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Lessons From a CI/CD Supply Chain Attack at Grafana Labs

May 26, 2026 By Grafana In Grafana
When a compromised GitHub Actions workflow targets your CI/CD pipeline, how do you respond — and what do you change so it never happens again? Nick and David from Grafana Security walk through a real supply chain incident triggered by a pull_request_target misconfiguration, showing exactly what broke, what tools caught it, and what the team rebuilt afterward.
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Getting Started with gcx: A CLI for AI Agents and Grafana Telemetry | Demo

May 26, 2026 By Grafana In Grafana
AI agents are only as useful as the context they can access. With gcx, your coding agents can connect to Grafana and query real-time production telemetry from your Cloud, Enterprise, or OSS environment. The best part: it avoids the upfront context bloat that can come with loading tools before you even send a prompt. gcx uses a CLI approach, so there’s zero token cost until your agent actually needs to run a query.
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Operator now has Long-Term Support (LTS) version

May 26, 2026 By Vadim Rutkovsky In VictoriaMetrics
VictoriaMetrics Operator has been developing at a neck-breaking pace, bringing numerous improvements, features, and fixes to our community. We usually make at least a single release every two weeks. While this rapid iteration cycle is great for delivering fixes and improvements quickly, it can be challenging for administrators managing critical production environments.
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What Is Hybrid Cloud Monitoring (And How To Actually Do It Well)

May 26, 2026 By Bhavyadeep Sinh Rathod In Motadata
Most IT teams running a real hybrid setup are not short on data. They are short on a place where the data agrees with itself. By the end, you will know what to ask a vendor for, where teams usually trip, and how to scope a proof of concept that does not burn a quarter. Hybrid cloud monitoring is the ongoing collection of telemetry across your on-prem kit and one or more public clouds, treated as one environment instead of two or three. The goal is not just visibility.
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Inside the Grafana AI Team Weekly: Guards for AI Observability (May 5, 2026)

May 25, 2026 By Grafana In Grafana
This is an excerpt from a real AI team weekly meeting where we talk about the stuff we build and occasionally also demo them! In this one, Principal Software Engineer Sven Großmann shows a new feature he's working on for AI Observability, called "guards". We're showing parts of our team meetings to build in public in some small way and give you a sneak preview of what's to come. But not all features we show may make it to production! You've been warned. :)
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DNS Monitoring for MSPs: A Complete Setup Guide

May 25, 2026 By DNS Spy In DNS Spy
If you run an MSP, this is the call that ages you. The fix is almost always small. A record was edited at the registrar. A vendor changed an MX target. A new tool added a TXT record and pushed SPF over the lookup limit. None of that should reach a client. With the right monitoring, none of it does. Here is a real one. A 40-person law firm renews their EV certificate. The vendor needs a CAA record cleaned up.
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Exploring Powerful Power BI Dashboards for Smarter Decision-Making

Exploring Powerful Power BI Dashboards for Smarter Decision-Making

May 25, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Operational dashboards help teams answer urgent business questions quickly. They show whether production is on track, inventory is healthy, downtime is rising, or resources are being stretched too thin. This article explores practical Power BI dashboard examples for operational efficiency across production, supply chain management, resource planning, and performance measurement. It also explains how to build dashboards that support real decisions rather than simply displaying data.
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Essential Mac Maintenance Tips for Operations Professionals

Essential Mac Maintenance Tips for Operations Professionals

May 25, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Operations professionals rarely have the luxury of working slowly. Their day consists of managing deadlines and analyzing reports, communicating between teams, and organizing files. It also involves constantly switching between dozens of services. At this pace, the Mac becomes the hub of daily coordination. That's why performance speed, system stability, and macOS predictability have a direct impact on performance. Most Mac issues arise from a lack of regular maintenance. Chaotic background processes, overflowing storage, outdated security settings, and more can gradually turn even a powerful MacBook into an unstable device.
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