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Webinar | Influencing a diverse and equitable workforce, from startups to the enterprise

In this fresh take on Allyship in the Tech space, Ingrid Hadley from ILH Possibilities and Tucker Callaway, CEO of LogDNA, will discuss the issues that the industry faces from decades of putting diversity, equity, and inclusion on the back burner. The conversation will be moderated by Alexis Ohanian, Co-founder of Reddit and Initialized Capital who is a first-round investor in LogDNA.

Searching for Unknowns

When you’re troubleshooting, issues seem to fall into two categories: issues based on an alert or error message where you have a good idea where to start and ones where you have no idea what’s going on. The first issues are usually straightforward. You use the information provided in the alert or error message to search the logs and pull up the relevant event messages.

Best practices for monitoring AWS CloudTrail logs

Engineering teams that build, scale, and manage cloud-based applications on AWS know that at some point in time, their applications and infrastructure will be under attack. But as applications expand and new features are added, securing the full scope of an AWS environment becomes an increasingly complex task. To add visibility and auditability, AWS CloudTrail tracks the who, what, where, and when of activity that occurs in your AWS environment and records this activity in the form of audit logs.

Better monitoring and logging for Compute Engine VMs

Over the past several months we’ve been focused on improving observability and operations workflows for Compute Engine. Today, we are excited to share the first wave of these enhancements are now available. These include: Significantly improved operating system support for the Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging agents. The ability to rapidly deploy, update, and remove agents to groups of VMs, or all of your VMs, by policy, with as little as a single gcloud command.

The Data Age is Here: Our Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Define It

Brace yourselves – the Data Age isn't coming, it's already here. In this special event, “The Data Age is Here: Our Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Define It,” we hear from Principal Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton, Kirk Borne, and our own VP of Industries and Specialization, Mike Saliter, in a conversation moderated by Splunk VP of corporate marketing, Claire Hockin, as they break down key takeaways from our latest global report and share insights on how organizations can prepare for the digital era. #DataAgeIsHere

Leveraging logs to better secure cloud-native applications

With the growing popularity of cloud computing, security incidents related to it have been on the rise. Logs are indispensable resources for countering these threats, and they can be utilized for alerting, taking remedial action, and even preventing future attacks. In this post, we will examine ways to better secure cloud-native applications using logs.

observIQ Launches Powerful New Full Stack Log Management Platform to Beta

observIQ, a global leader of open source observability solutions for DevOps and ITOps, announces that it has launched a beta program for its new SaaS-based log management platform called observIQ Cloud. observIQ Cloud allows customers to seamlessly monitor multi and hybrid cloud environments at enterprise scale.