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Micro Lesson: Introduction to Sumo Logic Mo Copilot

The video introduces Sumo Logic's Mo Copilot, an AI-powered assistant that simplifies complex query creation using natural language, making it accessible for users of all skill levels. Mo Copilot enhances productivity by providing AI-driven insights and recommendations, allowing teams to detect and resolve incidents more efficiently. It consolidates logs into a unified view, improving collaboration and decision-making. Overall, Mo Copilot transforms the way security and development teams work with data.

Status page update: Easier outage reporting

We’ve added a “Report Outage” button at the top of the StatusGator status page to make reporting issues even easier. Your outage reports play a key role in keeping our status page accurate and are a valuable part of the data we use for features like Early Warning Signals, which help spot potential disruptions before they’re officially acknowledged.

January 2025 Product Update - Easier Onboarding, Better User Experience, and Reliability Improvements

For the last two months, we have focused on improving the onboarding experience for users so that they can get started with monitoring with minimal effort. We have also added several improvements in the backend to make the service more robust and reliable. Some of the usability improvements are driven by user feedback. Others incorporate what we would personally like to see in such a monitoring service. We have also improved the dashboard user experience.

Grafana 11.5 release: easily share Grafana dashboards and panels, secure frontend code for plugins, and more

New year, new Grafana release! Grafana 11.5 is here with new features to enhance how you can share, migrate, and alert on all your data in Grafana. Grafana 11.5: Download now Below are just some of the highlights from the latest Grafana release. If you are looking for more details about all the changes in this release, refer to the changelog or the What’s New documentation.

Getting the Most Out of Java With SolarWinds Loggly

Logs are a developer’s first line of defense when monitoring and troubleshooting distributed applications. They provide insights into performance, user behavior, and application stability, whether your application is written in Java or another language. However, when your applications scale up, and you have fragmented log data scattered across different systems, this will complicate your troubleshooting effort. This is what makes a centralized logging tool like SolarWinds Loggly essential.

What is Network Performance Monitoring (NPM): How It Works & How to Deploy It

In this article, we’ll walk you through Obkio’s powerful Network Performance Monitoring features by exploring the “Network Performance” tab in Obkio’s Network Performance Monitoring App. We’ll guide you through the video demonstration and take a closer look at the “Network Performance” tab, which provides a comprehensive overview of your network’s health.

Top Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Services Explained with Use Cases

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure Google uses internally for its products, such as Google Search and YouTube. With a global network of data centers, GCP offers over 200 fully managed services spanning compute, storage, databases, AI/ML, analytics, networking, and more, enabling businesses to innovate and scale without heavy upfront infrastructure costs.

Using AI for Troubleshooting: OpenAI vs DeepSeek

AI is now a go-to tool for everything from writing to coding. Modern LLMs are so powerful that, with the right prompt and a few adjustments, they can handle tasks almost effortlessly. At Coroot, we’ve been experimenting with AI for observability. Our goal is to make it useful in the final stage of troubleshooting—when we’ve already identified which service is causing issues, like Postgres, but finding the exact root cause is still tricky due to the many possible scenarios.

Common cloud monitoring challenges we can overcome!

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses are moving their operations to the cloud more than ever before. This shift brings incredible benefits like scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency. While it does introduce various common cloud monitoring challenges, there are effective solutions that organizations can implement to ensure optimal performance, security, and cost control.

What is Grafana?

Grafana is an open source platform for real-time data display and monitoring. One of its functions is the creation of interactive and customizable dashboards that make metric analysis from several sources, such as databases, monitoring systems and cloud platforms. Its flexibility and compatibility with multiple data providers make it an essential tool for observability and decision making in IT environments.