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Michael DeSa [InfluxData] | Monitoring Methodologies

The objective of this workshop will be to introduce participants to the RED and USE monitoring methodologies. We will compare and contrast the two methodologies. Care will be taken to highlight best practices associated with each methodology. The workshop will culminate in participants designing schema and using flux to create relevant visualizations of their data.

How to use Kibana effectively. Today: Detect possible frauds in your data

Kibana is quite powerful and versatile for visualizing data in Elasticsearch. The Elastic Stack can be used for a variety of use cases. One is the detection of frauds e.g. in Banking transaction like within Softbank Payment Service or bonus point accounts like within Miles and More. Other areas are insurance or tax return data.

Elastic Enterprise Search is now available on Elastic Cloud

We're excited to announce that Elastic Enterprise Search is now available on Elastic Cloud. Simply sign up for a free Elastic Cloud account and you can be up and running in a matter of minutes. The Elastic Enterprise Search solution encompasses both our Workplace Search and App Search products — a comprehensive package of search tools that dramatically simplifies the process of creating enterprise-grade search experiences for consumers, users, and teammates alike.

A Guide to Autonomous Monetization Monitoring for the Gaming Industry

Similar to other companies in the entertainment industry, gaming companies typically drive revenue from three sources: in-app purchases, ads, and subscription. A couple of examples of these sources include creating different in-app purchase options for each game and various ad units from multiple ad networks. While this diversity in revenue streams may be advantageous from a business perspective, from a technical standpoint, it creates numerous challenges.

Building a Metrics & Alerts as a Service (MaaS) Monitoring Solution Using the InfluxDB Stack

The larger an enterprise becomes, the more systems and applications there are to monitor, and the more scalable its monitoring system has to be to keep up with business growth. This is the challenge that RingCentral — which provides cloud-based communications and collaboration solutions for businesses — faced and solved.

Why does Elastic Support keeping asking for diagnostic files?

If you’ve worked with Elastic Support, you may have been asked to run the Support Diagnostic tool and provide the output in your support case. This is a common practice, but a lot of you out there may not know why. While the short answer is "it depends", this blog is going to explain why we keep asking for diagnostic files (as well as what’s in them). Simply put, the Support Diagnostic helps Elastic Support understand the state of your cluster.