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Originally published on Medium, this piece by Winston Hearn dives into a philosophical discussion on why the "data is oil" metaphor is no longer serving the tech industry. Hearn argues that by reframing our thinking to "data is power," we can better understand and manage today's complex data systems. ‍ For more than a decade, we in the tech industry have referenced a common metaphor: data is the new oil. It’s a concept that’s easy to grasp.

When something breaks in your application, a slow page, a spike in errors, or a drop in engagement, the typical response is to chase the symptoms. But what if we flipped that process? What if we started not from user complaints, but from actual performance measurements, collected from real sessions in real time? That’s exactly the idea behind Coralogix RUM Measurements.

In a modern DevOps environment, having just metrics or just logs is like trying to navigate with half a map because you’re missing important context that makes decisions faster and smarter. Metrics tell you what is happening (CPU spikes, request rates, failed logins) but logs tell you why it’s happening, with the timestamps to prove it.

Traditional observability tools can’t keep up with modern complexity. Dashboard and alert-based approaches still rely heavily on manual processes, resulting in longer troubleshooting cycles, slower decisions, and higher MTTR. Engineering teams need something better. Today we’re launching Open 360 AI, the first observability platform designed for both humans and AI agents working together.

VictoriaLogs Practical Ingestion Guide for Message, Time and Streams This VictoriaLogs article serves as a quick way to grasp the core concepts of VictoriaLogs. It covers only the most important information from the documentation, along with common cases identified after troubleshooting many real-world scenarios. If you’re just getting started with VictoriaLogs, this is a great place to begin. For more in-depth or advanced details, refer to the official documentation.

Storage reduction example on PowerShell logs with full context.

Security threats aren’t always loud and don’t always crash systems or trigger alarms. Sometimes they creep in quietly as a steady stream of unauthorized login attempts, slow brute-force probes, or unknown IPs scanning your server for vulnerabilities. These behaviors often show up in logs before they surface in metrics but if you're only watching logs or only tracking metrics, you're missing part of the story.