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Everything You Should Know About OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib

Observability isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s essential. OpenTelemetry steps in as a unified framework that helps you collect, process, and export telemetry data across distributed systems. The OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib extends this framework, offering extra components that make it even more powerful and flexible, helping developers and operators monitor and optimize systems with ease.

5 Metrics That Lay the Foundation for Database Observability

Database observability is the number one way to keep data moving smoothly around your environment. But have you ever wondered how the modern observability solution forms such a comprehensive picture of your infrastructure? Let’s check out five key metrics that form the foundation of effective database observability.

Failover cluster storage: A comprehensive guide

Availability is the most important driving factor that shapes every decision an organization makes. To ensure high availability, failover clustering is one of the most commonly used solutions in modern IT infrastructure. In this article, we'll learn what failover cluster storage, cluster shared storage, and cluster shared volumes are. Then, we will guide you on how to manage and monitor these crucial resources.

A Short 2024 Recap

With almost all of 2025 out in front of us, we wanted to make sure that you saw all of the great progress and useful features that got pushed live in 2024! Last year was a year of big strides forward, meaningful conversations with our community, and exciting updates to our product. Before we dive into all the exciting things ahead in 2025, let’s take a moment to celebrate the progress we made this past year.

The Five Ws (and H) of Exposure Management

The Five Ws and H — who, what, when, where, why and how — have long been used as a checklist in journalism to make sure a story covers every piece of essential information. The same concept is employed here to make sure all the essential information about exposure management is covered in this post. Read on for a better understanding of exposure management (the Five Ws) and actionable guidance for implementing it (the H).

The shift to digital: How businesses are reshaping their priorities for 2025

Do you remember Back to the Future Day? The day in 2015 when the world celebrated Marty McFly’s trip to a futuristic 2015 in the iconic movie? We laughed at the idea of hoverboards and self-tying shoes while marveling at how much of what was once science fiction was becoming real. Here’s the thing, though: the future never announces its arrival with a neon sign or a ringing bell. It just happens.