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grafana

Bridging Alloy and OpenTelemetry: the OTel engine is now in Public Preview

Nov 3, 2026 By Bejal Lewis In Grafana
Many Grafana Cloud customers love what Alloy offers them, but we're also seeing a growing base of users who feel the same way about the OpenTelemetry Collector. We want to make it easy for customers to make the decision that makes the most sense, regardless of their preference.
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grafana

Trace linkage: connect the dots between your app traces and database queries

Nov 3, 2026 By Shirley In Grafana
When an application request slows down, a trace can show a database call. Finding the database query behind it can be tedious, requiring you to switch between traces and database telemetry, as well as match timestamps or query text by hand. In Grafana Cloud, the Database Observability app already provides a window into all of your database telemetry, including query samples, performance history, and explain plan.
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cloudzero

Notion AI pricing: the real per-seat math for an organization-wide rollout

Nov 3, 2026 By Lyne Carolyne In CloudZero
Notion AI comes with the Business plan at $20 per member per month and with Enterprise at custom pricing, per Notion's pricing page; the standalone $10 add-on was retired in May 2025, and Free and Plus get a limited AI trial. Custom Agents add metered Notion credits at $10 per 1,000 monthly. Yearly billing saves up to 20%.
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redgate

PostgreSQL in Redgate Monitor: configuration advice, backup monitoring, Windows support and AlloyDB

Nov 3, 2026 By Adam Britt In Redgate
This release brings PostgreSQL monitoring in Redgate Monitor closer to what you already get for SQL Server. It adds backup monitoring and support for PostgreSQL on Windows, and AlloyDB joins the managed services we already cover.
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scout

MongoDB's Node Driver 7.8.0 Patches Two Real Security Issues

Nov 3, 2026 By Mitchell Hartweg In Scout
If your Node app talks to MongoDB through the official mongodb driver, 7.8.0 is worth upgrading to before your next routine dependency pass. It’s a minor version by the number, but it carries two security fixes, and one of them changes how a feature you may already be using behaves.
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appsignal

Dissecting Rails Migrations: Anatomy, Rollbacks, and Errors (Rails 8.1)

Nov 3, 2026 By Prathamesh Sonpatki In AppSignal
A Rails migration is a timestamped Ruby class inheriting from ActiveRecord::Migration whose change method alters the database schema. bin/rails db:migrate runs each pending migration once, records its version in the schema_migrations table, and dumps the result to db/schema.rb. Rollbacks invert change; irreversible steps need up and down. On PostgreSQL and SQLite, each migration runs inside a transaction.
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How Intelligent Tech Website Design Streamlines IT Operations

How Intelligent Tech Website Design Streamlines IT Operations

Nov 3, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
In the modern enterprise, a company website is rarely just a digital brochure. It acts as the critical entry point for customer success workflows, support requests, and user onboarding. When digital architecture is treated solely as a marketing asset, it often leads to disjointed user experiences and operational bottlenecks for backend IT teams. Treating the front end as an operational tool changes this dynamic entirely. Investing in specialised Technology & SaaS Website Design ensures that web portals are built with intuitive self-service documentation, secure customer login areas, and seamless API integrations.
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GA4 Alternative: What Engineering Teams Should Check Before Switching

GA4 Alternative: What Engineering Teams Should Check Before Switching

Nov 3, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
A GA4 report shows fewer purchases than the order system, a row says data was withheld, and the BigQuery export does not match the screen. Marketing wants to know which number is right, and the data team has to answer. Here is how to tell which GA4 limits you can fix in settings, which ones mean it is time for a GA4 alternative, and how to switch without losing a month of numbers.
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