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observIQ Expands Advanced Support for Sumo Logic in Security and Observability Data

We’re excited to announce that as part of our expanded alliance with Sumo Logic, observIQ extended its support for Sumo’s platform. This allows customers to send logs and metrics to Sumo Logic, leveraging our telemetry pipeline, BindPlane. We’ve also made it possible to automatically recommend processors in our pipeline that format data specifically as Sumo Logic expects—once Sumo Logic is a destination for BindPlane.

Datadog vs Dynatrace [Comprehensive Comparison for 2024]

In complex IT environments, monitoring and observability tools are indispensable. They help organizations ensure optimal performance of applications and infrastructure, providing insights and alerts to address potential issues before they impact users. Two of the leading tools in this space are Datadog and Dynatrace. This article offers a comprehensive comparison of these platforms to help you decide which is best for your needs in 2024.

How the Cribl SRE Team Uses Cribl Products to Achieve Scalable Observability

This is the first of a planned series of blog posts that explain how the Cribl SRE team builds, optimizes, and operates a robust Observability suite using Cribl’s products, Cribl.Cloud operates on a single-tenant architecture, providing each customer with dedicated AWS accounts furnished with ready-to-use Cribl products. This provides our customers with strict data and workload isolation but presents some interesting and unique challenges for our Infrastructure and operations.

Optimizing VPN Performance and Availability with Network Observability by Broadcom

In recent years, hybrid work approaches have grown increasingly commonplace, and for a significant percentage of users, VPN is the go-to approach for accessing secured corporate resources and services. In fact, one article reveals that 72% of desktop and laptop users employ a VPN. As the reliance on hybrid work models and VPN connectivity continues to grow, VPN health has emerged as a critical success factor for businesses.

Jaeger vs. Grafana Tempo: A Comprehensive Comparison for Distributed Tracing

When it comes to monitoring, diagnosing, and optimizing the performance of complex systems today, you can’t really go wrong with tracing tools. And while OpenTelemetry has become the go-to choice for instrumenting apps and collecting traces, there are several other options in the backend that can effectively store, manage, and analyze traces sent by OpenTelemetry. Two of these open-source tools are Jaeger and Grafana Tempo. In this article, we’ll compare and contrast the two.

The Future of Observability with AI! #youtubeshorts #observability #instrumentation #ai #ebpf

Explore the groundbreaking role of AI in elevating observability in the tech industry. Discover innovative perspectives on leveraging AI to identify potential issues before they escalate. This transformative technology is reshaping the way we perceive and manage system performance. Coroot is an open source observability platform that helps engineers fix service outages and even prevent them. It continuously audits telemetry data to highlight issues and weak spots in your services.

Dive into Observability with Instrumentation. #shorts #observability #instrumentation #ebpf

Discover the crucial elements of observability and how instrumentation plays a pivotal role in data collection. This insightful exploration delves into the two types of instrumentation: static, always-on metrics like ProcFS in Linux, and dynamic instrumentation that adapts to specific needs, powered by cutting-edge technologies such as D-Trace and eBPF. Coroot is an open source observability platform that helps engineers fix service outages and even prevent them. It continuously audits telemetry data to highlight issues and weak spots in your services.

Observability: See the Big Picture. #observability #devopstools #shorts #ebpf

In an era where visibility into system performance is crucial, how do we ensure we see critical issues? With so many tools available, selecting ones that provide actionable insights tailored for developers rather than overwhelming them with unnecessary data is vital. Coroot is an open source observability platform that helps engineers fix service outages and even prevent them. It continuously audits telemetry data to highlight issues and weak spots in your services.

Navigating IT complexity: Observability vs. monitoring for Australian SMEs' digital transformation

While traditional IT monitoring holds back Australian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in digital transformation, these organizations do realize that in the realm of IT operations, observability represents a significant advancement over traditional monitoring approaches. Unlike conventional methods that primarily focus on metrics like uptime and error rates, IT observability provides a comprehensive view of system behavior by integrating logs, metrics, traces, and events.

The CoPE and Other Teams, Part 2: Custom Instrumentation and Telemetry Pipelines

The previous post laid out the basic idea of instrumentation and how OpenTelemetry’s auto-instrumentation can get teams started. However, you can’t rely only on auto-instrumentation. This post will discuss the limitations in more detail and how a CoPE can help teams overcome them.