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netdata

systemd journal logs: A Game-Changer for DevOps and Developers

Oct 9, 2023 By Costa Tsaousis In netdata

“Why bother with it? I let it run in the background and focus on more important DevOps work.”— a random DevOps Engineer at Reddit r/devops In an era where technology is evolving at breakneck speeds, it's easy to overlook the tools that are right under our noses. One such underutilized powerhouse is the systemd journal. For many, it's a mere tool to check the status of systemd service units or to tail the most recent events (journalctl -f).

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splunk

Centralized Logging & Centralized Log Management (CLM)

Oct 9, 2023 By Laiba Siddiqui In Splunk
Centralized logging provides visibility into the system by consolidating all the log data in a single all-in-one source. It supports two particular enterprise needs: Once all the data is ingested in a central location, you can seamlessly identify the problems in systems and troubleshoot them. But with ease comes challenges, too. For example, your team members may struggle with locating their desired details from this sea of data.
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observiq

How to Monitor SQL Server with OpenTelemetry

Oct 6, 2023 By Keith Schmitt In ObservIQ
At observIQ, we've seen growing interest in observing the health of Windows systems and applications using OpenTelemetry. Requests on the SQL Server receiver continue to garner the most interest, so let's start there. Below are steps to get up and running quickly with the contrib distribution of the OpenTelemetry collector. We'll be collecting and shipping SQL Server metrics to a popular backend, Google Cloud.
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splunk

Predictive Network Technology in 2024

Oct 6, 2023 By Muhammad Raza In Splunk
IT networks generate large volumes of information in the form of security, network, system and application logs. The volume and variety of log data makes traditional network monitoring capabilities ineffective — especially for monitoring use cases that require proactive decision making. These decisions are based on things like: All of this makes large-scale and complex enterprise IT networks a suitable use case for advanced AI and machine learning capabilities.
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logicmonitor

Monitor Azure Resource Events with LogicMonitor Logs

Oct 6, 2023 By LogicMonitor In LogicMonitor
The integration of Azure’s event-driven model with LogicMonitor’s monitoring capabilities offers businesses a robust solution for real-time IT infrastructure monitoring. LogicMonitor’s cloud-based platform provides a comprehensive overview of an organization’s IT infrastructure, both on cloud and on-prem.
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Cloud Imperium Games moves ELK stack with ChaosSearch.

Oct 5, 2023 By ChaosSearch In ChaosSearch
Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) is a prominent video game development company known for its ambitious project, Star Citizen, which aims to be an open-world, massively multiplayer online space simulation game. As a result of the game's popularity, all the metrics, events, and logs, generated to track every single action during gameplay, also experienced explosive growth in terms of volume and also in diversity (a consequence of the dynamic and fast-paced development environment).
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splunk

Telemetry 101: An Introduction To Telemetry

Oct 5, 2023 By Shanika Wickramasinghe In Splunk
Understanding system performance is critical for gaining a competitive advantage. Telemetry provides deeper insights into the system, helping business owners make better decisions. This article take a comprehensive look at the topic of telemetry. We’ll look at its functionality and telemetry types. We’ll also look at all the things telemetry data can help you with — plus the challenges companies with telemetry systems might face.
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splunk

Listen, Learn and Adapt: The Keys to a Nimble Customer Experience Strategy

Oct 5, 2023 By Beverly Smart In Splunk
In celebration of Customer Experience Day 2023, this post is part of a series on customer experience and the ways that Splunk strives to deliver superior customer experience at every level. Any resilient customer experience (CX) team knows that in order to create superior customer experiences, listening is the first step. This is made apparent when you consider that 73% percent of customers expect companies to have a firm grasp on their unique needs and expectations.
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