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What is Logging as a Service (LaaS)?

Logging as a Service, or LaaS, is a proven approach to managing and monitoring high-volume log data in modern dynamic environments. LaaS allows companies to manage log data regardless of whether it comes from applications, servers, or devices. With LaaS, companies can more easily aggregate and collate data, scale and manage storage requirements, set up notifications and alerts, and analyze data and trends. It also allows teams to customize dashboards, reports, and visualizations.

OpenSearchCon: Together after 18 Months

OpenSearch was created by the community for the community to continue to keep an open-source alternative to ElasticSearch and Kibana. The project has been hard at work for the last 1.5 years building, launching and iterating on this important initiative. Some remarkable milestones have been achieved, including over 5,800 stars on GitHub with 19 different community-led projects.

One Click Visibility: Coralogix expands APM Capabilities to Kubernetes

There is a common painful workflow with many observability solutions. Each data type is separated into its own user interface, creating a disjointed workflow that increases cognitive load and slows down Mean Time to Diagnose (MTTD). At Coralogix, we aim to give our customers the maximum possible insights for the minimum possible effort. We’ve expanded our APM features (see documentation) to provide deep, contextual insights into applications – but we’ve done something different.

A look under the hood at eBPF: A new way to monitor and secure your platforms

In this post, I want to scratch at the surface of a very interesting technology that Elastic’s Universal Profiler and Security solution both use called eBPF and explain why it is a critically important technology for modern observability. I’ll talk a little bit about how it works and how it can be used to create powerful monitoring solutions — and dream up ways eBPF could be used in the future for observability use cases.

The Leading Sumo Logic Alternatives

Using Sumo Logic, you can analyze both metrics and logs simultaneously. Developed in 2010, this solution provides a powerful query language and scheduling support. Sumo Logic's production monitoring features provide visibility into production issues. Instead of manually writing alerts, the platform offers pre-configured alert templates (which Logit.io also offers), which makes setting up alerts easier and faster.

Cribl's Fall Launch: Beyond the Pipeline

What's new in Cribl's Fall release? Stream 4.0: A UX refresh, new DB collector, and a Pipeline profiling capability for better visibility and reduced time to resolution. Cribl.Cloud 4.0: BYO IdP, cloud-hosted queueing for sources and destinations, and the ability to purchase a Cribl.Cloud subscription directly from the AWS Marketplace. Edge 4.0: The addition of fleet management, AppScope Edge integration, enhanced Kubernetes support, and the power to handle up to 15k Edge nodes for even more visibility, at scale.

"Managing OpenTelemetry Through the OpAMP Protocol" by Mike Kelly, observIQ

Managing thousands of data collection Agents across just as many servers can overwhelm DevOps teams. Open Agent Management Protocol (OpAMP) is a new network protocol from the OpenTelemetry Project that enables remote management of OpenTelemetry collectors, allowing them to report their status to and receive configuration from a Server and to receive agent package updates from the server. This eliminates the need to create new custom distributions and redeploy, drastically simplifying Agent management.