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How to use custom variables in Grafana dashboards

Apr 3, 2025 By Grafana In Grafana
Custom variables let you define your own options for dashboard viewers to select. They're a way to fine-tune how your dashboard behaves. In this video we'll look at how to use custom variables in your own dashboards. Grafana Cloud is the easiest way to get started with Grafana dashboards, metrics, logs, and traces. Our forever-free tier includes access to 10k metrics, 50GB logs, 50GB traces and more. We also have plans for every use case.
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changetower

Why you should be skeptical of SEO monitoring tools promising AIO monitoring in 2025

Apr 3, 2025 By ChangeTower In ChangeTower
AIO Monitoring refers to the practice of tracking and analyzing the presence and impact of AI Overviews in search engine results pages (SERPs). AI Overviews are AI-generated summaries that appear at the top of SERPs, providing users with concise answers to their queries without necessitating a click-through to a website. This shift has profound implications for organic traffic and visibility, prompting SEO professionals to seek effective monitoring solutions.
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ScienceLogic

ScienceLogic Earns Trusted Seller Recognition from TrustRadius

Apr 3, 2025 By ScienceLogic In ScienceLogic
At ScienceLogic, transparency and integrity are not just principles—they are the foundation of our mission. We are proud to share that ScienceLogic has been recognized as a Trusted Seller by TrustRadius. This distinction affirms our dedication to ethical review sourcing, accurate product information, and building customer trust.
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splunk

Observability Costs: Tips for More Efficient Data Management

Apr 3, 2025 By Joanna Zouhour In Splunk
Can you ever get too much data? With modern architectures getting increasingly more complex with hundreds of microservices and containers, data volume grows at an exponential rate, and there’s no pause in sight. In this era of ever-expanding volume of telemetry, it’s nearly impossible to separate valuable data from noise, making things like root cause analysis or alerting needlessly more complicated, while putting pressure on the performance of your stack, your scalability and budget.
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The Importance of TTFB for Web Performance #coding #frontend #programming #chromedevtools

Apr 3, 2025 By Request Metrics In Request Metrics
Discover why Time to First Byte (TTFB) is crucial for website speed in this essential Concepts of Web Performance tutorial with Todd Gardner from Request Metrics. Perfect for junior web developers learning performance optimization, this concise guide explains exactly what TTFB measures—the critical waiting period between a user's initial request and your server's first response. Learn how TTFB encompasses redirects, DNS lookups, SSL negotiations, server processing time, and geographical distance, making it the first blocking step in your page's loading sequence.
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site24x7

Why network observability is a boardroom priority for CEOs

Apr 3, 2025 By Rama Venkatesan In Site24x7
Finances, strategy, and market expansion are all common CEO concerns. However, CEOs also need to focus on automatic advanced observability across highly dynamic environments. Network observability has become a boardroom discussion point because downtime directly impacts business performance. Observability helps reduce costs and enhance service quality. But what is network observability? Is observability truly necessary if you have a monitoring solution in place?
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observiq

Announcing BYOC and the OpenTelemetry Distribution Builder

Apr 3, 2025 By Ryan Goins In ObservIQ
Instead of deploying a patchwork of proprietary agents for every platform, a telemetry pipeline lets you route your data through a single, consistent layer—and send it to any backend you choose. Flexibility, achieved. But there’s a catch. If your pipeline is proprietary, you’ve only shifted the lock-in left. Sure, you can now add or swap destinations freely—but you’re still deeply dependent on a vendor in the middle of your data flow.
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checkly

Detect, Resolve, and Communicate: Introducing Checkly Status Pages

Apr 3, 2025 By Sara Miteva In Checkly
Checkly has always been your early warning system—giving engineering teams unmatched speed and precision in detecting problems through powerful synthetic monitoring. When systems fail, communicating clearly and quickly is just as important as fixing the issue itself. Downtime is inevitable. Confusion doesn’t have to be.
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