Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Monitoring and observability have become the backbone of reliable software systems. OpenTelemetry, a CNCF project, has gained immense traction as the go-to framework for collecting and exporting telemetry data. But what makes it even more powerful is its Collector—a vendor-agnostic tool that simplifies data processing. Combine that with Docker, and you’ve got a robust, portable, and scalable observability solution.

Ensuring your enterprise network runs smoothly is key to both productivity and security. As businesses rely more on connected devices, applications, and cloud services, network monitoring has become a vital part of IT infrastructure. Enterprise network monitoring tools offer valuable insights into the health, performance, and security of your network. In this blog, we'll explore enterprise network monitoring tools, their benefits, how to choose the right one and highlight 7 popular options.

Google Cloud partnered with Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) on a research study to uncover the secrets of successful platform engineering teams.

Big tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to keep their data centers running. With AI driving up energy use worldwide, it makes you wonder—could nuclear energy be the key to tackling the climate crisis caused by AI? Companies like Google and Microsoft have set ambitious sustainability goals by promising to move to 100% renewable energy before 2030. However, generative AI has made their goals difficult by increasing their electricity consumption multifold.

When it comes to infrastructure monitoring, performance, scalability, and efficiency are critical considerations. In this blog post, we revisit two widely adopted open-source monitoring solutions: Netdata and Prometheus. Both tools have introduced notable improvements in their latest versions, emphasizing scalability and enhanced efficiency.

Configuring alerts effectively can be the difference between a frictionless IT environment and hours of downtime. Many enterprises struggle with alert fatigue, missed critical incidents, or poorly defined thresholds that leave them scrambling to identify root causes. How can you make sure your team gets the right information at the right time without being overwhelmed?