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Auto-instrumentation of .NET applications with OpenTelemetry

In the fast-paced universe of software development, especially in the cloud-native realm, DevOps and SRE teams are increasingly emerging as essential partners in application stability and growth. DevOps engineers continuously optimize software delivery, while SRE teams act as the stewards of application reliability, scalability, and top-tier performance. The challenge?

How to Monitor Multi-layer Huawei Switch with MetricFire

Monitoring your network infrastructure plays a pivotal role in identifying potential bottlenecks, optimizing performance, and ensuring seamless operations. By implementing a comprehensive monitoring solution like MetricFire, you gain access to a wide range of features and functionalities designed to simplify the process of monitoring and managing your Huawei switches.

Azure: The Ultimate Guide to Microsoft's Cloud Computing Platform

Cloud computing has revolutionized the way businesses operate and manage their data. With the vast amounts of information being generated daily, traditional on-premises infrastructure struggles to keep up with the demands of scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness. This is where Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform, comes into play. Azure provides a comprehensive set of tools and services that enable organizations to build, deploy, and manage applications and services on a global scale.

Top 8 things you should know about deploying RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ is a household name in the world of application development and system architecture. Acting as a middleman for communication, it seamlessly bridges the gap between various application components. If you’ve been contemplating the integration of RabbitMQ into your infrastructure or simply want to better understand its functionalities, this blog post is for you. Here are the top 8 things to know.

The Best and Worst Reasons to Adopt OpenTelemetry

It was a rainy day in Seattle at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America in December 2018 when I first encountered the term ‘OpenTelemetry.’ At that time, I was an active member of a working group focused on developing W3C Trace Context, a standard now extensively employed for context propagation in distributed systems.

Deploying the OpenTelemetry Collector to Kubernetes with Helm

The OpenTelemetry Collector is a useful application to have in your stack. However, deploying it has always felt a little time consuming: working out how to host the config, building the deployments, etc. The good news is the OpenTelemetry team also produces Helm charts for the Collector, and I’ve started leveraging them. There are a few things to think about when using them though, so I thought I’d go through them here.

Manual instrumentation of Java applications with OpenTelemetry

In the fast-paced universe of software development, especially in the cloud-native realm, DevOps and SRE teams are increasingly emerging as essential partners in application stability and growth. DevOps engineers continuously optimize software delivery, while SRE teams act as the stewards of application reliability, scalability, and top-tier performance. The challenge?

What is Catalyst SD-WAN (formerly Viptela) and how does it work?

The increased use of multiple cloud environments for business software and applications combined with the volume of consumers and different devices demanding reliable, fast connectivity has put an enormous strain on IT infrastructure. Overly complex networks that need to link highly disparate devices and servers can’t also provide speed and consistency while using outdated architecture.

Logz.io Shines Again! Named on Constellation Observability Shortlist

Logz.io continues to be recognized as a standout observability platform, this time being named by the Constellation Shortlist for Observability. Logz.io—provider of the Open 360™ platform for essential observability—was among 14 vendors selected after a review of more than 50 solutions based on client inquiries, partner conversations, customer references, vendor selection projects, market share and other internal research.