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2020 – what a ride it’s been! The state of the world this year has definitely been unpredictable and ever more surprising. So for some interesting insights and stability, we’ve turned to Lambdas. Namely, the state of Lambda functions in 2020! Ever wondered how others look without their face masks on? At Dashbird, we get to (metaphorically speaking) see what everyone looks like behind their serverless masks (read: stacks), and identify trends and patterns.

In 2020, business networks faced one of their biggest challenges since the dawn of the digital age – the sudden, completely unexpected worldwide disruption brought on by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Suddenly networks – and network admins – had to quickly adapt to a new networking paradigm, one where as many workers as possible were stationed at home.

The answer to troubleshooting network challenges lies in effectively monitoring your environment. But saying “let’s monitor our network” presumes you know what you should be looking for, how to find it, and how to get it without affecting the system you’re monitoring. You’re also expected to know where to store the values, what thresholds indicate a problem situation, and how to let people know about a problem in a timely fashion.

Grafana Tempo, the recently announced distributed tracing backend, relies on integrations with other data sources for trace discovery. Tempo’s job is to store massive numbers of traces, place them in object storage, and retrieve them by id. Logs and exemplars allow users to quickly and more powerfully jump directly to traces than ever before. Let’s dig into some examples with a live playground to try it out!

Open-sourcing a code base for the world to see after working on it for a long time is a great experience. You should care about what your users want. You want your users to have a great experience using your product. Everything has to fall into place. Performance, responsiveness, user experience, etc. all have to be exceptional. That’s why I think front-end performance metrics are crucial.

Network Monitoring is often considered the key in ensuring an efficiently run network. However, as the business and its operations keep expanding, network monitoring goes from being a responsibility to become a necessity. At a larger scale, network issues can result in significant hindrances for the operations.

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week we explore how the pandemic and the rise of the remote work culture have enabled digital transformation.

A.F. Blakemore & Son Ltd is a renowned food retail and distribution company based in the United Kingdom. It is also a member of the Unitas Wholesale group and a significant supplier to the independent grocery sector across the UK. How OpManager helped A.F. Blakemore A.F. Blakemore has two internal data centers that process and manage logistics, retail, and distribution data. However, it did not have a separate tool for monitoring its network, which created problems.

You’re running Splunk — you know how valuable end-to-end visibility saves you both time and money. But...what if you’re running an SAP solution? You’re likely using SAP's Solution Manager to keep an eye on its software, but if Solution Manager sees that HANA is not working, it really can’t tell you why, if the issue is beneath SAP. Splunk and SAP recognized that, and have a shared goal of helping our customers realize the full potential of their data.