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Conquering Data Overload at Ingestion - Tech Talks #2

Join us for our second Tech Talk, where we’ll tackle log ingestion challenges and explore how VictoriaLogs makes log management effortless with the following: Modern infrastructure produces an overwhelming volume of log data, but traditional log management solutions struggle with scalability, performance, and cost.

Migrating to cloud: Top five reasons

Since the inception of public clouds, a lot of CXOs have considered moving their IT infrastructure to the cloud and many have already done that. If your organization is considering migration to the cloud, learn what drove this mass movement from on-premises servers to the cloud. In this article, we'll explain the major reasons why organizations prefer the cloud, the issues you should watch out for, and how you should protect your cloud infrastructure.

February 2025 Box Outage: Timeline and Post-Mortem

Box.com is a cloud-based content management and file-sharing platform designed for the enterprise and used by nearly 100,000 companies around the world. When a Box outage strikes, businesses can experience costly disruptions. On February 19, 2025, a disruption in core Box services including uploads, downloads, and the All Files page, affected thousands who depend on the cloud storage and collaboration platform.

How to Monitor Snowflake with OpenTelemetry

Snowflake is a powerful, cloud-based data platform designed for high-performance analytics. Whether you're running massive analytical queries, managing structured and semi-structured data, or optimizing data pipelines, visibility into your Snowflake instance is essential. Performance bottlenecks, query execution delays, and unexpected cost spikes can quickly become issues without proper monitoring.

Maximizing Azure Network Insights with VNet Flow Logs

Join Kentik’s Phil Gervasi and Chris O’Brien in this LinkedIn Live replay as they discuss how VNet flow logs in Microsoft Azure boost network observability far beyond what’s possible with NSG flow logs. Learn how easier deployment, comprehensive visibility, and advanced analytics—integrated with AI-driven query capabilities—can help optimize your Azure (and multi-cloud) environment.

Spoiler Alert: How "Zero Day" Might Have Played Out Differently with Teneo and Palo Alto Cortex XDR

This weekend, I binge-watched Netflix’s new series Zero Day, starring Robert De Niro. The series has sparked excitement and curiosity among cybersecurity enthusiasts and political thriller fans alike. As the title suggests, the show revolves around a cyberattack that exploits unknown vulnerabilities—so-called “zero days”—to wreak havoc on critical systems. But what if the organizations targeted in Zero Day had the right cybersecurity strategy in place?

OpenTelemetry Is Not "Three Pillars"

OpenTelemetry is a big, big project. It’s so big, in fact, that it can be hard to know what part you’re talking about when you’re talking about it! One particular critique I’ve seen going around recently, though, is about how OpenTelemetry is just ‘three pillars’ all over again. Reader, this could not be further from the truth, and I want to spend some time on why.