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If writing SQL code is part of your daily work, you won’t be surprised by things like context-aware code completion, as-you-type syntax validation, and debugging. All of them are designed to enhance and speed up your SQL coding. But what if we said that you could completely reshape your experience with an AI-powered assistant? What if you could have your error-free queries generated, analyzed, and optimized in just a couple of moments?

Toward the end of Q1 2022, survey findings reported that Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing services had, for the first time, eclipsed Amazon Web Services (AWS) in some enterprise categories. According to the respondents, more enterprises preferred Azure because it integrates well with the many Microsoft products they already use. A second reason is that Azure is suitable for running on-premises and at the edge. Some organizations also use Microsoft Azure to avoid vendor lock-in to AWS.

We're excited to share major product improvements this month, highlighted by the full launch of our on-call management system that many of you have been eagerly awaiting.

The tools we use shape how we see problems. When flow and metrics are siloed, so is your visibility.

For many businesses, 2020 marked the dawn of the cloud-first era, with organisations around the world embracing public cloud. And it made sense at the time; promise of reduced infrastructure costs, flexibility and scalability meant that leveraging cloud services was a no-brainer. But with any new technology, the shifting tides that come along with its proliferation also informs the cyclical nature of its adoption.

Imagine incidents resolved through insights, not manual investigations. ‍ Picture an incident management future where you're never alone during critical alerts. Imagine your best engineer always available, tirelessly investigating issues, analyzing logs, correlating metrics, checking recent code changes, and delivering actionable insights, instantly. Today, ilert is stepping boldly into this future with our first intelligent agent: ilert Responder.

If you've ever had to debug a Flutter app after an error report that just says “Null check operator used on a null value,” you already know: context is everything. And context can be hard to come by when you’re juggling native code, Dart, async stack traces, and platform channels. With v9 of our Flutter SDK, we’re introducing some features to help you get even more visibility into what’s going wrong, with the insights to make it better. Here’s what’s new.

In a perfect world, log anomalies would speak clearly and never at 2 a.m. But in reality, log data is massive, alerts can be cryptic, and critical issues often get buried in the noise. That’s why choosing the right log management tool is crucial, it’s the first line of defense against downtime, breaches, and costly oversights. This blog breaks down some of the top log management tools on the market, what they do well, where they stand out, and how they fit into your stack.