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Unlocking Revenue Potential: Mastering Teams Performance for Seamless Business Communication

In today’s digital age, seamless communication is the lifeblood of every successful business. For revenue-driven teams, mastering Teams performance is central to collaboration, client interaction, and overall operational efficiency. In fact, a recent report published by research firm EMA found that sales personnel use Microsoft Teams more than 5 hours per day on average, and 49% said that Teams has a direct impact on customer service & revenue.

eBPF: Revolutionizing Observability for DevOps and SRE Teams

Whether you're a system administrator, a developer, or any other DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) professional, you know that staying ahead in cloud-native computing is crucial. One way to keep your competitive edge in the technology game is to embrace the benefits of eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter). On top of advances in security and networking, eBPF-based tools are particularly impacting the observability landscape.

How We Fixed a Big Memory Problem on an App Server written in C++

In server management, high memory utilization is more than just a metric; it’s like a lighthouse signaling potential performance degradation, service disruption, and, in severe cases, complete system downtimes. Here we delve into a recent incident involving an App Server for one of our customers, which underscores the criticality of proactive monitoring, swift incident response, and strategic problem resolution.

A Beginner's Guide to Structured Logging

Structured logging is a methodical approach to log management in software development, often utilizing JSON or key-value pairs. This method enhances the comprehensibility and analytical efficiency of log data, particularly in complex and distributed system environments. Unlike unstructured logs, which lack a defined format, structured logs adhere to a standardized layout, facilitating streamlined analysis and troubleshooting.

Where Does Honeycomb Fit in the Software Development Lifecycle?

“Mommy, where does software come from?” “Software grows in a circle, just like this!” The software development lifecycle (SDLC) is always drawn as a circle. In many places I’ve worked, there’s no discernable connection between “5. Operate” and “1. Plan.” However, at Honeycomb, there is. More on that later.

DronaHQ for Building Monitoring Applications With InfluxDB 3.0

DronaHQ is a cloud-based platform designed to simplify the process of building and deploying business applications. It serves as a low-code development environment, enabling users—even those with limited technical expertise—to create custom applications quickly and efficiently. The platform offers a range of tools and features, including drag-and-drop interfaces, pre-built templates, and integrations with various databases and APIs.

JS Toolbox 2024: Bundlers and Test Frameworks

JavaScript is bigger than ever, and the ecosystem is nothing short of overwhelming. In this JS toolbox 2024 series, we’ve selected and analyzed the most noteworthy JS tools, so that you don’t have to. In part 1 of this series, we explored the foundations of any JavaScript project: Runtime environments and package management. In part 2, we focused on JavaScript frameworks and static site generators.
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Monitoring Teams & Zoom on macOS Devices

When it comes to macOS, monitoring the digital experience comes with many challenges. When considering these challenges in relation to monitoring such business-critical UCaaS applications like Zoom, Teams or Cisco Webex, the challenges multiply - especially if relying solely on built-in macOS tools.
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Take control of all your Telemetry Data with CloudFabrix Robotic Observability Pipelines

CloudFabrix, the Robotic Data Automation Fabric inventor, announced “Data Observability Pipelines” for dynamic Data Ingestion and automation for any data source and destination. The solution acts as a data management and integration service that uses robotic processes to automate data tasks, such as data integration, data ingestion, cleansing, transformation, and enrichment. Automated data management saves time, improves data quality, and streamlines data workflows.