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5 reasons why OVHcloud migrated its time series data to Grafana Mimir

A sysadmin in the high performance computing world since 2008, Wilfried Roset is now working with the open source databases and observability environment at OVHcloud. He leads a team focused on building industrialized, resilient, and efficient solutions. For nearly two decades, OVHcloud has been a leader in cloud hosting and has been Europe’s largest provider since 2011. To serve our 1.4 million customers globally, we need a reliable and scalable observability platform.

See Global Event Orchestration End-to-End

Global Event Orchestration’s powerful decision engine enriches events, controls their routing, and triggers self-healing actions based on event data. Teams can use this functionality across any or all services within PagerDuty. This feature is a continued investment in Event Orchestration, demonstrating PagerDuty’s commitment to providing customers with best-in-class automation capabilities. Check out this live demo from Principal Product Manager Frank Emery.

Simplifying Agent Management

BindPlane OP helps with fleet management in being able to show all of your agents, versions, configs, and amount of data passing through in a single plane. With additional features such as bulk select one can easily manage agents updating all at once.#telemetry #opensource #observability About ObservIQ: observIQ is developing the unified telemetry platform: a fast, powerful and intuitive next-generation platform built for the modern observability team. Rooted in OpenTelemetry, our platform is designed to help teams reduce, simplify, and standardize their observability data.

ISO 27001 and Asset Management: What Does Annex A.8.1 Say?

ISO 27001 is the gold standard to follow for effective Information Security Management, and it is deeply related to IT Asset Management. In particular, the annex A.8.1 provides all the necessary information to manage your information assets properly. So, understanding the full scope of it is crucial to create an all-round ITAM strategy that will ensure all your assets are always fully protected.

The Platform Engineer Role Explained: Who Is a Platform Engineer?

Poorly designed infrastructure leaves your applications and networks vulnerable to cyberattacks and data breaches. This puts the company at significant risk: the average cost of a data breach reached a record high $4.35 million in 2022. This is where companies bring in platform engineers. A platform engineer is a professional who ensures that security protocols and best practices are in place to protect against potential security threats.

What's new in Ubuntu 23.04

Ubuntu has long been a developer favourite and the preferred platform for Linux for gaming. Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 lays the foundations for a number of key strategic priorities around desktop deployment, identity management and gaming. For IT managers looking to deploy Ubuntu Desktop at scale, the new desktop installer delivers new tools for custom image configuration and network based deployment. Ubuntu 23.04 also extends its identity management integration to support industry shifts towards cloud-based identity providers.

IT Asset Lifecycle Management: A Complete Guide for 2025

The concept of asset lifecycle management (ALM) has been at the forefront of enterprise operations for many years, and its importance is likely to continue in the coming years. ALM plays a crucial role in helping businesses manage the acquisition, maintenance, and disposal of their assets and resources. Companies that effectively manage their asset lifecycle will benefit from improved operational efficiency, higher ROI, and a reduced risk of downtime.