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Reliability results require visibility & accountability

Reliability doesn’t just happen if you build a good tool. It takes visibility and accountability to get results. FULL TRANSCRIPT:  One of the things I've observed over the last 10 years in the software engineering culture is this idea of kind of Field of Dreams DevOps. If you build it, they will come. And there's a lot of this in the developer tool space in particular. "Hey, if we just build a great tool and we make it easy to use, engineers will use it because they want to do the right thing.".

What Are Vector Embeddings? (Explained in 2 Minutes)

In under 2 minutes, we explain what vector embeddings are, how they work, and how to use them in real-world applications like text expansion. We'll also show how Elasticsearch supports vector search with two powerful models: E5, open-source text embedding models designed for multilingual search, and ELSER, a sparse embeddings model from Elastic.

Database Performance Analyzer Overview

The cross-platform solution for performance monitoring for both cloud and on-premises databases. Anomaly detection powered by machine learning combined with forensic-level wait-time analysis gives you the power to diagnose performance issues in a matter of minutes, not days. Both real-time and historical data give you down-to-the-second answers to resolve critical problems, while expert advice via query and table tuning advisors allow you to proactively optimize your enterprise.

Getting Started with SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper

The video provides a quick walkthrough of the SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper, starting with the welcome screen that prompts users to run a new scan. It guides viewers through a wizard for adding SNMP credentials, emphasizing the importance of specifying IP addresses for accurate mapping. The tool can identify unmanaged switches and allows for both one-time scans and scheduled updates, maintaining a clean map by archiving previous scans. Users can hover over connections to view port numbers, although serial numbers remain unavailable. The presenter encourages viewers to reach out with any questions.