Observability isn’t just about watching for errors or monitoring for basic health signals. Instead, it goes deeper so you can understand the “why” behind the behaviors within your system. CI/CD observability plays a key part in that. It’s about gaining an in-depth view of the entire pipeline of your continuous integration and deployment systems — looking at every code check-in, every test, every build, and every deployment.

SaaS discovery is really easy if you’re an end user. You can probably find a product that meets your needs with a Google search and a credit card. However, SaaS discovery from an IT management and governance perspective is a whole different beast. In the past, there haven’t been a lot of easy ways to detect application usage in the browser or restrict user activity without creating hyper-restrictive internet usage policies. Enter SaaS discovery platforms.

OpenTelemetry stands at the forefront of modern observability practices, revolutionizing how developers gain insights into their applications' performance and behavior. As a powerful distributed tracing framework, it empowers engineers to effortlessly instrument their applications, providing comprehensive visibility into the intricacies of microservices architectures. This tutorial discusses how OpenTelemetry can be used to get insights from a Java application.

In the dynamic field of IT infrastructure monitoring, particularly for Citrix VAD and DaaS, the combination of SCOM and specialized point solutions like Citrix Director (CVAD) and Monitor (DaaS) represents a powerful, synergistic approach.

In the dynamic realm of virtualization management, the latest release of the NiCE VMware Management Pack is bringing new, much-desired monitoring features to the SCOM admin table. Packed with a slew of powerful features and enhancements, this release promises to enhance the monitoring capabilities for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) and Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance.

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. In this edition, we are exploring the emerging market for climate technology, exploring their significance, and addressing why a successful path forward lies in embracing clean, green, and planet-friendly solutions for both startups and established companies. Let’s dive right in.

Relabeling is an important feature that allows users to modify metadata (labels) of scraped metrics before they ever make it to the database. As an example, some of your scrape targets may generate metric labels with underscores (_), and some of your targets may generate labels with hyphens (-). Relabeling allows you to make this consistent, making database queries easier to write.