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Get Kafka-Nated Episode 2: Josep Prat - Life of a Kafka contributor

Jul 28, 2025 By Aiven In Aiven
The Aiven Platform is more than a collection of open source services for streaming, storing and analyzing data. The platform ensures that all services run reliably and securely in the clouds of your choice, are observable, and can easily be integrated with each other and with external 3rd party tools.
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9 Best IT Alerting Software in 2025 (Plus 3 Open-Source Options)

Jul 25, 2025 By Sreekar In Spike
I’ve curated a list of 9 best IT alerting software and 3 open-source alternatives for you. Every tool on this list handles the core alerting functions you need: incident detection, fast alert delivery, clear escalation paths, and reliable incident logging. Since all these tools tick those boxes, I focused on what makes each tool special. You’ll find their unique features under “Standout Alerting Features of ” for each option.
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OpenTelemetry at Grafana Labs: the latest on how we're investing in the emerging industry standard

Jul 21, 2025 By Grafana Labs Team In Grafana
Here at Grafana Labs, open source has always been core to what we do. So it should come as no surprise that we’re going all in on OpenTelemetry—an open source project that’s quickly becoming an industry standard for vendor-neutral telemetry.
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Why Branding Still Matters in the Age of DevOps and SaaS Automation

Why Branding Still Matters in the Age of DevOps and SaaS Automation

Jul 18, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
In a landscape dominated by automation, CI/CD pipelines, and observability dashboards, branding can feel... secondary. After all, if your platform ships fast, scales reliably, and integrates with everything - why should anyone care what it looks or sounds like? The answer is simple: they do.
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Enhancing authentication security: Inside Microsoft's open source contribution to Grafana

Jul 11, 2025 By Trevor Jones In Grafana
When Microsoft engineers went looking for a modern visualization platform to help track critical signals and make quicker decisions, Grafana emerged as the clear favorite. But there was just one hitch: the available authentication methods didn’t quite meet their needs.
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sentry

An open-source SDK for finding dead code

Jul 8, 2025 By Noah Martin In Sentry
Writing code is easier than ever. We want to make deleting code just as easy – introducing Reaper for iOS and Android. Reaper was an Emerge Tools product that helped companies like Duolingo delete 1% of their iOS codebase. And just like with Emerge Tools’ Launch Booster, we’re making Reaper open-source for anyone to use. In this post, we’ll explain what Reaper is, why you should care about dead code, and how Reaper works on both platforms.
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How Upskilling Future-Proofs IT Operations Teams

How Upskilling Future-Proofs IT Operations Teams

Jul 4, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
As sectors worldwide confront swift digital evolution, one reality has emerged: skill enhancement is no longer discretionary. It represents a necessity for maintaining competitiveness. The requirements of emerging technologies, changing business frameworks, and developing client demands indicate that organizations must continuously advance their personnel capabilities. Through emphasizing skill development, enterprises can preserve experienced talent, maintain flexibility, and establish themselves for sustained prosperity.
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Aiven Surpasses $100M ARR: A Story of Community, Open Source, and What's Next

Jul 3, 2025 By Aiven In Aiven
Great news from Aiven! We are thrilled to announce that we have officially surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Our journey started with a simple goal: to give developers access to the best open-source data technologies like PostgreSQL, Kafka, and OpenSearch, without the usual complexity. This incredible milestone proves the strength of our mission and the amazing open-source community we've built together.
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The Open Source Observability Podcast - EP #1: Clickhouse, Data Lakes, and AWS S3 with Joshua Lee

Jun 27, 2025 By Coroot In Coroot
In this episode we get to dive into some of Josh's favourite databases and telemetry sources for observability. Listen to learn what open source software you could benefit from including in your toolstack! Joshua Lee is a Developer Advocate at Altinity, where he applies his observability and engineering background to ClickHouse use cases and creates educational content to support the open source community. He has over 15 years of experience in leading software projects for a broad scope of industries.
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