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On May 15th, 2025, Honeycomb hosted Observability Day (or O11yDay) in the London financial district. The skies were clear and the weather was wonderful and we had a huge turnout, from our networking breakfast to the happy hour at the end of the day.

The conversations around artificial intelligence (AI) typically revolve around its vast potential: writing applications, automating tasks, or transforming entire industries. However, despite the excitement around AI’s potential, the more pressing issue for many organizations is how to manage the risks of deploying it at scale across the enterprise. This is where AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) comes into play.

We are excited to announce that Netdata has officially implemented the Model Context Protocol (MCP), joining the forefront of AI-powered infrastructure monitoring.

High-availability (HA) systems form the backbone of modern enterprise applications. In today's always-on world, Java applications are expected to deliver consistent performance with minimal downtime. However, achieving this critical objective is impossible without a well-defined and executed monitoring strategy. A robust Java monitoring approach is essential to ensure resilience, uptime, and peak performance.

Apple’s WWDC 2025 delivered a wave of exciting updates for anyone involved in managing company devices. With improvements designed to simplify provisioning, strengthen app controls, and expand what Apple Business Manager can do, these changes are all about making life easier for IT teams irrespective of the industry. In this article, we’ll break down the key announcements and explore how they could reshape the way you manage your organization’s Apple devices.

Despite years of investment in observability stacks and AI dashboards, most IT organizations still struggle with one uncomfortable truth: they can’t identify root cause in real time, and they can’t explain how technical failures impact the business. Not in dollars. Not in user flows. Not in boardroom language. What’s worse, they often don’t realize what they’re missing.

Your server's been logging everything—it’s just easy to overlook until something breaks. Every incoming request, database call, or auth check ends up in your access logs. They’re not flashy, but they quietly document every interaction your system handles. For developers, they’re often the most reliable starting point when things go wrong. In this blog, we'll take a look at what an access log is, its format, types, and a few best practices.