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Stopping Agents and modules during a time interval

Learn how to create planned stops. Imagine that we are monitoring our resources, and we have to do a maintenance of an equipment that is being monitored, that equipment, or some of its services, will stop being operative and false alerts and events will be generated. To avoid this, there are the planned stops, a PandoraFMS system that allows us to deactivate the agents and modules that we select during a time interval, this way we will avoid receiving false alerts and events.

DASH 2023: Guide to Datadog's newest announcements

This year at DASH, we announced new products and features that enable your teams to get complete visibility into their AI ecosystem, utilize LLM for efficient troubleshooting, take full control of petabytes of observability data, optimize cloud costs, and more. With Datadog’s new AI integrations, you can easily monitor every layer of your AI stack. And Bits AI, our new DevOps copilot, helps speed up the detection and resolution of issues across your environment.

What is Garbage Collection in Java: Detailed Guide

The Garbage Collection (GC) feature in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is truly remarkable. It automatically identifies and cleans up unused Java objects without burdening developers with manual allocation and deallocation of memory. As an SRE or Java Administrator you need a strong understanding of the Java Garbage Collection mechanism to ensure optimal performance and stability of your Java applications.

Leveraging Git for Cribl Stream Config: A Backup and Tracking Solution

Having your Cribl Stream instance connected to a remote git repo is a great way to have a backup of the cribl config. It also allows for easy tracking and viewing of all Cribl Stream config changes for improved accountability and auditing. Our Goal: Get Cribl configured with a remote Git repo and also configured with git signed commits. Git signed commits are a way of using cryptography to digitally add a signature to git commits.

3 Ways to Lower Costs and Improve Efficiency This Year and Every Year

The second half of 2023 is officially in full swing, and with that comes everyone’s favorite topic of conversation; end of year fiscal targets and annual budget reviews. For IT teams, the perennial ask will come down from above…. “we need to find $X, what can we cut, where can we find efficiencies and how much can your department save?”. You need to figure out how to save money and improve efficiency – and you don’t have much time to do it.

Google and Goliath - An Ideal Match

The rise of ChromeOS has been a significant development in the world of technology, particularly in the enterprise world. As an IT professional, I have witnessed firsthand how businesses have shifted their approach towards technology to boost productivity and efficiency. ChromeOS has emerged as a cloud-based operating system that is gaining popularity due to its simplicity, affordability, and security features.

New in Grafana 10: Grafana Scenes for building dynamic dashboarding experiences

With Grafana 10, the latest major release of our data visualization platform, we wanted to explore new ways to empower our developer community. Case in point: Grafana Scenes, a new frontend library that enables developers to create dashboard-like experiences — such as querying and transformations, dynamic panel rendering, and time ranges — directly within their Grafana application plugins.

7 OpenTelemetry Metrics to Track for Better Visibility

In today’s rapidly evolving software landscape, ensuring observability is crucial for building robust and reliable applications. One of the critical components of observability is metrics, which provide valuable insights into the performance and behavior of our systems. OpenTelemetry, an open-source observability framework, offers a standardized approach to capturing, exporting, and analyzing metrics. This blog post explores seven OpenTelemetry metrics for tracking better visibility.

Revolutionizing call center management: The power of Full-Stack Observability with UCCE/PCCE

Full-stack observability with Cisco AppDynamics revolutionizes call center management, optimizing performance, improving customer experience and driving business success. Full-stack observability has revolutionized call center management by integrating Cisco AppDynamics into Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE). Let’s explore the value of UCCE monitoring and its ability to deliver exceptional customer experiences.