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GrafanaCON 2023: A guide to all the big announcements from Grafana Labs

GrafanaCON 2023 marks a huge milestone: It’s the official release of Grafana 10 and also the kick-off to celebrating a decade of dashboarding with Grafana. The GrafanaCON 2023 opening keynote, delivered by Grafana Labs co-founders Raj Dutt, Torkel Ödegaard, and Anthony Wood, streamed live on June 13 from Stockholm, Sweden, the birthplace of Grafana.

Toronto Open Source Data Infrastructure Meetup - May 2023

A recording from the first Open Source Data Infrastructure meetup in Toronto, hosted by Aiven on May 17, 2023. The video features a talk by Matty Stratton, Director of Developer Relations at Aiven, and Kat Cosgrove, Lead Developer Advocate at Dell: "Databases: A History of Places to Put Your Stuff".

Open Source Monitoring vs Proprietary Software

It’s easy to get pulled into paying more and more at a major monitoring company, despite not getting the functionality that you’re looking for. Leaving your monitoring provider can be difficult because it means replacing expensive software or hardware, re-educating your team, and transferring huge amounts of data to a new system - data that may or may not be well suited to the new system. Despite these issues, there are many reasons that motivate users to move to open source.

How telco companies can reduce 5G infrastructure costs with open source

5G has the potential to revolutionise the telecommunications industry, offering high speed and connectivity for a wide range of devices ranging from radio access networks (RAN), user equipment (UE), and core networks. However, the high costs associated with 5G infrastructure have been a significant blocker for adoption, hindering innovation and growth in this area. This blog discusses the primary challenges faced in the telecom industry and how open source technologies are helping to resolve them.

Deploy PostgreSQL service with custom configurations using Terraform

In this video, Dewan covers how to create an Aiven for PostgreSQL service with custom configurations. For your automation needs, he is using Aiven Terraform Provider for the deployment. CHAPTERS ABOUT AIVEN Aiven’s cloud data platform helps your business reach its highest potential by making your data work for you. It provides fully managed open source data infrastructure on all major clouds, helping developers focus on what they do best: innovate and create without worrying about the limitations of technology.

Top 11 MYSQL monitoring tools in 2023 [open-source included]

Database monitoring is a critical component in your application performance monitoring. Apart from application code issues, database issues are one of the most common reasons for a bad user experience. MySQL is one of the most popular open-source DBMS that businesses have widely adopted. MySQL monitoring tools can help you identify potential issues with your database, keep a continuous check on your database instances, improve performance and detect and alert you about real-time issues.

Webinar | What's new with Aiven platform

This is your chance to hear directly from Jonah Kowall, the VP of Product Management at Aiven, as he takes you on a journey through our dynamic platform and highlights the latest advancements we've made in the past six months. Not only will you get an exclusive look at all the exciting new features, but you'll also discover the contributions Aiven has made to open source communities like Kafka, OpenSearch, and PostgreSQL.

From Spotify to Open Source: The Backstory of Backstage

Technology juggernauts–despite their larger staffs and budgets–still face the “cognitive load” for DevOps that many organizations deal with day-to-day. That’s what led Spotify to build Backstage, which supports DevOps and platform engineering practices for the creation of developer portals.

How to create session windows in Apache Flink

Apache Flink Session windows allow you to sessionize your events based on the lag between records having the same key. Find out how you can create session windows with Flink SQL. Check out these resources to learn more: CHAPTERS ABOUT AIVEN Aiven’s cloud data platform helps your business reach its highest potential by making your data work for you. It provides fully managed open source data infrastructure on all major clouds, helping developers focus on what they do best: innovate and create without worrying about the limitations of technology.

Starting Your Open-Source Journey

Are you a newbie developer looking to level up your skills and make a difference in the tech community? Join us for a fun and interactive webinar on how to start contributing to open-source projects! Komodor’s Head of Open-Source, Andrei Pokhilko, will guide you through the basics of open-source, show you how to find the right projects for you, and provide tips on how to make your contributions stand out.