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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.

13 Best Log Analysis Tools of 2025. Top Paid, Free & Open-Source Log Analyzers Reviewed

Log analysis and management tools have become essential in troubleshooting. With log analyzers you can extract meaningful data from logs to pinpoint the root cause of any app or system error, and find trends and patterns to help guide your business decisions, investigations, and security. If you’re not already using such a tool, now is the time to start looking for one.

Unlocking Skin Radiance with the Power of Peptides

In the ever-evolving world of skincare, peptides have emerged as quiet game-changers. These powerful amino acid chains are naturally found in the body and serve as building blocks for proteins like collagen, elastin, and keratin. But as we age, our body's ability to produce these proteins diminishes, leading to wrinkles, dullness, and a loss of firmness. That's where peptide-based skincare treatments come in and they're rapidly becoming a top choice for individuals seeking anatural glow and youthful appearance.

Why Hiring a Professional Is a Smart Move for Business Growth

Operating a business today is not all about possessing a great idea or providing a great product. It's about making the correct moves in the proper time, particularly in marketing, operations, and planning for growth. With increasingly competitive markets and higher customer demands, handling everything in-house can easily overwhelm your staff. This is where experts come in.

How Secure and Healthy Are Your Custom SCOM Management Packs?

Thanks for using the NiCE Log File Management Pack. We know it’s a favorite among experts building custom SCOM Management Packs. But here’s a quick question: When was the last time someone checked your custom Management Packs for security vulnerabilities, performance bottlenecks, or health risks?

Build EF Core Models Visually with Entity Developer - No More Manual Mapping!

Want to simplify your EF Core development? Discover how Entity Developer — a powerful visual ORM tool from Devart — helps.NET developers design, generate, and maintain EF Core models faster and with fewer errors. In this video, you’ll learn how to: Entity Developer works as both a standalone app and a Visual Studio plugin, giving you flexibility across any development environment. With support for EF Core, NHibernate, and LinqConnect, it's your all-in-one solution for ORM design in.NET.

From Dial-Up to Colo: The Impact of AI on Data Center Design

In this episode of Uplink, we’re joined by Jay Smith, VP of Data Center Operations and Engineering at Evocative. With nearly 30 years in the industry, Jay unpacks how data centers are adapting to support AI’s massive power and cooling demands. This episode covers: Why colo is thriving in the AI era Liquid cooling and rear-door heat exchangers Powering 275kW racks and beyond How AI inference is shifting compute to the edge Career opportunities in infrastructure without a degree.

Build. Release. Run. Repeat. But Where's the Control?

In every engineering organization, from fintech unicorns to 20,000-seat global bank, delivery happens in a loop. Code gets built. Releases get pushed. Systems run 24/7. Then it all happens again. This cycle isn’t an opinionated lifecycle dreamed up by a consultant or vendor, it’s just the reality of software delivery today.

AWS Summit NYC 2025: Laser-Focused on AI

If you’re unfamiliar with AWS Summits, these are conferences that occur on a yearly basis in different cities. The events are mostly used to announce new products and technologies. This year, the theme was AI, as evidenced by the keynote, a large majority of the talks, and a walk around the vendor floor. The keynote talk was hosted by Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of Agentic AI at AWS.