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Simplifying Everyday Network Management: How AI is Changing the Game

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the current buzz word in IT with AI promoted as the magic ingredient for improving business performance across a wide range of areas. But how, specifically, does AI enhance Network Management? The idea that computers can manage themselves is nothing new.

React quickly to cost overruns with Cost Monitors for Datadog Cloud Cost Management

The dynamic nature of cloud costs can make it difficult to fully understand your cloud spend and embrace cost ownership at all levels of your organization. To establish cost governance, FinOps teams need a complete view of cloud costs, including allocation by team, service, and product. And DevOps teams need to detect, investigate, and quickly mitigate unexpected costs to minimize overruns, even as they continue to build features and operate their services.

Microsoft Outlook on the web Outage, June 6th, MO572252

Yesterday’s Microsoft 365 Suite-wide outages, led to continual faults for Outlook on the web on Tuesday, June 6th. When the outages pile up, it becomes difficult to tell when one starts and the other ends. The latest: Can’t access Outlook on the web and other Microsoft services and features The prior day incidents began with EX571516: Some users are unable to access Outlook on the web, and may experience issues with other Exchange Online services.

Setting Up a Data Loop using Cribl Search and Stream Part 1: Setting up the Data Lake Destination

In the very first video of the series, we delve into the concept of a data loop and why it is beneficial to use Cribl Search and Cribl Stream to optimize the use of a data lake. The video gives a concise overview of Cribl Search and Cribl Stream, and how they work in tandem to create a data loop. We then provide step-by-step instructions on how to configure the Cribl Stream "Amazon S3 Data Lake" Destination to transfer data from Stream to an S3 bucket that has been optimized specifically for Cribl Search's access. Finally, we demonstrate sending sample data to the S3 bucket and present a before-and-after view of the bucket to showcase the impact of the test data.

How to Test Network Performance: Tips, Tricks & Techniques

Welcome, network admins, to an exciting exploration of how to test network performance! In the world of SaaS, Cloud computing, SD-WAN, and UC apps, a strong and reliable network infrastructure is the backbone of successful operations. Whether you're a small startup or an established enterprise, understanding how to test and optimize your network's performance is crucial for staying ahead of the competition.

Setting Up a Data Loop using Cribl Search and Stream Part 2: Configuring Cribl Search

In the second video of our series, we delve into the nuts and bolts of configuring Cribl Search to access the data that we've stored in the S3 bucket. The video guides you step-by-step through the process of configuring the Search S3 dataset provider by using the Stream Data Lake destination as a model for the authentication information. From there, we proceed to walk through the process of creating a Dataset to access the Provider that we've just established. To wrap things up, we demonstrate how to search through the test data that we've previously stored in the S3 bucket.