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More efficient pair programming with Datadog CoScreen

Pair programming is a well-established practice in agile software development. But it can be difficult in remote settings, as most remote collaboration tools don’t accommodate real-time, spontaneous interactivity among participants’ desktop environments. Datadog CoScreen changes that by combining interactive screen sharing and video conferencing in a way that closely mimics in-person collaboration.

Cleaning and Interpreting Time Series Metrics with InfluxDB

A look at how to use Flux for data cleansing and analytics through the browser and via Visual Studio. Time series data is data you want to analyze and monitor over time. For example, you might want to know the water levels over the course of the day for a plant, or how much sunlight it receives and when. This is a simple but easy-to-understand example. Obviously on a larger scale the stakes can be higher.

The Top 5 Fashion Website Issues

The online fashion industry is undergoing a period of change more significant than most. Off the back of a pandemic, consumers became more demanding, but also more socially conscious. Coupled with supply chain issues and reduced high street sales, this put even more pressure on eCommerce. So how can today’s fashion retailers meet these changing expectations? And how can they leverage their online presence to better assure customers?

The neglected tech arctic winter - Internal SaaS expenses

The current tech winter has a number of glaring stories — cyclical as they may be, there’s one truth that’s been gleaned over more than the rest; the money spent on internal software tools to support tech infrastructure is bloated. And there’s nothing cyclical about this infrastructure spending.

What is a log analytics solution? A way to find and fix fast!

There is value in the machine data (logs and events) from your infrastructure and applications. However, storing and analyzing that data to extract that value can be a big (and expensive) undertaking for organizations. With log analytics, companies like yours can better understand your log data and take action to improve reliability and increase security. Log files are produced by applications, operating systems, networks and other components of a technology stack.

How do I write a query for log analytics?

Log management is the processes and tools that your DevSecOps team use to collect, store and manage log data. As they constantly assess your applications and systems for performance, log analytics comes into play to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of an organization, identify and troubleshoot problems, and monitor the health and performance of system. Looking for a proactive approach to find issues, bugs and threats? Interested in surfacing your business and user adoption insights?

Lightrun's Product Updates - Q1 2023

During the past quarter, Lightrun has been busy at work producing a wealth of developer productivity tools and enhancements, aiming for greater troubleshooting of distributed workload applications and cost efficiency. Read more below the main new features as well as the key product enhancements that were released in Q1 of 2023!

The Comprehensive Guide to SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a standard message format that devices being monitored and monitoring systems can all speak – even though they will be running different operating systems. SNMP is the most widely deployed management protocol; it is simple to understand (although not always to use), and enjoys ubiquitous support.

Elastic Observability 8.7: Enhanced observability for synthetic monitoring, serverless functions, and Kubernetes

Elastic Observability 8.7 introduces new capabilities that drive efficiency into the management and use of synthetic monitoring and expand visibility into serverless applications and Kubernetes deployments. These new features allow customers to: Observability 8.7 is available now on Elastic Cloud — the only hosted Elasticsearch offering to include all of the new features in this latest release.