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Inside Perspectives: Database infrastructure - from your data center to the cloud

When I look back at my career in technology, I’m amazed at the rate of change, but also by just how much has remained the same. My first introductions to database technology were FoxPro, SQL Server 2000 and Oracle, and the applications that ran on top of them.

Getting it right with GenAI in financial services: Where to focus in 2025

I attended ElasticON recently where we spent the day with our NYC Elastic community, talking about the combined value of vector databases using retrieval augmented generation (RAG) to feed large language models (LLMs) for next-level generative AI (GenAI) results. Elastic’s CTO and Founder Shay Banon kicked off his keynote with an important message: GenAI is not magic.

FinOps IT Asset Management: A Strategic Approach

FinOps IT Asset Management(ITAM) is one of the modern trends in the IT field, which is gaining increasing popularity among organizations in order to manage their financial processes and technological tools. When the FinOps term appeared simultaneously with the ITAM term, it became clear that their integration would offer the following advantages: better control of costs, optimized resource management, and legal compliance.

An introduction to Kubernetes multi-tenancy

Have you ever needed to serve multiple customers with a single instance of your application but ran into challenges like isolating each customer's data and configuration? If you have, then you've encountered a multi-tenant architecture. In this blog post, we'll introduce the core concepts behind multi-tenancy and explore how it works. We'll then dive into how Kubernetes, the popular container orchestration platform, provides primitives that enable building multi-tenant architectures.

Feature Spotlight - Incident Insights

To help mitigate and resolve incidents even faster, our AI-powered incident insights provide immediate and actionable suggestions during the response process and provide additional context during post-incident reviews. From the Insights panel, you can easily review suggested resolvers and information about similar incidents that may help with the resolution process. To help further speed things up, when an insight is more likely to help resolve the incident, it's displayed as a popup in the Incident Console.

Comparing Azure NSG and VNet Flow Logs

Phil Gervasi compares Azure NSG Flow Logs and VNet Flow Logs, explaining the benefits VNet Flow Logs bring to network observability in Azure environments. Learn how VNet Flow Logs simplify network monitoring, improve traffic visibility, and address the limitations of NSG Flow Logs by capturing traffic at the virtual network level. Learn about VNet Flow Log applications—including traffic analysis, network optimization, and security enhancement—and how Kentik integrates with these logs for deeper insights and advanced analytics.

Top 5 Obstacles to Observability in 2025

I’ve spent over 25 years in tech product marketing and customer support, working with pioneering companies like Dell/EMC, Apple, Keeper Security, and now, SolarWinds. In my current role, I’ve had the privilege of helping organizations of all sizes achieve comprehensive observability in their IT environments. I’ve also witnessed firsthand the challenges that can arise on this journey.

An Easy Guide to OpenTelemetry Environment Variables

When working with OpenTelemetry, environment variables play a crucial role in configuring and customizing your setup. These variables provide a flexible and convenient way to adjust settings without needing to change code, allowing you to fine-tune your OpenTelemetry installation across different environments.

Mobilize your Monitoring and Management with Pulseway

Monitoring and managing IT assets shouldn't tie you to your desk all day. Imagine having the freedom to move around and monitor assets right from your mobile device. This mobility means you can catch and address potential issues instantly, no matter where you are, improving uptime and efficiency. Our blog explores how Pulseway's mobile-first remote monitoring and management solution (RMM) solution empowers you to handle critical tasks from anywhere, keeping your IT environment in top shape.