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The Future of Observability is Bright as Honeycomb Announces $50M in Series D Funding

TL;DR—This is a fundraising post! Yes, even in this economy. Here at Honeycomb, we've always focused more on the problems we help our customers solve rather than playing the meta game of posturing in startup-land—so these fundraising blog posts are usually the least fun to write (and read, probably). But this one is a little different.

What are the best practices for log management?

Logs record digital actions within your IT system to let you know where errors or unauthorized access attempts originated. However, having only a partial log management plan — or lacking one entirely — can leave you with a mess of unstructured data that doesn’t provide the insights you need. Fortunately, following log management best practices can make tracking your digital actions or modifying your current log management plan a straightforward process.

OpenTelemetry: Why community and conversation are foundational to this open standard

While many of the popular tools for observability in software are open source, one thing they lack is open design. Most of these solutions, from Nagios to Prometheus, started as a product with an opinionated design, which happened to work well for many people. These became the de facto standards. That position of de facto standard is what every open-source project and every commercial product tries to be.

Troubleshoot faster and modernize your apps with AWS Monitoring and Observability

As a company born in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, we understand that operating at cloud scale requires balancing security, compliance, and operational safety with your commitment to innovation, speed, and agility. From cost optimization at scale to operational resiliency to application modernization, we know you’re facing various challenges and need reliable solutions.

Implementing a log management program: What is best to start with?

Everything you need to know about creating a log management program Businesses create, collect and have access to more data than ever before. Some of this log data, the record of events that occur in your digital spaces, can help DevOps and security teams assess the performance and reliability of their systems, evaluate weaknesses and troubleshoot any issues that may be occurring.

Speeding Up the Web: A Comprehensive Guide to Content Delivery Networks and Embedded Caching

Content delivery networks are an important part of the internet, as they ensure a short path between content and the consumers. The idea of placing CDN caches inside ISPs networks was created early in the days of CDNs. The number of CDNs with this offering is growing and ISPs all over the world take advantage of the idea. This post explains how this works and what to look out for to do it right.

Gain agility through observability

As companies navigate geopolitical challenges, macroeconomic headwinds, and the post-pandemic comedown, business leaders face intense pressure to drive software transformation, reduce costs, and compete faster in the cloud-transition era of “lift and shift.” Amid layoffs and a slowed pace of hiring, the demand for better tools, real-time insights, seamless experiences, and contextual analysis has skyrocketed.

Webinar Recap: Unlocking Business Performance with Telemetry Data

Telemetry data can provide businesses with valuable insights into how their applications and systems are performing. However, leveraging this data optimally can be a challenge due to data quality issues and limited resources. Our recent webinar, "Unlocking Business Performance with Telemetry Data", addresses this challenge.