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End-to-end application monitoring with Datadog

For complete visibility into the performance of your applications, you need telemetry data—traces, metrics, and logs—that describes activity across your entire stack. But if you’re using multiple monitoring tools, your data can end up in silos, making it difficult to troubleshoot issues that affect your user experience.

Why we helped AWS build its Prometheus service

During a re:Invent keynote on Dec. 15, Amazon announced its AWS Managed Service for Prometheus. The service is built using the CNCF’s Cortex project, the open source, horizontally scalable Prometheus-compatible project that I started with Julius Volz over four years ago. I’d like to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to the Prometheus-as-a-Service club! We think you’ve made a good choice choosing Cortex, and see this as a massive vote of confidence in the project.

Coralogix - On-Demand Webinar: Auto Scaling a 1000 Nodes k8s Kafka & Elastic Stateful Cluster

The biggest challenge for your Kubernetes cluster is autoscaling stateful services. In this webinar, we explain how to architect a Kubernetes cluster to meet the increasing demands of your business in a stable and cost-efficient way.

A Year of Learning & Growth at Martello

Perspective is important; 20/20 to someone who has just completed an eye exam is good news, however, the experience of 2020 that the rest of us have been privy to was much less clear. Martello has navigated through the challenges brought on by a global pandemic by taking proactive measures, being flexible, pivoting quickly when necessary, and continuing to work together – albeit as a socially distant team.

Why Grafana Labs delivers the best Prometheus in the Cloud

Over the last several months, there have been a variety of service providers that have launched Managed Prometheus offerings. This is a testament to the rise in popularity of the Prometheus project, and how it’s becoming a de facto standard for metrics. The most recent announcement in the Managed Prometheus landscape came from AWS. During a re:Invent keynote on Dec. 15, Amazon announced its AWS Managed Service for Prometheus.

Containers vs Virtual Machines (VMs)

As microservices gain in popularity, containers have become a hot topic for developers. But how do they differ from virtual machines? Will containers replace virtual machines? And when should you choose containers over virtual machines? When it comes to defining virtual machines, the name says it all – machines (servers or desktops) that have been virtualized.

Sourcepoint - Scaling Business and Optimizing Customer Journey with Catchpoint

Sourcepoint, founded in 2015, works with both sellers and buyers of media and data, including marketers, heads of advertising operations, and privacy professionals. Sourcepoint provides solutions that ensure compliance with privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA while helping its clients optimize revenue.