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Shadow AI and “vibe apps” allow employees to build powerful automations without governance. SolarWinds experts explain why this trend could explode in 2026 — and what IT leaders should watch for.

In a full-circle moment for The DEX Show, Tom and Tim welcome guest speaker, Forrester’s new Digital Workplace & DEX analyst, Christy Punch, for her first podcast in the role—echoing the show’s very first Forrester guest back in 2020. The timing is bittersweet: it’s also Tim Flower’s final month as co-host, marking a major transition for the podcast.

When every second counts, your IT systems can’t afford blind spots. SolarWinds Observability delivers AI-powered, contextual awareness to help IT teams keep critical services running no matter the complexity. Connect the dots across networks, applications, cloud environments, and physical infrastructure with one comprehensive observability platform. With intelligent insights and real-time visibility, SolarWinds helps you prevent downtime, troubleshoot faster, and resolve issues before they impact users even in the most demanding environments.

In this video, we walk you through setting up and getting started with the InfluxDB Explorer UI - a convenient, easy way to query and explore your data. This walks you through installation and connecting with the Explorer UI, as well as loading data, running queries, and setting up a basic dashboard.

In the first episode of Telemetry Talks, Diana talks with Jose, VictoriaMetrics Cloud Lead, about the practical origins of observability and how OpenTelemetry is shaping modern monitoring. They cover why observability became critical as systems moved from monoliths to microservices, how OpenTelemetry unifies traces, metrics, and logs while avoiding vendor lock-in, and how it integrates natively with VictoriaMetrics.