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From writing code to running a company of 300+ employees

Today we break down another exciting edition of Founders and Friends, the podcast we’ve created to hold conversations with visionary leaders shaping the tech industry. Today’s conversation features Paul Stovell, co-founder and CEO of Octopus Deploy, and of course, JD Trask, co-founder and CEO of Raygun. Together, they explore the realities of running software businesses, from the evolving nature of agile practices to scaling software teams efficiently. What’s in this article.

Sustainability and website monitoring: Reducing your digital carbon footprint

Every business today understands the imperative to operate sustainably. We’re seeing green initiatives in offices, supply chains, and manufacturing processes. But what about the digital realm? The internet, and by extension your website, has a surprisingly significant carbon footprint—powered by energy-hungry data centers around the globe. This presents both a challenge and a remarkable opportunity for businesses relying on their online presence.

Access Applications Manager right from your Control Center! [Update for iOS users]

We have exciting news for our iOS application users!* You can now access your critical app performance data right from the Control Center of your iPhone! We know how hard it is to keep up with a dynamic IT infrastructure in real time. It gets even harder when you have to fire up your PC every time you want to take a look at the performance of your business-critical applications.

The hidden costs of not tracking network configurations

Has this ever happened in your workplace? A key application goes offline during peak working hours, or worse, when a client is evaluating your business, leaving network administrators scrambling to identify the cause. Could it be a misconfigured switch, an unauthorized change to a router, or undocumented configuration drift? Without proper network configuration management, your organization is losing more than just uptime—it’s losing money, reputation, and agility.

Grafana 11.5 New Filters UI for Grafana Dashboards (Public Preview) | Grafana Labs

Introducing the new Filters UI in Grafana, now available in public preview! This update makes interacting with ad-hoc filters faster, more intuitive, and keyboard-friendly, giving you a streamlined experience when managing filters in your dashboards. What’s New? Unified filter input – Manage all filters in a single combo-box-like UI Faster interactions – Requires fewer clicks and takes up less space Keyboard-friendly navigation – Easily create, edit, and delete filters with shortcuts Multi-value support – Select multiple values with the new one-of/not-one-of operators.

Redesigned Dashboarding Sharing Experience in Grafana 11.5 | Grafana Labs

In Grafana version 11.5, we've completely redesigned the dashboard sharing experience to make it more intuitive, user-friendly, and efficient! This update is available in all editions of Grafana. Join Natacha (Product Designer) and Juani (Senior Software Engineer) from the Grafana Labs Sharing Squad as they walk you through these updates and demonstrate how to streamline your sharing workflow in Grafana 11.5.

Grafana 11.5: Faster and Easier Migration to Grafana Cloud | Support for Plugins and Alerts

Updates to the Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant: Plugins and Alerts! Thinking about moving to Grafana Cloud? Whether you're an OSS user exploring cloud benefits or an enterprise customer transitioning a large deployment, the Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant makes it simpler and faster than ever.

Grafana 11.5 Now GA! Here's the TL;DR | Grafana Labs

Grafana 11.5 is here, packed with exciting updates to enhance your workflow! This release focuses on three main areas: Sharing visualizations with streamlined workflows for exporting dashboards and panels, enhanced PDF reporting options, and the ability to share links with sample images. Managing data with upgraded ad-hoc filters and powerful transformations for extracting and organizing messy data. Migrating to the cloud with the new Grafana Cloud migration tool that supports all plugins and Grafana alerting (now in public preview).

Introducing the Time Series Buying Guide for IIoT

All machinery and equipment, including their controls and sensors, tell a story through the data they collect. This data, or Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) data, provides a detailed narrative about the machines, offering actionable insights to improve operations. IIoT data empowers businesses to optimize and enhance industrial processes by detailing operational status, performance metrics, usage patterns, health diagnostics, and environmental conditions.