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3 Ways Educational Institutions Can Avoid IT Tool Sprawl

As more and more money enters the state and local government budgets from pandemic relief funds like The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program, the prospect of IT tool sprawl is becoming more prevalent than ever before. While the SLFRF program has presented enormous opportunities for state and local agencies, waste and fraud are almost a given, considering the amount of money being distributed to bolster agency systems.

How to monitor Apache Flink with OpenTelemetry

Apache Flink monitoring support is now available in the open source OpenTelemetry collector. You can check out the OpenTelemetry repo here! You can utilize this receiver in conjunction with any OTel collector: including the OpenTelemetry Collector and observIQ’s distribution of the collector. Below are quick instructions for setting up observIQ’s OpenTelemetry distribution, and shipping Apache Flink telemetry to a popular backend: Google Cloud Ops.

Alerts Builder Demo | Setup powerful alerts on the go | SigNoz

In this video we walk you through the Alerts Builder feature that we have shipped with SigNoz in v0.10. Agenda: More about SigNoz: SigNoz - Monitor your applications and troubleshoot problems in your deployed applications, an open-source alternative to DataDog, New Relic, etc. Backed by Y Combinator. SigNoz helps developers monitor applications and troubleshoot problems in their deployed applications. SigNoz uses distributed tracing to gain visibility into your software stack.

Introduction to reliability management

Ensuring your digital customer experiences are exceptional is a goal of any modern business. However, managing the reliability of ever more complex applications is a challenge. Developers are releasing new capabilities in fast-moving sprints and the business wants maximum velocity with minimal risk. SRE teams create a structure of continuous improvement that focuses on ensuring the application is reliable above all else.

Basic Docker Commands | Tutorial for Beginners | Useful List with Examples -Sematext

Get started with Docker using these basic Docker commands. Whether you are in DevOps or development, you will probably end up using Docker containers. In this Docker commands tutorial for beginners, we will offer examples of how to pull a Docker container, start and stop the containers, list your Docker network, and delete unused containers. While there are many more features to uncover, these are the most useful and common Docker commands you should learn as you’ll use them on a daily basis.

3 reasons why reporting SLOs at scale is hard

I figure you’re doing okay with SquaredUp. It still works for you. Maybe you feel there are a couple of things that could be improved, but it’s not a big deal. So you’ve not upgraded yet. And frankly, because it all works fine and is still doing its job, you haven’t kept up to date on all the latest features rolled out in the SquaredUp updates. But…you’re missing out – on a lot.

StackPod: Jujhar Singh of Thoughtworks on Why Technology Is Always About People

A few episodes ago, we talked with fellow podcaster and tech evangelist Dotan Horovits. During that episode, Dotan shared that he wrote a blog post with Jujhar Singh called “How Much Observability Is Enough?” which is definitely a recommended read if you’re implementing observability and feeling overwhelmed. After reading this article, we were eager to invite Jujhar to the StackPod as well, to dive into this topic a bit more.