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solarwinds

Expand Your View of Observability

Aug 21, 2024 By Jeff Stewart In SolarWinds
Observability is a buzzword that has gained a lot of traction in the IT industry lately. But what does it really mean, and how does it relate to the challenges that modern IT organizations face? At SolarWinds, we believe that the current analyst definitions of observability are too narrow and APM-focused. They focus too much on the cloud, neglecting critical on-premises assets and restricting where customers can deploy their observability solutions.
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logz.io

Fundamentals of a Successful Logging and Observability Strategy

Aug 21, 2024 By Jake O'Donnell In logz.io
Your team is responsible for ensuring the reliability and performance of your organization’s critical applications and infrastructure. What keeps you up at night? Your applications are more complex, distributed and cloud-native than ever, meaning that understanding what’s happening under the hood has never been more complex than it is now. Is it system bugs, or data bottlenecks? Chasing alerts for latency or service degradation that may or may not be business-critical?
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splunk

Observability Meets Security: Build a Baseline To Climb the PEAK

Aug 20, 2024 By James Hodgkinson In Splunk
When we hunt in new environments and datasets, it is critical to build an understanding of what they contain, and how we can leverage them for future hunts. For this purpose, we recommend the PEAK Threat Hunting Framework's baseline hunting process.
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uptrace

Datadog vs Splunk - Which Monitoring Platform Is Right for You?

Aug 20, 2024 By Uptrace In Uptrace
Datadog and Splunk are leading monitoring and observability platforms that offer comprehensive solutions for modern IT environments. Both tools share a wide range of features, making it challenging to choose between them. This article compares Datadog and Splunk on crucial aspects like application performance monitoring (APM), log management, search capabilities, and more to help determine which platform best fits your organization.
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Introduction to Log Observer Connect in Splunk Observability Cloud

Aug 20, 2024 By Splunk In Splunk
Log Observer Connect will allow you to connect to and view/query logs from your Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud instance from within Splunk Observability Cloud. In this video, I will introduce you to Log Observer Connect in Splunk Observability Cloud and walk you through a demonstration of how it works. You’ll learn how to view and query logs, as well as save queries for later use. I’ll also walk you through a practical example of when you might use Log Observer Connect through the use of Related Logs.
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Setup Log Observer Connect in Splunk Observability Cloud

Aug 20, 2024 By Splunk In Splunk
Log Observer Connect will allow you to connect to and view/query logs from your Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud instance from within Splunk Observability Cloud. In this video, I will briefly explain what Log Observer Connect is and then show you how to connect your Splunk Observability Cloud organization to a Splunk Enterprise instance through Log Observer Connect. TOC.
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honeycomb

Aligning Business and Engineering Goals with Honeycomb SLOs

Aug 19, 2024 By Priscilla Lam In Honeycomb
Setting clear, measurable goals is essential for any successful team. However, aligning those goals with the technical work can be challenging in the fast-paced world of software engineering. Engineers might focus on reducing latency or improving uptime, while business leaders look at revenue and customer satisfaction. It gets tricky to track the impact between the two to justify when specific engineering initiatives are important, why, and how they impact the bottom line.
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uptrace

What is Observability? A Comprehensive Guide to Observability Platforms, Tools, and Open Source Solutions

Aug 18, 2024 By Uptrace In Uptrace
Explore the concept of observability in software systems and discover how it differs from monitoring. Learn about the importance of metrics, traces, and logs, and see how Uptrace can be a valuable tool in achieving effective observability.
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cloudzero

Top 11 Cloud Observability Tools To Use In 2024

Aug 16, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Cloud observability tools offer visibility into your cloud infrastructure. They collect data from various sources to help you understand your applications’ performance. The tools enable you to monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot your cloud environment. In this guide, we’ll share why cloud observability is important and the best tools to consider.
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