Digitate and BMC Unveil a Multi-Product Solution on the AWS Marketplace
Joint solution announced at AWS re:Invent 2025 as an official launch partner.
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What's new in the Grafana Image Renderer: higher-quality results, security enhancements, and more
Whether it’s for an email or that upcoming presentation, many Grafana users like to share their favorite dashboards or panels outside of Grafana itself. The Grafana Image Renderer is a backend service for Grafana that helps you do just that by rendering panels and dashboards as images, such as PNGs and PDFs, via a headless browser. It’s commonly used to support Grafana features like exporting dashboards, generating images for alert notifications, and creating PDF reports.
kubectl logs Command Reference and Documentation
The kubectl logs command retrieves container logs from Kubernetes pods. It supports real-time log streaming with -f, time-based filtering with --since, viewing previous container instances with --previous, and accessing logs from specific containers in multi-container pods using -c.
5 Network Issues That Affect Remote Offices (Not HQ)
Your headquarters runs flawlessly. Zero network complaints. But your remote offices? Constant connectivity problems, dropped video calls, and frustrated employees filing help desk tickets you can't solve. Remote offices experience 3x more network issues than headquarters, yet most of the IT teams have zero visibility into what's actually failing.
You've Found the Waste In Your Network Operations. Now What?
In a previous blog, we looked at your network operations through the lens of lean principles. We exposed the seven wastes that quietly drain your budget and burn out your teams. This constant cycle of reactive firefighting comes with a steep price. We outlined a concept in quality management known as the Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ), the total financial impact of wasted engineering hours, lost user productivity, and business risk.
Shift Happens: How to Make Your ITSM Incidentally Awesome
A modern service desk goes far beyond basic ticketing, serving as the central engine for IT operations. This THWACKcamp session from SolarWinds Day reveals how to streamline and standardize ITSM workflows, transforming the service desk into a strategic asset that eliminates administrative headaches. SolarWinds Sr. PMM Lauren Okruch and THWACK MVP Jeremy Mayfield, Director of IT at National Sugar Marketing, explore how modern service desks go beyond ticketing to become the hub of IT operations.
What the Octopus Can Teach Us About AI (w/ Steve Wunker)
Tim and Tom sit down with Steve Wunker — Managing Director of New Markets Advisors, author, and early pioneer of the smartphone — to explore the big ideas behind his latest book, AI and the Octopus Organization. Steve breaks down why AI shouldn’t just “bolt onto” old processes, how distributed intelligence reshapes the firm, and what leaders can learn from one of nature’s most adaptable creatures. From organizational plasticity to the changing role of middle managers, Steve offers a pragmatic roadmap for thriving amid rapid AI-driven transformation.
Underrated Linux Kernel Feature: Delay Accounting
The traditional metrics you’re probably using to determine CPU time shortages lack the precision of kernel-level insights.
How Browser Monitoring Tools Improve Application Reliability and End-User Experience
Browser monitoring tools, also known as Real User Monitoring (RUM) solutions, enhance application reliability and end-user experience by providing detailed, real-time visibility into how users interact with web applications. These tools track key performance metrics, identify front-end errors, and help development and DevOps teams detect and resolve issues that directly impact users before they escalate.
Drowning in Alert Fatigue? How to Regain Control of Your Monitoring
If you’ve ever muted your phone during a maintenance window, only to miss a real outage an hour later, you’re not alone. Sysadmins on Reddit and beyond often describe feeling like they’re drowning in alerts: So many notifications that the important ones lose their meaning. This is alert fatigue, sometimes called notification fatigue or incident noise, and it’s one of the most common challenges in modern, growing IT operations.