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Faster, more collaborative data exploration: Introducing saved queries in Grafana Cloud

Writing queries is one of Grafana’s most powerful features, but it can also be one of the most time-consuming. Whether you’re exploring logs or building new dashboards, you often find yourself and your team rewriting the same queries over and over again. This is why we rolled out saved queries, a feature that makes it easy for everyone on your team to save, share, and reuse queries, eliminating the need to start from scratch each time.

SLA, SLO, and SLI: Understanding the Foundations of Service Reliability

Last week, I ordered a pizza on a food delivery app. And they promised the delivery in 30 minutes. Similarly, all digital services: Apps, websites, cloud platforms, etc, make promises about speed, uptime, and reliability. The difference is how they track and measure those promises. That’s where SLA, SLO, and SLI come in. These three metrics define what “reliable” actually means. They turn a vague claim like “99.9% uptime” into something you can measure, track, and act on.

Datadog vs Grafana (2025) - Costs, Use Cases, and Key Differences

When engineering teams evaluate observability tools, the "Datadog vs. Grafana" debate is one of the most common. The choice is difficult because they represent two fundamentally different philosophies. Datadog is a comprehensive, all-in-one, managed SaaS platform. It offers a "buy" solution where you get a unified experience for metrics, logs, and traces out of the box. Grafana is an open-source, highly flexible visualization layer.

From First Notice to Final Settlement: How Automation is Reshaping the Claims Workflow

Automation is reshaping the insurance industry by enhancing efficiency in claims processing. As companies adopt automated solutions, the traditional methods of handling insurance claims are evolving. This transformation promises improved accuracy and customer satisfaction while presenting new challenges.

The Overlooked Weak Link in Cyber Defense: Business Partner Authenticity

Technical fortifications often play an important role among organizations looking to create a reliable and modern cybersecurity environment. There are firewalls, zero-trust networks, encryption, endpoint monitoring, and more. However, despite these solutions, breaches continue to happen. And to the surprise of some, they happen through a rather unexpected route-the partners you trust. Vendors, suppliers, and service providers have to be authentic. Not all enterprises bother checking the identity of their partners, which leads to a plethora of problems down the line.

Engaging Influencers and Audiences: How Brands Can Foster High-Quality Social Interaction - Not Just Reach

Everyone's obsessed with reach. How many followers, how many impressions, how many views. But most brands don't want to face, reach without engagement is noise. You can pay for a shout-out from someone with a million followers, but if nobody comments, clicks, or cares... what's the point? In this post, we'll break down how influencer marketing has evolved from "big names and big numbers" to "small circles and strong connections."

The Most Beautiful Alpine Lakes to Visit in Summer

As the snow melts in summer, a chain of shimmering lakes transforms the Alps into a real postcard. Each lake beautifully mirrors the peaks above, nestled amidst a sea of pine forests, meadows, and the freshest air imaginable. From serene turquoise colors to striking glacial depressions, these lakes embody the calm, natural beauty of the Alps. Whether you're swimming, hiking, or taking in the views, these are the most stunning alpine lakes to explore this summer.

Postmortems: What We Learned When Container Vulnerability Scanning Was Missing

In the world of cloud-native development, containers are the bedrock of agility and scale. They allow teams to package applications and their dependencies into a single, portable unit that runs consistently across any environment. But this convenience comes with a hidden risk. Every container image is built from layers, and each layer-from the base operating system to the application libraries-can harbor vulnerabilities. Forgetting to implement robust security measures for these containers is a lesson many companies learn the hard way.

Settle Your QA Debt Before the Bugs Start Breaking Kneecaps

In Part One, we discussed how QA debt builds silently over time — causing slower releases, late-night firefights, and unpredictable test cycles. The next step is understanding how much debt you have and where it hides. This post goes deeper into measuring QA debt — what to track, how to collect data, and how to use those insights to create a sustainable plan for improvement.
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Avantra + Ansible: Better Together for Enterprise SAP Automation

Enterprises trust Ansible for fast, reliable infrastructure automation, including terraform for automated cloud provisioning. Many organizations using Ansible leverage Ansible SAP playbooks for SAP infrastructure automation. Avantra extends the scope of SAP operations using Ansible, adding observability, ITSM and ALM solution integration, and orchestration across the SAP estate. Avantra and Ansible together provide a closed-loop solution where monitoring, automation and proof of outcome live in one place across on-premise, hyperscaler and private cloud ERP implementations.