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Smarter Telemetry Pipelines: The Key to Cutting Datadog Costs and Observability Chaos

Log volume is exploding, costs are rising, and most teams are stuck duct-taping together short-term fixes. During our webinar, "Optimizing Log Management in Datadog: Cut Costs Without Losing Insights," we discuss how DevOps and engineering leaders are navigating the growing pains of observability, especially in environments where tools like Datadog are mission-critical but challenging to manage. Here’s a recap of the key takeaways.

Lunar-level observability: How Firefly Aerospace used Grafana to monitor its historic moon landing

On March 2, 2025, Firefly Aerospace made history. The company — a space services firm that offers safe, reliable, and economical access to space — completed the first fully successful lunar landing by a commercial provider with its Blue Ghost Mission 1. But behind the headlines and highlight reels was a team of dedicated engineers, years of preparation, and a mission control center outfitted with Grafana dashboards.

How Successful Teams Master Cloud Resource Management

Cloud computing promised speed, scale, and freedom. And it delivered. Engineers can deploy in seconds. Teams can scale globally overnight. But somewhere between all that freedom and speed, control got blurry. Resources piled up. Budgets ballooned. And suddenly, no one could answer the simple question: What are we paying for and why? Cloud resource management is how we reclaim that control, without slowing down.

Successful Launch - Then Came The Problems

About 15 years ago, I worked at a company building network security appliances (with ARM-based network processors) and was responsible for the development of custom Linux firmware. The product launch was successful; we shipped and managed a large fleet of devices in the field. After a few firmware releases, we received alerts from the device management system telling us that there were intermittent problems. Remoted into the appliances but could not reproduce the error.

How Console Connect enhances AWS Direct Connect for global cloud connectivity

In today’s always-on, cloud-first world, it’s no surprise that enterprises are demanding greater reliability, stronger security, and faster performance from their network infrastructure. AWS meets these needs with AWS Direct Connect, offering a dedicated, private connection to AWS that bypasses the public internet.

One Query, Every Answer: Visual Dashboards and Federated Search with Observo AI

As security and DevOps teams grapple with rising telemetry volumes and ballooning tool costs, they’re increasingly forced into tradeoffs: index less, ingest less, search less. That might save money in the short term—but it comes at the cost of impairing long-term visibility, historical investigation, and strategic clarity. Traditional search tools are built around precision. They’re useful when you know what you’re looking for—but far less helpful when you don’t.

The Full Picture of Software Delivery: How Kosli Connects Every Change to Its Origin

Software engineers don’t need more dashboards or forms. They need a reliable record of what actually happened in their systems—and how it ties back to the code. In this video, Mike Long (CEO & Co-founder, Kosli) explains how Kosli records every event in your SDLC and connects it to every system change. This gives you a full, auditable view of software delivery—from code to production.

Zero Trust for Compliance: How Kosli Helps Engineers Automate the Paperwork

Engineers didn’t sign up to fill out forms, attend CAB meetings, or screenshot deployments. Yet that’s the reality of compliance in many organizations. In this video, Mike Long (CEO & Co-founder, Kosli) explains how Kosli helps software engineers eliminate the repetitive, meaningless tasks of traditional compliance — and replaces them with something automated, provable, and secure. Video Timeline.

How to Automate Azure Cost Reports in Minutes?

Reporting Azure costs to stakeholders doesn't have to be a time-consuming task. In this video, Michael Stephenson - a FinOps certified practitioner, introduces a new feature that helps you generate ready-to-use PowerPoint reports—so you can walk into any meeting with clear insights on your team's Azure cost performance. From cost trends and anomalies to right-sizing recommendations, the Executive Summary Report gives you a complete picture in minutes. It's all about making Azure cost optimization easier, faster, and more actionable.