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Logs are crucial for understanding what's happening in your system, but they can often be hard to make sense of. Log parsing is the key to turning raw, unstructured data into something useful. In this blog, we'll explore the basics of log parsing, its importance, and how it helps you extract valuable insights from your logs without all the clutter.

The rapidly growing interest in AI has raised a corresponding demand for specialized cloud compute that is built to run training and inference workloads in a cost-efficient and performant manner. Google Cloud Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) have become a popular accelerated compute solution for AI/ML workloads.

So, you’ve got a PostgreSQL database packed with juicy data, and you want to turn those raw numbers into slick, interactive Grafana dashboards? Good call! Grafana’s PostgreSQL datasource is like the secret handshake that lets you visualize your data in style—no extra ETL magic required. In this guide, we’ll walk through getting PostgreSQL and Grafana to play nice, covering everything from connection settings to query tuning.

It’s been a busy month at StatusGator HQ as we focused on improvements to the status page — one of many features that helps you communicate the status of all your cloud services to your stakeholders. Here’s a quick recap of this month’s updates. Let’s take a look at what we’ve rolled out! As a reminder, you can see all these updates here on the blog as they are released or in our product update sidebar inside StatusGator.

Since its early startup beginnings in Amsterdam, Booking.com has redefined the travel industry, establishing itself as a premier platform for millions of travelers worldwide. With over 28 million accommodation listings and a staggering 1.5 million room nights booked every day, Booking.com operates on a scale that demands a robust and constantly monitored infrastructure.

We’ve overhauled the search backend that powers the Item List UI and Item Search API. Item Search is now far more powerful, working with custom fields and nearly all the data you send Rollbar. Searches return quickly and return the results you'd expect.

How do businesses in highly regulated sectors ensure network compliance while still fostering innovation and maintaining operational efficiency? As regulatory pressure and operational complexities increase, along with the growing divide between external demands and internal capabilities, traditional approaches to compliance are becoming outdated and insufficient for the future.

Checkly is a key part of a professional developer’s workflow, making it easy to know if your service is up or down, and measure performance. As we integrate with almost any development workflow, we also have Prometheus endpoints to let you use the popular Grafana stack to keep track of your site checks’ status. As large enterprise users grew in usage, their check performance data grew in parallel, and our endpoint started returning occasional 429 status codes.

ISG sweet spot report 2024 Recognizing the growing importance of cloud management solutions, Information Services Group (ISG) has released its ISG Provider Lens for Multi-Public Cloud Solutions 2024 report, which highlighted key players in the industry. Among the notable recognitions, ManageEngine CloudSpend was named a Product Challenger, a testament to its innovative approach and robust capabilities in cloud cost management and optimization.