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Why GovRAMP-authorized observability matters for state, local, and education IT teams

Building on our FedRAMP Moderate authorization and our “In Process” status for FedRAMP High, Datadog for Government is now "In Process" for GovRAMP High Authorization, giving agencies a unified observability platform that meets the toughest public-sector security bars.

What Impacts GKE Pricing? A Guide To Kubernetes Spending

Google Cloud released Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) as a commercial version of native Kubernetes (K8s). GKE promises a user-friendly, reliable, and cost-effective service. Yet calculating GKE costs can be daunting, including understanding what you’re paying for and maximizing your return on investment. In this GKE pricing guide, we’ll discuss how GKE pricing works, what it costs, and more.

Why Our Google Cloud Partnership Signals the Future of Cloud-Native Security Operations

When we decided to join Google Cloud Partner Advantage, it wasn't just about expanding our reach or checking a partnership box. It represents our belief that the future of enterprise security operations is fundamentally cloud-native—and that belief is driving how we think about solving the data crisis facing security teams today. The announcement comes at a critical inflection point.

PHP Monitoring Best Practices for Developers, DevOps, and SREs

In 2025, PHP still powers over 75% of the web from ecommerce platforms like Magento to CMSs like WordPress and Laravel-powered web apps. As user expectations rise and digital experiences become mission-critical, real-time PHP monitoring has moved from a luxury to a necessity. According to Statista, PHP continues to rank in the top 10 most-used programming languages globally. Despite the popularity of modern stacks, legacy and modern PHP coexist in thousands of production environments.

Perform Distributed Tracing for your MCP system with OpenTelemetry

2025 has truly been the year of Agentic AI, with MCP (Model Context Protocol) emerging as one of its flashy and most talked-about innovations. While many products have seamlessly integrated MCP servers into their systems, these servers are increasingly being labelled as black boxes, opaque components that handle critical tasks but offer little visibility into what’s happening under the hood. We prompt an agent, a tool gets invoked, and a response is generated. But what really happens in between? And when something breaks, how do we trace the failure and debug it effectively?

Enhanced monitoring of Amazon EKS with Elastic add-on capabilities

Easily enable Elastic add-on within the Amazon EKS Console for streamlined monitoring and quick data onboarding. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) makes running Kubernetes on AWS simple and scalable. But as your workloads grow, so does the need for robust monitoring and observability. Enter Elastic Agent, a powerful, unified way to collect logs, metrics, and security data from your EKS clusters, all managed through Elastic Fleet.

The $1 Trillion Revolution: How Shoppable Media is Rewriting the Rules of Digital Commerce

The days of passive browsing are over. Welcome to the era where every scroll, swipe, and stream becomes a potential shopping opportunity. Industry estimates suggest that the social and live commerce market, where browsing, discovery, and purchasing converge within a single platform, could surpass $1.2 trillion by 2025, underscoring the scale of this shift and the urgency for brands, especially B2C, to adapt.