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Application monitoring is important for finding and fixing issues in modern software systems. Traditionally, teams have used Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools to track application health and performance. These tools provide built-in features like dashboards, alerting, and error tracking. Now, OpenTelemetry is becoming popular as an open-source way to collect telemetry data like traces, metrics, and logs. It gives developers more control and avoids vendor lock-in.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) customers can now seamlessly purchase Console Connect services directly from the OCI Marketplace using Oracle Universal Credits. As the first FastConnect partner to offer services on the Oracle Marketplace, Console Connect provides a suite of cloud connectivity solutions designed to enhance the speed, reliability, and performance of data connections to Oracle Cloud.

We consistently roll out helpful updates and fun features in Grafana Cloud, our fully managed observability platform powered by the open source Grafana LGTM Stack (Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for traces, and Mimir for metrics). In case you missed them, here’s our monthly round-up of the latest and greatest Grafana Cloud updates.

In the high-stakes world of IT operations, compliance isn’t optional—but bureaucracy is. Security standards and audit demands aren’t going anywhere, and every configuration change could be the one that triggers a compliance failure or service outage. Traditionally, compliance has been synonymous with paperwork, manual reviews, and late-night fire drills before audits. But that mindset is due for an upgrade.

Digital ecosystems are more complex and dynamic than ever before, and organizations often struggle with limited visibility into their IT assets and configurations. This opacity can lead to mismanaged resources, compliance risks, and prolonged incident resolution times, undermining overall business performance. Leveraging configuration management database (CMDB) tools helps with managing IT assets, configurations, and relationships.

Oracle maintains its top-ranking spot; persistent growth trends from PostgreSQL and Snowflake highlight Q1 2025 rankings analysis. DB-Engines is today sharing Q1 analysis of the database industry rankings and top climbers. While Oracle has maintained its top-ranking spot as the most popular database for several years, we are seeing persistent growth trends from PostgreSQL and Snowflake, which has broken through to sixth place for the first time this quarter, overtaking Redis.

In the world of containerization, understanding what's happening under the hood during image builds can mean the difference between smooth deployments and frustrating debugging sessions. Docker build logs are your window into this process, offering crucial insights that help you optimize builds, troubleshoot errors, and maintain robust container infrastructure.

In today’s distributed systems world, you need clear visibility into logs, metrics, and everything in between to keep systems healthy and reliable. That’s where the ELK Stack and Grafana work well together—each solving a different part of the observability puzzle. ELK handles the heavy lifting of log collection and processing. Grafana adds intuitive dashboards and powerful visualizations.

As the Windows 10 end of life (EOL) begins on October 14, 2025, you could already be on your toes proactively preparing for the transition to avoid security risks, operational disruptions, and unexpected costs. This blog serves as a comprehensive guide to help businesses navigate the challenges and make the most of the opportunity to upgrade. The date to remember: Windows 10 EOL happens on October 14, 2025.

Operational resilience requires more than monitoring or defense alone. Banks are combining observability and security to reduce risk, costs, and downtime, without missing a beat.