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Grafana Campfire - Using the Drilldown Apps (Grafana Community Call - August 2025)

In this Campfire Community call, we will discuss about the new Grafana Drilldown Apps and how they differ from Explore. We will discuss how it has been continuously evolving to become a core part of Grafana OSS, enabling users to access data easily.

Elasticsearch Explained for Beginners: From Spreadsheets to JSON, Indices & Shards

Ever wondered how Elasticsearch actually works? In this quick breakdown, I’ll use a simple spreadsheet analogy to explain the basics from documents and indices to shards, CRUD operations, and mappings. You’ll see how Elasticsearch stores data as JSON documents, splits indices into shards for scalability, uses CRUD with ID hashing for fast lookups, and applies mappings to organize text, numbers, and labels.

Code Generation for Complex SDKs: When and How to Use It

If you have worked with modern SDKs in any real project, you already know they make development easier and harder at the same time. They offer tools that save time, but once an SDK gets large, it can turn into a maze of methods, object types, and setup steps. Some cloud SDKs are so big that writing integration code by hand starts to feel like repeating the same patterns over and over. That is where code generation becomes useful. It reduces the amount of manual glue code and cuts down the chances of making small mistakes that later take hours to debug.

What is Database Change Management (DCM)?

Database change management is the foundation for building a stable, secure, and high-performing application. In today’s fast-paced technological landscape, where agile and DevOps are the go-to for developing database application, rapid releases and continuous iteration are the norms. But with frequent deployments comes the risk of untracked database changes.

When Milliseconds become Make-or-Break, Fragile Ops are a Brand Liability

 A major studio drops its new episode at midnight. Millions are queued to watch. Push notifications hit, the app surges in traffic, and then timeout. Spinning wheels. Frozen screens. Social media lights up. Customers don’t just notice they remember. For today’s communications, media, and information (CMI) brands, digital reliability is the product. Viewers, subscribers, and enterprise users aren’t comparing your uptime to industry benchmarks.

The Outage You Didn't See Coming: How to Discover and Monitor Certificates Proactively

Progress WhatsUp Gold Certificate Discovery and Monitoring is a seamless capability included out of the box. It’s a proactive safeguard designed to help you spot certificate issues before they escalate into business problems.

How Tipalti mastered Elasticsearch performance with AutoOps

From manual monitoring to proactive optimization, learn how Tipalti used AutoOps to save 10% annual costs. For a global payables automation leader like Tipalti, where financial transactions are the lifeblood of the business, infrastructure performance isn't just a technical goal; it's a core business requirement. Managing a complex ecosystem of databases, including Postgres, SQL Server, MongoDB, Kafka, and Elasticsearch, with a lean team of four engineers demands efficiency and powerful tooling.

The Convergence of ITSM and EAM: Why Unified Operations Matter More Than Ever

The need to differentiate IT Service Management (ITSM) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) has now become impractical in an era of immense technological complexity and unlimited demands for operational efficiency. Organizations today increasingly rely on both digital services and physical assets to derive value; however, siloed processes and disparate data repositories lead to slow incident resolution, uncoordinated change initiatives, and hidden risks.

How to Monitor WiFi Access Points: Best Practices for Business WiFi

WiFi Access points (APs) are the foundation of business WiFi. They’re the devices making sure laptops, smartphones, and even IoT gadgets connect reliably without cables. If an access point fails or becomes overloaded, the entire wireless experience can collapse, no matter how strong your Internet connection is. By keeping a close eye on your APs with the right WiFi access point monitoring software, you can catch issues before users even notice them.