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How to validate Sigma rules with GitHub Actions for improved security monitoring

Mar 25, 2024 By Mostafa Moradian In Grafana

Monitoring your identity provider’s logs is critical to identify potential security threats. These logs are vital for a security team, who may store them in a specialized tool like Grafana Loki for enhanced accessibility and analysis. The ability to pinpoint specific patterns within these logs is key — and by crafting these patterns into Loki queries, you can conduct focused searches across logs.

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How to surface trends and make sense of your data with Grafana

Mar 25, 2024 By Łukasz Tyrała In Grafana

There is a Polish proverb: “Co za dużo to niezdrowo,” which more or less translates to “Enough is as good as a feast.” (Or, translated verbatim: “Too much of something can be unhealthy.”) Sometimes this is true for data as well. At Grafana Labs, we’re always introducing products and features that help you make sense of that abundance of data, either by efficient visualizations, adaptive observability, or apps dedicated to specific workflows and use cases.

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Why Splunk for Public Sector?

Mar 25, 2024 By Splunk In Splunk

Why is Splunk a perfect match for the public sector? Learn more from Johan Agild, Regional Sales Director at Splunk. He talks about Splunk's capabilities to help organisations be more resilient to fend off threat actors, reduce downtime and fix issues faster with leading solutions in the market.

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Implementing Azure Cost Circuit Breakers for Budget Protection

Mar 25, 2024 By Michael Stephenson In Turbo360

Recently when recording an episode of the FinOps on Azure podcast with Rik Hepworth which will be out soon we discussed a scenario where we have a cost issue because something went wrong with an Azure solution. In this article we will explore that problem and how you can implement some protection for it.

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A 7-Step Guide to IT Cost Reduction in 2024

Mar 22, 2024 By Srinivas Miriyala In Fabrix

As per the latest forecast by Gartner, worldwide IT spending is projected to amount to $4.6 trillion in 2023, up by 5.1% from 2022. The demand for IT will be strong in 2023 as enterprises launch digital business initiatives to respond to global economic challenges. In a downward economy, conventional wisdom warrants reducing costs.

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Mapping Precision: The Role of Land Parcel Insights in Agriculture

Mar 22, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters

In today's changing world, technology plays a major role in transforming various industries. Agriculture is one sector that has greatly benefitted from progress. The introduction of specialized tools and techniques has provided farmers with insights and data that can revolutionize their farming methods. Among these tools, land parcel insights have emerged as a game changer in the sector.

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Centralizing Vendor Outage Data in Incident Management Platforms

Mar 22, 2024 By Nuno Tomas In isDown

Digital operations are now the backbone of almost every business. The ability to respond to and manage incidents is more critical than ever. Incident management tools like FireHydrant, Opsgenie, SquadCast, and PagerDuty have become essential in helping companies minimize downtime and maintain operational efficiency. However, when vendor outages occur, integrating these incidents seamlessly into your management tools can be a challenge. This is where IsDown steps in.

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How to write and install a custom PowerShell plugin for Windows servers

Mar 22, 2024 By ManageEngine Site24x7 In Site24x7

This video will guide you through the process of writing and installing a custom PowerShell plugin for Windows servers. With Site24x7's Plugin Integrations, you can monitor applications, hosts, devices, services, protocols, and more. Write your own custom plugin script to monitor any application or service in your tech stack in a few simple steps. Related links: Install Site24x7 Windows Server monitoring agent: site24x7.com/help/admin/adding-a-monitor/windows-server-monitoring.html.

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Effective Monitoring and Alerting Strategies in DevOps

Mar 22, 2024 By Shyam Mohan In Razorops

DevOps teams play a crucial role in ensuring the continuous delivery of software applications. One of the key pillars of DevOps success is implementing effective monitoring and alerting strategies. In this blog post, we will explore the importance of monitoring and alerting in DevOps, discuss best practices, and provide insights into building a robust monitoring ecosystem.

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Turning Logs into Metrics with OpenTelemetry and BindPlane OP

Mar 22, 2024 By Joe Howell In ObservIQ

Turning logs into metrics isn’t a new concept. A version of this functionality is implemented in most agents, visualization tools, and backends. It’s everywhere because converting logs to metrics has many practical applications and is one of the fundamental mechanisms for controlling log volume in a telemetry pipeline. In this post, I’ll briefly overview log-based metrics, explain why they matter, and provide examples of how to build them using OpenTelemetry and BindPlane OP.

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