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Here’s an update to make our Early Warning Signals emails even more useful. Now, each alert includes a brief summary of potential downtime, giving you instant insight into what might be going on. This added detail helps you assess the situation quickly so can see if it affects your team.

Database monitoring is crucial for numerous reasons, an example being that monitoring database performance metrics such as query execution times, throughput, and resource utilization helps highlight performance bottlenecks. By conducting this, administrators can enhance database configurations, queries, and indexing by examining these metrics to optimize overall performance.

Datadog is a popular observability platform, but understanding its pricing structure can be challenging. Whether you're just starting with Datadog or are receiving hefty bills, this guide will help you understand its pricing model, estimate your potential costs, and find ways to optimize them. You can use the below tool to estimate your Datadog bill.

Last week, we were very excited to host our second virtual customer workshop! We’d received so much positive feedback on last year’s debut that we knew we had to do it again. Using the digital conferencing app Gather Town, we were pleased to welcome 89 attendees from 13 different countries to our virtual “SquaredUp Town”.

Sumo Logic Mo Copilot is a natural language assistant that helps first responders derive insights from logs and resolve issues faster using contextual suggestions and plain English queries. It has been in preview since May 2024 with dozens of customers. Choosing a foundation model was a critical step in its development. Let’s explore our high-level requirements for Copilot, the role of foundation models and the rationale for standardizing on Amazon Bedrock.

Last month, web performance experts from leading brands joined an exclusive session with the Catchpoint product team to explore new features and future enhancements in WebPageTest and Catchpoint Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM). This post shares highlights from that session.