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Monitor the past, present, and future of your Kubernetes resource utilization

Greetings, Kubernetes Time Lords! Through a series of recent updates to our multi-purpose Kubernetes Monitoring solution in Grafana Cloud, we’ve made it easier than ever to assess your resource utilization, whether you’re looking at yesterday, today, or tomorrow. All companies that use Kubernetes, regardless of size, should monitor their available resource utilization. If a fleet is under-provisioned, the performance and availability of applications and services are at serious risk.

Lighthouse vs Sitespeed + Graphite: A Comparative Analysis of Web Performance Tools

Web performance is a critical aspect of delivering exceptional user experiences. To measure and optimize website performance, various tools are available, each offering unique features and capabilities. In this article, we will compare two popular web performance tools: Lighthouse and Sitespeed combined with Graphite. We'll explore the strengths and benefits of each toolset, helping you make an informed decision for your performance testing and optimization needs.

$3 Million in Savings and Improved Performance: A Case Study Featuring StackPath

When your business is all about providing cloud services at the edge, optimizing the quality of your network connectivity is paramount to customer success. Learn how StackPath saved $3 million and optimized their network performance by using Kentik.

Data Observability: An Introductory Guide

As more companies rely on data insights to drive critical business decisions, data must be accurate, reliable, and of high quality. Gaining insights from data is essential, but so is the data’s integrity so that you can be sure that data isn’t missing, incorrectly added, or misused. This is where data observability comes in.

Hybrid Networks Don't Have to be Complex: How Simplification Changes the Game

Running a hybrid network requires a deep understanding of how data is transmitted, received, and processed, as well as knowledge of different hardware, software, and security protocols. Additionally, as technology evolves, new challenges and considerations arise, such as the integration of IoT devices, SaaS, containers, and the increasing importance of cybersecurity. Overall, computer networking is a constantly evolving field that requires ongoing learning and adaptation.

11 Cloud Computing Examples You Need To Know

Using the cloud is like ordering a meal from a restaurant. You can choose the type of food you want. You decide the amount you want to order. And, you choose the frequency you want to have it delivered to you. It's an efficient and customizable way to meet your needs — or is it? Each organization has different needs and considerations, and it takes careful thought to find the model that will best serve those needs.

Exploring Nginx metrics with Elastic time series data streams

Elasticsearch® recently released time series data streams for metrics. This not only provides better metrics support in Elastic Observability, but it also helps reduce storage costs. We discussed this in a previous blog. In this blog, we dive into how to enable and use time series data streams by reviewing what a time series metrics document is and the mapping used for enabling time series. In particular, we will showcase this by using Elastic Observability’s Nginx integration.

InvGate Enters a New Era: Our First Institutional Funding Round

Fourteen years after it all started – and with several previous phases or "eras" on our backs – we're entering what is probably (up to now, at least) the most promising stage of InvGate. After much thought and deliberation, I'm proud to announce that we have found the right partner to help us take InvGate to the next level.