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Interoperability — it’s one of the main reasons I joined Grafana Labs. Our “big tent” philosophy helps Grafana work with a wide range of data sources and tools, and it’s why you can use Grafana to address endless use cases and problems. We are best known for the seamless way we correlate metrics, logs, and traces to understand what is happening in the environment, resolve the immediate issue, and address any underlying issues so that it does not happen again.

When you’re just getting started with observability, a proof of concept (POC) can be exactly what you need to see the positive impact of this shift right away. Coveo, an intelligent search platform that uses AI to personalize customer interactions, used a successful POC to jumpstart its Honeycomb observability journey—which has grown to include 10,000+ machine learning models in production at any one time. Wondering how Coveo got there? So were we.

Log aggregation is the process of consolidating log data from all sources — network nodes, microservices and application components — into a unified centralized repository. It is an important function of the continuous and end-to-end log management process where log aggregation is followed by log analysis, reporting and disposal. In this article, let’s take a look at the process of log aggregation as well as the benefits.

Today I will speak about another important Best practice, Tips, and Tricks that you must consider while designing your business processes (Logic Apps): Retry Policies. And how you should be aware of and configure it properly.

Changing the owner of the team can now be done in our UI In the past, we've seen users reach out to support to change the owner of a time for a variety of reasons. You can now change the owner of the team without contacting support. Just head over to the team settings and scroll down. As the owner of a team, you can move ownership to another member of your team. Because this action cannot be reversed, it needs to be confirmed.

Optimizing network security monitoring requires pursuing continuous improvement. Even when people have monitoring tools or processes, it’s always advisable to identify weak spots and look for ways to reduce or eliminate them. Here are five options to consider.

PostgreSQL and MySQL are two of the most popular open-source databases available today. They both provide the database backend for an untold number of web applications, enterprise software packages, and data science projects. The two databases share some similarities in that they both adhere to the SQL standard. However, there are some key differences that might influence your decision to choose one over the other.

Online business operations are ubiquitous now. Despite the big advantages of web-based business, it still comes with risks that could be detrimental if there’s no troubleshooting strategy already in place. One of the largest risks to doing business online is availability. Businesses are expected to perform online at the highest level every minute of every day, globally and across devices, which can be difficult for engineers and development teams to maintain.

With over 83 million users, GitHub is one of the most popular development tools out there and the third most monitored service on StatusGator. Since so many users depend on GitHub, we wanted to analyze GitHub’s reliability in 2022 and find and uncover some interesting facts about GitHub outages.

Modern applications running on distributed systems often complicate service ownership because of their ever-growing web of microservice dependencies. This complication challenges engineers’ ability to shepherd their software through every stage of the development life cycle, as well as teams’ ability to train new engineers on the application’s architecture. With increased complexity, clarity is key for quick, effective troubleshooting and delivering value to end users.