Elasticsearch has made a name for itself as a powerful, scalable, and easy-to-use search and analytics engine, enabling organizations to derive valuable insights from their data in real-time. However, to truly unlock the potential of Elasticsearch, it is essential that the right data in the right format is provisioned to Elasticsearch. This is where integrating a telemetry pipeline can add value to Elasticsearch.

Remote monitoring and management (RMM) software has become an indispensable tool for IT service providers. Numerous factors, such as the pandemic, the push towards cloud services, and shortages of IT staff, have increased the number of remote and distributed workers to a staggering degree, increasing the need for a consolidated way to view and manage IT environments. Learn all about RMM software, its capabilities, and why MSPs can’t run a successful business without it.

We are happy to announce that Ubuntu Pro is now available as a native product on AWS. You can now enjoy premium enhanced security coverage for your Ubuntu machines by launching Ubuntu Pro instances from the EC2 console with no additional requirements, subscriptions or long term commitments.

To celebrate a 3-year integration anniversary between Cloud 66 and Vultr we’re showcasing some of the changes and improvements that we have implemented in both of our platforms. To show how well our platforms work together, we’re taking a Rails 7 application sample and walking you through how to containerize and deploy that application on Vultr with Cloud 66.

The CNCF’s flagship KubeCon Europe 2023 conference in Amsterdam last week was a vibrant sold-out affair that drew more than 10,000 attendees, 58% of whom were new to the conference, with another 2,000 people on the waitlist.

On behalf of the Canonical confidential computing team, I am happy to announce the limited preview of Ubuntu Confidential VMs with Intel TDX on Microsoft Azure. As part of the DCev5-series and ECesv5-series VMs, they’re available for you to try today! This exciting development is an important milestone in Ubuntu’s journey to power the confidential public cloud of the future.

SRE, DevOps and Platform Engineering are important concepts in today's world of software development. There are dedicated teams to manage these areas, each with a unique primary focus, set of responsibilities, tools and metrics used to gauge their performance requirements. This article explains SRE, DevOps, and Platform Engineering, including similarities and differences, and, most importantly, how these teams help streamline modern software development, delivery, and maintenance processes.

One of my favorite movies of all time is WarGames, which depicted a teenage hacker accidentally breaking into NORAD and starting a nuclear war simulation that almost turned into a real catastrophe. The movie featured state-of-the-art dashboards (at least for 1983) showing simulated missile launches by different countries. Now you can create Sumo Logic dashboards like the ones shown in this movie using our new Connection Map panel.

Avoiding vendor lock-in is a ‘must’ when it comes to working with new services. Those in ITOps, DevOps, or as an SRE also don’t want to be tied to specific vendors when it comes to their telemetry data. And that’s why OpenTelemetry’s popularity has surged lately. OpenTelemetry prevents you from being locked into specific vendors for the agents that collect your data.

In recent years, self-checkout systems have become increasingly popular in retail stores. These systems enable customers to scan and bag their items themselves, reducing the time spent waiting in line and improving the overall shopping experience. However, traditional self-checkout systems require customers to manually enter the product code or scan the barcode, which can be time-consuming and frustrating.