailey and CDW's Brenden Morgenthaler discuss a foundational issue with many security programs that lack the right data to detect issues and make fast decisions. Data drives every facet of security and bad data/incomplete data weakens your overall program. Ed and Brenden will discuss common issues and strategies for solving security's data problem.

How Database Observability Increases Operational Reliability

Early on in my career as a DBA, I began to realize I wasn’t a Database Administrator as much as the Default Blame Acceptor for nearly any application problem. Let’s face it—the first thing blamed when there’s an issue is typically going to be the database, and it’s a “guilty until proven otherwise” situation.

Bracing for Impact: Why a Robust Observability Pipeline is Critical for Security Professionals in 2023

2023 is well underway and now more than ever it’s important to stay ahead of data trends and security concerns that are ever mounting. With the cost of catastrophic cyber attacks estimated to be ten times that of all other disasters combined, businesses need to take proactive measures to implement a security data pipeline to protect their data and comply with security and retention requirements.

FinOps Observability: Monitoring Kubernetes Cost

With the current financial climate, cost reduction is top of mind for everyone. IT is one of the biggest cost centers in organizations, and understanding what drives those costs is critical. Many simply don’t understand the cost of their Kubernetes workloads, or even have observability into basic units of cost. This is where FinOps comes into play, and organizations are beginning to implement those best practice standards to understand their cost.

SumUp Uses Honeycomb to Improve Service Quality and Strengthen Customer Loyalty

Growing pains can be a natural consequence of meteoric success. We were reminded of that in our recent panel discussion with SumUp’s observability engineering lead, Blake Irvin, and senior software engineer Matouš Dzivjak. They shared how SumUp’s rapid growth spurt compelled them to change their resolution process—both logistically and culturally—to ensure a service level quality that reflects their customer obsession.