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Hot Topic: Increasing Cost-Efficient Observability with Cold Tier

Even as the global economy shows signs of a rebound, today’s observability customers are more focused than ever on driving utmost value from their investments. This isn’t simply because economics have forced organizations to closely review overhead and drive out unnecessary costs; the reality is that observability has become one of the leading budget items for every cloud software organization, full stop.

Simplify Azure Monitoring with Logz.io's New Azure-Native Integration

If you’re looking to monitor Microsoft Azure infrastructure with Logz.io, we’re now making it easier than ever with our new Azure-native integration Typically, collecting infrastructure metrics from Azure involves installing and configuring data collection components on your system, such as Prometheus, Telegraph, or a number of proprietary agents that are specific to different vendors.

The 12 Cats of Observability

On the surface, business-critical IT infrastructure and cats may not seem like they have a lot in common. But they’re way more alike than you might think. Our feline friends contain multitudes, as any cat parent will tell you. They’re complex and can sometimes drive you up a wall. But once they warm up to you—and you warm up to them—the joys and benefits of having them in your life outweigh just about everything. Sounds a lot like technology, right?

Logz.io Shines Again! Named on Constellation Observability Shortlist

Logz.io continues to be recognized as a standout observability platform, this time being named by the Constellation Shortlist for Observability. Logz.io—provider of the Open 360™ platform for essential observability—was among 14 vendors selected after a review of more than 50 solutions based on client inquiries, partner conversations, customer references, vendor selection projects, market share and other internal research.

What's New with Fluentd & Fluent Bit

At the recent KubeCon EU, we learned the significant news of the FluentBit v2.0 major release with numerous new features. What’s new and what’s to come for this key log aggregation tool? On the latest OpenObservability Talks, I hosted Eduardo Silva, one of the maintainers of Fluentd, a creator of Fluent Bit and co-founder of Calyptia.

Comparing Six Top Observability Software Platforms

When it comes to observability, your organization will have no shortage of options for tools and platforms. Between open source software and proprietary vendors, you should be able to find the right tools to fit your use case, budget and IT infrastructure. Observability should be cost-efficient, easy to implement and customers should be provided with the best support possible.

The Future of Observability: Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities

Observability solutions can easily and rapidly get complex — in terms of maintenance, time and budgetary constraints. But observability doesn’t have to be hard or expensive with the right solutions in place. The future of your observability can be a bright one.

How to Strengthen Kubernetes with Secure Observability

Kubernetes is the leading container orchestration platform and has developed into the backbone technology for many organizations’ modern applications and infrastructure. As an open source project, “K8s” is also one of the largest success stories to ever emanate from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). In short, Kubernetes has revolutionized the way organizations deploy, manage, and scale applications.

How to Tackle Spiraling Observability Costs

As today’s businesses increasingly rely on their digital services to drive revenue, the tolerance for software bugs, slow web experiences, crashed apps, and other digital service interruptions is next to zero. Developers and engineers bear the immense burden of quickly resolving production issues before they impact customer experience.