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How to Use and Configure Obkio's Chord Diagram | Obkio NPM Onboarding Series

Welcome to Obkio’s App! Today, we’ll be looking at the “Live Network Status” tab in Obkio’s app which shows you the live network performance of all network paths on Obkio’s Chord Diagram. The Chord Diagram is made up of Obkio’s Monitoring Agents, deployed in key network locations, as of the Monitoring Sessions, which are created between Agents.

What's New at Kentik, Episode 7

Leon Adato takes us through the latest updates and features at Kentik. Learn about improvements to Kentik's search bar, explore the highlights of the recent Network Management Megatrends report, and get an introduction to our new video series, "Kentik Close-up." We also explore the Kentik API and how to use it with tools like Telegraf. Stay informed, and find out how Kentik continues to enhance network observability. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with all things Kentik!

Why Every Engineering Team Should Embrace AWS Graviton4

Two years ago, we shared our experiences with adopting AWS Graviton3 and our enthusiasm for the future of AWS Graviton and Arm. Once again, we're privileged to share our experiences as a launch customer of the Amazon EC2 R8g instances powered by AWS Graviton4, the newest generation of AWS Graviton processors. This blog elaborates our Graviton4 preview results including detailed performance data. We've since scaled up our Graviton4 tests with no visible impact to our customers.

Recapping DASH 2024

DASH 2024 was our biggest event yet! Over two days, thousands from the Datadog community gathered at North Javits in New York City for an impactful experience. The 2024 keynote featured numerous new product launches and updates, but there was much more to enjoy beyond this speech. Attendees got to experience breakout sessions, workshops, certification exams, one-on-one Datadog consultations, and a bustling expo hall.

Why Microsoft Teams 'Maturity' Matters

Maturity models have proved to be powerful tools for assessing performance and driving improvement in a wide range of industries and disciplines from cybersecurity and quality control to project management and HR. With hybrid and remote work here to stay, organizations now have a new kind of maturity to aspire to, one that has a significant and direct impact on business results: virtual collaboration maturity.

Autonomic IT in Financial Services: Elevate IT and Deliver a Resilient Customer Experience

Financial services firms face a multitude of complex IT challenges. Banking is a 24×7 affair, and firms must ensure their infrastructure is “always on” — consistently running at the highest efficiency and reliability. Banking customers also expect frictionless experiences across mobile and digital banking services. Slow application response times and service outages are simply not an option. Commercial banking is also competitive.

Track Errors in Phoenix for Elixir with AppSignal

AppSignal is a powerful error tracking and performance monitoring tool that can help you maintain reliability and speed in your Elixir applications. In this tutorial, the first of a two-part series, you'll learn how to integrate AppSignal into your Elixir application, configure it for error tracking, interpret error reports, and leverage AppSignal's features to debug and resolve issues.

Upgrade with confidence: Strategies for updating your self-hosted Grafana instance

At Grafana Labs we believe in shipping features early and often, and in recent years we’ve doubled down on that philosophy. We no longer wait for the yearly major release to give you access to the next big thing. Instead, we regularly make new features, bug fixes, and security patches available to our self-managing users (Grafana OSS and Grafana Enterprise) throughout the year.