The recent release of Grafana 8.5 marks the start of enabling the jump from traces directly to Splunk logs. It’s a big leap that now allows you to draw a straight line between your traces — whether they are coming from Tempo, Zipkin, or Jaeger — to even more third-party logging data, all from the comfort of your traces view. Previously, the Grafana trace to logs enablement included only Loki logs.
Helpdesk support software is used by organizations of all sizes to effectively manage support requests from customers. When support teams have access to the right tools, they can elevate customer experiences and inspire retention. Investing in robust helpdesk support software is a no-brainer for your organization. The question is, what are the best practices for implementing helpdesk support software? Typically, support teams already have firmly established workflows and processes in place.
Over the weekend, I visited one of my favorite grocery stores to pick up one item, my favorite fruit e.g star fruit. Because of the location, the grocery star started to implement parking validation so folks would not abuse their free parking deck for extended periods of time. As I just had a handful of star fruits, I decided to use the self-checkout. This was my first time buying produce via self-checkout.
Not everyone knows that for quite some time now, as part of our website, we have been providing free tools designed for anyone who runs and promotes their own website. No matter if it’s a blog, a company website, an online shop or a SaaS application – everyone will find something useful here. Over the years we have gathered more than 10 tools, so we decided to remind you about them – or inform you if you don’t know them yet.
Today’s organizations are adapting office spaces and technology to meet the needs of a hybrid workforce. Microsoft is leading the way, bridging the gap between people working remotely and those in the office with the Microsoft Teams Meeting Room solution that allows everyone to be seen, heard, and fully participate from anywhere.
Toil — endless, exhausting work that yields little value in DevOps and site reliability engineering (SRE) — is the scourge of security engineers everywhere. You end up with mountains of toil if you rely on manual effort to maintain cloud security. Your engineers spend a lot of time doing mundane jobs that don’t actually move the needle. Toil is detrimental to team morale because most technicians will become bored if they spend their days repeatedly solving the same problems.
In order to manage the impact that every entity has on your IT environment, an accurate Configuration Management Database (CMDB) is essential. This tool provides the visibility you need to quickly execute tasks like daily management, determining how to fix an outage, and planning major initiatives like cloud migrations or application changes. To create and maintain an accurate CMDB, automated dependency and discovery mapping (DDM) is key.
