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How to use OpenTelemetry resource attributes and Grafana Cloud Application Observability to accelerate root cause analysis

Let’s imagine a scenario: you use OpenTelemetry, and your observability backend runs on several hosts. You collect data on application latency, and notice a recent increase that you want to investigate. But how will you know which host caused the degradation? This is exactly where OpenTelmetry resources come in. In the context of OpenTelemetry, a resource represents the entity producing the telemetry data, such as a container, host, process, service, or operating system.

Website Availability Monitoring

Website availability monitoring is checking your website regularly to make sure it is accessible and working for users at all times. This involves testing your site's uptime, which is the time your website is up and available, as well as its performance, such as loading speed and responsiveness. By monitoring your website from different locations around the world, you can get a view of how your site is performing for users in different regions.

Real-world Observability AI: An Interactive Chat with Logz.io IQ Assistant

There’s so much hype around the use of AI in observability — but how does that translate into making tangible progress with your day-to-day tasks? At Logz.io we’ve introduced an AI-based chatbot assistant to the Open 360 platform that automatically delves into your stack, fine-tunes your workflows and enables conversation directly with your systems and data.

Build custom monitoring and remediation tools with Datadog App Builder

When you’re responding to an issue with your application in the heat of on-call, you need reliable, well-maintained tooling that’s painless to use. Otherwise, the time you’ll spend combing through monitoring data for context, connecting to hosts and other infrastructure resources, and pivoting between consoles for various managed services can add up quickly and slow your response.

Understanding application performance monitoring

Applications drive user engagement, support internal operations, and facilitate revenue generation for modern businesses—so much so, that it could be called a fundamental element of an organization. Application performance monitoring ensures these applications function optimally and reliably. It provides insights for proactive problem identification and prevention to minimize downtime and ensure a smooth user experience.

GripMatix Launches Free Citrix Logon Simulator and SCOM MP

MetrixInsight for Citrix Logon Simulator is a robust solution built around the advanced capabilities of the GripMatix Logon Simulator for Citrix. It continuously conducts and monitors synthetic logon transactions, ensuring 24/7 operation. By complementing real user logon monitoring, synthetic user logon monitoring offers a proactive approach to assessing Citrix environments.

Selector Named a 2024 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area

For the second consecutive year, Selector has been recognized as a Best Place to Work in the Bay Area. In 2023, the company was ranked among the top 10 companies with 25–49 employees. This year, the company ranked again in the top 10. This regional award is sponsored by the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal in collaboration with Quantum Workplace—an employee engagement data firm.