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Modern systems throw off a lot of data—metrics, traces, logs—sometimes more than we know what to do with. When you're trying to understand how values spread out over time (like response times, memory usage, or queue lengths), averages alone don’t tell the full story. OpenTelemetry histograms help fill in those gaps. This guide walks through what they are, why they matter, and how DevOps engineers can use them to improve observability in real systems.

We’ve rolled out a small update to the StatusGator iframe embed feature! Now, when you embed your status page on your website or app, it can include a link to your full StatusGator status page — giving your users a simple way to view detailed information about outages. And there’s more: If you’ve uploaded a favicon in your Status page settings, it will now appear next to the link in the iframe.

At least once a week, a team reaches out to discuss migrating from an established SIEM or analysis platform. This major decision is influenced by several compelling factors, which can create significant work for engineering teams and pose risks to the business. The cost of switching to a new platform, often referred to as displacement costs, can be substantial.

The information age has leapt forward with the explosive rise of generative AI. Capabilities like natural language processing, image generation, and code automation are now mainstream — driving the business goals of winning customers, enhancing productivity, and reducing costs across every sector. New large language models are emerging almost daily, existing language models are optimized in a frantic race to the top. There seems no stopping the AI boom.

Despite the nonstop warnings, millions of users still gamble with their data. A 2023 survey by Acronis revealed that 41% of people rarely or never back up their digital files, and businesses aren’t much better. Fewer than 20% of businesses back up their SaaS data, even though tools like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 don’t guarantee full recovery after a loss or attack. The consequences?

Elastic Cloud Serverless provides the fastest way to start and scale security, observability, and search solutions — without managing infrastructure. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Elastic Cloud Serverless on Google Cloud — now available in the Iowa (us-central1) region. Elastic Cloud Serverless provides the fastest way to start and scale observability, security, and search solutions without managing infrastructure.

Anyone managing Microsoft Azure will be aware of how quickly its costs can escalate. As cloud architectures grow in complexity—spanning hybrid environments, multi-subscription setups, and cross-platform integrations—the need for intelligent cost visibility tools intensifies. With enterprises typically overspending by 25%-35% on their cloud resources, Azure cost reporting has become a big focus for organizations navigating cloud financial management.

Modern applications rely on numerous interconnected endpoints to function properly. Maintaining visibility into these critical connection points is fundamental to both system reliability and security. When endpoints fail, degrade, or become compromised, the impact cascades to users, teams, and ultimately affects your bottom line. Effective endpoint monitoring provides the visibility needed to prevent these issues.

Modern systems throw off logs like confetti—and making sense of all that noise is half the battle. OpenTelemetry logging offers a way to bring some order to the chaos. It helps DevOps teams collect logs in a consistent format, no matter what language or framework they’re working with. In this guide, we’ll walk through what OpenTelemetry logging is, why it matters, and how to put it to work in your stack.