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atatus

Exploring Splunk Alternatives [2026]: Deep Dive into Log Analysis

Feb 10, 2026 By Aiswarya S In Atatus
Splunk isn't bad software. It's genuinely powerful. But in 2026, a lot of engineering teams are asking a fair question: are we getting $300K worth of value out of this? More often than not, the answer is no. We went through 15 alternatives - read the docs, tested where we could, and talked to engineers who made the switch. This is what we found.
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What problem is agentic AI trying to solve?

Feb 10, 2026 By Elastic In Elastic
Agentic AI isn’t limited to security operations. It’s already improving hospitals, financial systems, and service industries by reducing overload and filling skill gaps. Here’s the problem it was actually built to solve. Additional Resources: About Elastic Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale. Elastic’s solutions for search, observability, and security are built on the Elastic Search AI Platform — the development platform used by thousands of companies, including more than 50% of the Fortune 500.
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VictoriaMetrics

VictoriaLogs in VictoriaMetrics Cloud: Fast, Cost-Effective Log Management is Here

Feb 10, 2026 By Jose Gomez-Selles In VictoriaMetrics
Yes, you got it right: VictoriaLogs is now Generally Available in VictoriaMetrics Cloud! We believe that this is a huge milestone in our journey to deliver what our users are expecting from us: a complete, managed observability solution. If you’ve been following our quarterly updates, you know we’ve been after this launch for a while. In our latest update a few weeks ago we already announced that we were ready and today we’re making it official.
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What is agentic AI? (explained in 60 seconds)

Feb 9, 2026 By Elastic In Elastic
Agentic AI is the next evolution of artificial intelligence. Unlike traditional AI, it can act autonomously and make decisions on its own. Here’s what that actually means, without the hype. Additional Resources: About Elastic Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale. Elastic’s solutions for search, observability, and security are built on the Elastic Search AI Platform — the development platform used by thousands of companies, including more than 50% of the Fortune 500.
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solarwinds

The Human-Centric Stack: Why Logs Are the Great Equalizer in the Age of AI

Feb 5, 2026 By Rachel Revoy In SolarWinds
In 2026, we are seeing incredible feats of engineering with agentic AI, impacting metrics and distributed traces that map thousands of microservices. Our systems have never been more intelligent and complex. However, as our observability becomes more intelligent, fewer employees know how to manage and troubleshoot complex systems. These employees, who often bear the brunt of an error’s impact, may need to rely on specialists to interpret the system.
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coralogix

Beyond a Billion Spans: Using Highlights for High-Speed Root Cause Analysis at Scale

Feb 5, 2026 By Jonny Steiner In Coralogix
In late 2025, we introduced Trace Highlight Comparison. This capability was designed to solve the problem of having too many spans. This causes technical and financial challenges when identifying performance patterns within high-volume telemetry streams. The goal is to avoid massive indexing costs and eliminate the ingestion latency associated with indexing every record. However, knowing these trends is only half the battle.
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What you missed at OTel Unplugged 2026 in 8 minutes!

Feb 5, 2026 By Bindplane In ObservIQ
OTel Unplugged 2026 was different by design. Held alongside FOSDEM in Brussels, this was an unconference built by the OpenTelemetry community, for the community. No sales pitches. No product demos. Just honest conversations about what’s working, what’s broken, and where OTel needs to go next. In this recap, you’ll hear short interviews and reflections from engineers, maintainers, and practitioners on.
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mezmo

The Grok-to-AI Evolution: Why Modern SREs Are Moving Beyond Manual Parsing

Feb 4, 2026 By Mezmo In Mezmo
Grok structures logs. Context engineering connects systems. AI explains behavior. For years, Grok patterns have been the workhorse of the SRE world. Built on regular expressions, Grok helps teams extract structure from unstructured logs. As we explored in "Do You Grok It?", Grok is the key to turning messy log lines into usable fields. It's why our Grok Pattern Reference remains one of our most-visited resources — SREs are hungry for structure.
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elastic

Observability trends for 2026 (Part 2): GenAI and OpenTelemetry reshape the landscape

Feb 4, 2026 By David Hope In Elastic
Over the course of my 20 years as a developer, SRE, and now observability product leader, software has typically progressed at a good pace. But now, the emergence of two transformative technologies are fundamentally reshaping enterprise observability: generative AI (GenAI) and OpenTelemetry (OTel). We surveyed over 500 IT decision-makers for a new report:The Landscape of Observability in 2026: Balancing Cost and Innovation.
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