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The Story of Grafana | Episode 3: Open (Source) for Business | Grafana Documentary

In 2014, Grafana Labs (formerly known as Raintank) was founded with one mission in mind: To build a sustainable business around the popular open source Grafana project and use the revenue from our commercial offerings to re-invest in the technology.

EMA explores Elastic AI Assistant for Security

Spoiler alert: it’s great! Elastic Security has been making waves among busy security analysts everywhere with the launch of Elastic AI Assistant. Whether it’s synthesizing alert details and suggesting next steps, or the recent addition from Elastic 8.11 to generate ES|QL queries from natural language, there’s a lot to love about Elastic AI Assistant for security efforts.

Effective Trace Instrumentation with Semantic Conventions

There’s plenty of literature on the mechanics of instrumenting code with OpenTelemetry and delivering it to Honeycomb. However, I’ve not found many guides on the craft of instrumenting code in order to have a good observability experience in your system. A lot of focus is placed on automatic instrumentation—which is great, particularly if you’re new to observability or retrofitting—but it misses the power of good instrumentation at the application level.

A Look Back at 2023

As we've turned the final pages of 2023 and now set our sights on 2024, it felt like an appropriate moment to pause, reflect, and shine a light on the steps we've made over the past year at BugSplat. There are a couple of compelling reasons to do this: First, we recognize that some of our key updates might slip under the radar amidst the hustle and bustle of daily tasks. Highlighting these changes is our way of giving you a second chance to discover some useful new features at your disposal.

How to calculate uptime accurately: Essential guide & expert tips

Ever wondered how businesses ensure their websites are always up and running? That's where the concept of uptime comes in. This key metric is crucial for any online service, reflecting the reliability and availability of websites and digital platforms. Uptime isn't just about keeping sites operational; it's about guaranteeing consistent access for users and maintaining business continuity.

GDPR Compliance in 2024

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, affecting all organizations doing business in the EU, regardless of where the organization operates. This affects every type of company from small online stores to very large enterprises. By now everyone knows this, we hope. But let’s have a little recap before sharing some updates. Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is considered one of the toughest global privacy and security laws.

Guarantee Network Uptime with Network Uptime Monitoring

Network downtime is no fun for anyone. End users (tied to their computing devices) don’t know what to do, customers and partners can’t do business with you and IT pulls out more hair than a barber shop floor. Network downtime leads to lost productivity, business and precious IT time. Here are a few uptime facts to consider: The answer to all these ills is to avoid network downtime in the first place by ensuring the opposite: network uptime.