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If you missed KubeCon North America 2023 in Chicago, or you were there and spent more time in the “hallway tracks,” you may have missed some of the big news that came out of the show. We covered the big happenings in the open source cloud native and observability realm in the latest episode of OpenObservability Talks!

The ability to swiftly resolve incidents is central to SREs responsible for a service's reliability and its users' satisfaction. Mezmo has recognized this need and, at Kubecon, unveiled an innovative solution: Mezmo Responsive Pipelines. Responsive Pipelines enable users to pre-configure a Pipeline to respond automatically in the case of an incident.

Depending on where you are on your journey with microservices, you may have noticed visibility into the system can be a bit tricky at times. Well, there’s good news. Not knowing what’s going on in the system is a solvable problem. One of the first things you can do is get your logs in order. And one of the best ways of doing so is aggregating your logs into a single logging service.

The OpenTelemetry project provides many different components and instrumentations that support different languages and telemetry signals. However, new users often find it hard to pick the right ones and configure them properly for their specific use cases. For this reason, OpenTelemetry defines the concept of a distribution, which is a tailored and customized version of OpenTelemetry components. Here at Grafana Labs, we are all-in on OpenTelemetry.

IT infrastructure must meet enterprise needs for effective service delivery while also providing value for money. This is a critical undertaking. Massive data growth, increased complexity of hybrid cloud environments, and emphasis on digital-first strategies are just some of the challenges. This requires an advanced approach to how infrastructure is configured and controlled — infrastructure management.

LogicMonitor’s latest product innovations deliver on our commitment to creating a unified experience, supported by a strong foundation in layered intelligence and hybrid observability. What’s new?

At AppSignal, our pricing revolves around the number of requests we process for a customer and the number of buckets of logging data we store. After their free trial, customers are offered the most fitting plan for them based on their usage in the previous 30 days. About nine years ago, we noticed that many customers were slowly growing their number of requests, but we kept charging them for the plan they started on.

This time of year, complete with Thanksgiving, re:Invent and December holidays around the world, ends up feeling like a natural moment to pause, reflect, and plan for what’s ahead. This is especially true this year, as it also marks my half-year anniversary as CEO of Sumo Logic. I have a strong sense of why I joined, what I’ve learned since leading the incredible team of Sumos, and where I see us going in the future.

Businesses and individuals alike have embraced the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of VoIP, but ensuring a seamless and high-quality experience requires more than just a reliable internet connection. Enter Quality of Service (QoS), a crucial framework that governs and prioritizes network traffic to guarantee optimal performance for real-time applications like VoIP.