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IT and data teams in Financial Services must meet the more exacting demands for data integrity, compliance, performance, high availability and security that are expected in the sector. These demands require a dedicated, comprehensive, and scalable monitoring solution to help teams succeed in this high stakes environment.

Orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift help customers reduce costs by enabling on-demand, scalable compute resources. Customers can manually scale out and scale in their Kubernetes compute resources as needed. Autoscaling is the process of automatically adjusting compute resources to meet a system's performance requirements. As workloads grow, systems require additional resources to sustain performance and handle increasing demand.

The wait is finally over! We are thrilled to announce that DX NetOps 24.3.9 marks the official general availability (GA) of DX NetOps Topology, a key milestone in our network observability journey. After a successful early access program with many customer deployments, we are excited to bring this highly anticipated solution to the broader community. DX NetOps Topology is designed to provide you with the insights and operational efficiency needed to manage both traditional and software-defined networks.

Your Java app slows down during peak load. A microservice crashes, but logs aren’t helpful. These aren’t rare events—they’re common signs something’s off inside the JVM. For Java developers and DevOps teams, JVM metrics offer clues to what’s going on. This blog covers the key metrics to track, what they tell you, and how to use them to troubleshoot performance issues in a practical, no-nonsense way.

When systems go down, users don't just lose access, they lose trust if they're left in the dark. That's why having a clear plan for downtime communication matters just as much as restoring service. Whether you're managing a cloud platform, SaaS tool, or any digital service, how you respond during a disruption can shape your reputation long after the issue is resolved. While downtime is inevitable, confusion and frustration don't have to be.

We’re excited to announce the release of Coroot 1.11! This version comes with powerful new features designed to give you more control over your observability data and make your troubleshooting process faster and more intuitive. Let’s dive into what’s new.

Distributed tracing has long been the go-to for understanding the performance of microservices and asynchronous systems. But as systems grow in complexity, simply viewing individual traces and spans isn’t enough. Teams need to answer questions like: SigNoz Tracing Funnels is here to change that, bringing the clarity of product analytics-style funnel analysis to backend traces, and doing so in a way that’s never been available before.

In modern enterprise environments, access management is key to ensuring security and regulatory compliance (ENS, ISO 27001, NIS2, etc.). That’s why Pandora FMS has added support for Azure Entra ID, enabling authentication through SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language). With this integration, we provide simplified and secure access to our platform using Single Sign-On (SSO).

When we discuss networks, we typically envision data packets racing along physical wires like vehicles on a highway. But beneath this visible traffic flows another critical pathway that few recognize: the control plane highway. This unseen infrastructure, where routing information flows between devices, makes the data highway possible. Before user data can flow, millions of paths must be established, creating a parallel network of equally vital importance.

Imagine you’re running a popular online learning platform that experiences a surge in traffic during peak hours, right before exams. Students worldwide are logging in simultaneously, watching videos, submitting assignments, and taking tests. If your Oracle Cloud Load Balancer isn’t distributing traffic efficiently or back-end servers are struggling to keep up, students could face slow loading times or service outages.