Let’s face it, when that alert goes off at 2:58am, abruptly shaking you out of a deep slumber because of a high-priority issue hitting the application, you’re not 100% “on”. You need to shake the fog out of your head to focus on the urgent task of fixing the problem. This is where having the best log analytics tool can take on some of that cognitive load. Sumo Logic recently released new features specific to our Log Search queries that automatically detect log levels.

When you need to troubleshoot faster, rich out-of-the-box content lets you easily monitor the tools in your technology stack. Dashboards are key to our customers’ success — offering you deep insights at a glance and the ability to drill into the details most important to you. A couple years ago, we debuted a new style of dashboards, built on top of a scalable, flexible and extensible charting system.

Observability gets more challenging yearly in the rapidly evolving world of distributed computing and cloud-native applications. Organizations today are tasked with ensuring that their critical business applications, revenue-generating applications, and supporting infrastructure operate with reliability and security. The stakes are high; any lapse can lead to user churn, revenue loss, and decreased productivity.