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Grafana k6 v0.47.0 has been released, featuring gRPC’s binary metadata support, new authentication methods, and tons of other improvements for Grafana k6 OSS. Here’s a quick overview of the latest features in Grafana k6 v0.47.0, as well as some other exciting updates related to Grafana Cloud k6 and the k6 community.

Kubernetes offers unparalleled flexibility and scalability for containerized orchestration. However, this dynamism can also lead to unexpected costs if you don’t efficiently manage your corresponding cloud resources. In this blog, we’ll outline a series of best practices for Kubernetes cost optimization that will help you keep your infrastructure running smoothly while staying within your budget.

In this second episode, we explore a crucial element of your migration strategy - the Application Owner Interviews, a feature within Tidal Accelerator. These interviews are a game-changer, helping you make your migration not just IT-efficient but also business-driven.

Organizations that invest in cloud technologies like Microsoft Azure might notice that cloud costs can easily get out of control. When cloud services use the Pay-as-you-go payment model, small amounts must be paid each time a cloud service is used. However, when you have deployed hundreds of cloud resources, the total spending can end up with a much higher monthly bill than expected. By optimizing your cloud costs, you lower your monthly Azure bill and gain cost efficiency and predictability.

Today we’re announcing the general availability of Icinga Certificate Monitoring in version 1.3.0. You can find all issues related to this release on our Roadmap. Please also refer to the corresponding upgrade section in the documentation.

Businesses need to stay agile and make data-driven decisions in real time to outperform their competitors. Real-time analytics is emerging as a game-changer, with 80% of companies showing an increase in revenue due to real-time data analytics as companies can gain valuable insights on the fly. This blog post will explore the concept of real-time analytics, its examples, and some challenges faced when implementing it. Read on for a detailed explanation of this exciting area in data analytics.

This post introduces the Pandora FMS monitoring solution and how to integrate it with ilert to establish reliable alerting. The guest post is written by Sancho Lerena, the CEO of Pandora FMS.

Platform engineering has been one of the hottest keywords in the software community in recent years. As a natural extension of DevOps and the shift-left mentality it fosters, platform engineering is a subfield within software engineering that focuses on building and maintaining tools, workflows, and frameworks that allow developers to build and test their applications efficiently.

Product experience is a key driver of business success for ServiceNow and our customers. That’s why my product experience team and I spend a lot of time focusing on design principles that help ensure we exceed our customers' expectations. You don’t have to be a designer to use these principles and create great experiences. These are fundamentals that anyone can put into practice.

Webhooks, those wonderful little lifelines connecting one application to another, have become an essential part of our app notification world. They help keep your systems in the loop, notifying them immediately when events of interest occur. This real-time communication ensures that your applications remain responsive, adaptive, and always up-to-date with the latest information.