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7 Ways Looker Studio Consultants Maximize Data ROI for Growing Companies

When a company scales fast, data can feel like an overstuffed email inbox: new messages pile up quicker than anyone can read, let alone act on them. Looker Studio (formerly Google Data Studio) promises order, yet many teams still wrestle with sluggish dashboards, unclear metrics, and runaway BigQuery bills. That's where specialized Looker Studio consultants step in. They blend technical skill with business savvy to turn raw data into repeatable revenue wins.

Out-of-the-box Alerting for Frontend Observability in Grafana Cloud

Get alerted on frontend issues the moment they happen — no setup headaches required. In this short demo, Elliot Kirk from Grafana Labs introduces out-of-the-box alerting for frontend observability. Whether you're tracking error counts or web vitals, this new feature makes it easy to stay ahead of performance issues. With just a few clicks, you can: Enable prebuilt alerts for your apps Visualize and edit alerts directly in the UI Customize thresholds and durations Set up notifications and stay in the loop Launch alerting with every new app setup.

What is Grafana Cloud? Fully Managed Observability Built on Open Standards | Grafana Labs

Grafana Cloud helps teams detect, investigate, and resolve incidents faster—thanks to AI, open standards, and seamless integrations with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Salesforce, and more. See how it all works in this live demo of a simulated e-commerce outage.

Grafana 12.1 release: automated health checks for your Grafana instance, streamlined views in Grafana Alerting, visualization updates, and more

It’s official: Grafana 12.1 is here! The latest release delivers new features that simplify the management of Grafana instances, streamline how you manage alert rules (so you can find the alerts you need, when you need them), and more. Grafana 12.1: Download now! Below are just some of the highlights from the latest Grafana release. If you are looking for more details about all the changes in this release, refer to the changelog or the What’s New documentation.

Grafana Campfire - Using the Grafana MCP Server (Grafana Community Call - July 2025)

In this month of the Campfire Community call, we will exploring the Grafana MCP (Model Context Protocol) server - an open-source tool that enables AI assistants to directly interact with your Grafana instance. We will learn some basics such as: Join me (Usman), Matt Ryer, and David Kaltschmidt for this exciting session. Expert guests: Ioanna Armouti, and Luccas Quadros *HELPFUL LINKS* Feel free to use the YouTube live chat feature to start submitting questions, and we will add them to the agenda.

Tracking planes with Grafana in real time: How to visualize the aircraft overhead with your own dashboard

Ever since I was little, I’ve been fascinated by airplanes. Whether it was the excitement of boarding a flight for a holiday or the wonder of admiring them from the ground, there’s always been something magical about these incredible machines. Fast forward a few years, and now we have the ability to track aircraft in real-time from the palm of our hands using a variety of apps.

Getting started with the Grafana plugin

The idea of having a SquaredUp plugin for Grafana might seem a little bit unnecessary at first. They are both dashboarding products, so why would you want to create a dashboard about dashboards? The answer to this conundrum is that the SquaredUp Grafana plugin isn’t quite a matter of taking Grafana dashboards and recreating them on the SquaredUp canvas.

Securely query data sources on your Tailscale network using Private Data Source Connect in Grafana Cloud

Balancing security with your observability needs can be a difficult task. We know our users want to leverage platforms like Grafana Cloud to visualize and gain valuable insights into their data, while also keeping their data sources private and secure.