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InfluxDB 3.0 has 10x better storage compression and performance, supports unlimited cardinality data, and delivers lightning-fast SQL queries compared to previous versions. These gains are the result of our new database engine built on top of Apache Arrow. Apache Arrow processes huge amounts of columnar data and provides a wide set of tools to operate effectively on that data.

When engaging with potential customers, we are often asked “how can we reduce spend on our observability platform like Splunk or Data Dog and simultaneously justify the cost of BindPlane OP?” Let’s dive in and see how the powerful capabilities of BindPlane OP can reduce your total ingest, and get a positive ROI on your BindPlane OP investment.

Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) is a data analytics and management platform that enables users to centralize, visualize, and govern their data. While users may be accustomed to data analytics solutions that are completely siloed and difficult to scale, CDP is designed to be flexible, giving customers the ability to integrate with open source technologies and deploy in a hybrid, cloud-native, or multi-cloud environment.

In today’s digital landscape, where websites and online services play a crucial role in businesses’ success, having continuous uptime and optimal performance is of the utmost importance. This is where website monitoring tools come into the picture. Monitoring tools act as our vigilant sentries, constantly watching over our websites, servers, and applications to detect any issues that may affect their availability or performance.

Miquel is a Project Manager at Seidor Opentrends, focused on smart cities, data, and IoT projects. Seidor Opentrends, which is headquartered in Barcelona and has offices around the world, provides end-to-end, high quality IT transformation services and serves as a consultant on open source and software architecture for municipalities throughout Spain. At Seidor OpenTrends, we build and maintain Sentilo, an open source sensor and actuator platform for smart cities.

Earlier this month, we released the first version of our new natural language querying interface, Query Assistant. People are using it in all kinds of interesting ways! We’ll have a post that really dives into that soon. However, I want to talk about something else first. There’s a lot of hype around AI, and in particular, Large Language Models (LLMs).

Many organizations use Amazon CloudWatch to analyze log data, but find that restrictive CloudWatch log retention issues hold them back from effective troubleshooting and root-cause analysis. As a result, many companies may be looking for effective ways to export CloudWatch logs to S3 automatically. Let’s look at some of the reasons why you might want to export CloudWatch logs to S3 in the first place, along with some Amazon-native and open-source tools to help you with the process.

In the dynamic realm of computer networks, maintaining optimal performance and security is paramount. Whether you're an IT professional, a network administrator, or simply a curious enthusiast, understanding the types of network monitoring tools available to you can make a world of difference. Just like superheroes safeguarding a city, network monitoring tools play a crucial role in monitoring, managing, and protecting the intricate web of connections that keep our digital world thriving.

To ensure the best possible end-user experience, engineering teams must be able to seamlessly transition from performance testing to problem resolution, breaking down any silos that exist between the two. That’s why, earlier this year, Grafana Labs launched Grafana Cloud k6, a unified platform that natively integrates the Grafana k6 performance testing experience directly into Grafana Cloud.

As someone tasked with handling the pitfalls and consequences of unwanted downtime, it can be difficult to keep up to date with the latest software developments working to address these undesirable yet inevitable situations. And yet, whilst recognizing this fact is a necessary condition of overcoming such challenges, it is not in itself sufficient to meet the task.