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The latest News and Information on Observabilty for complex systems and related technologies.

Logs with Firehose: Stream logs to the AWS Observability app cheaper and easier

AWS is an essential part of many organizations’ tech stacks today, which is why we continue to make it easier to observe your environment in Grafana Cloud. We recently launched AWS Observability, a fully managed application for visualizing and alerting on dozens of AWS offerings. And with our latest update, we’re making it cheaper and simpler to ingest and query your AWS logs.

Does Your Observability Practice Lack Maturity? Here's What to Do.

Observability isn’t new. But organizations are struggling to adopt mature observability practices, and the impact on business is palpable. Organizations are seeing the value of observability for their applications and infrastructure—the results of our 2024 Observability Pulse survey of 500 global IT professionals reflects that across the board.

Monitoring vs Observability

Before we start, I have a confession: I absolutely love Digg (people are still Digging things, right?) errr...Reddit. It actually is my front page to the internet, where I research upgrades for my home lab/VR/other niche hobbies, watch silly videos, ingest low-effort memes, judge if people are ‘AHs’ or not on /r/amitheasshole, and occasionally talk trash to other Redditors about my Michigan-based sports teams.

How to Use Relational Fields: Some Nifty Use Cases

We recently introduced relational fields, a new feature that allows you to query spans based on their relationship to each other within a trace. You can now query for spans where its root span, direct parent span, or any other single span in the trace has certain attributes. We currently support the following three prefixes: root. - Identifies the root span within a trace. To find a match, any additional root. filters in your query will search through fields only in the specified root. span.

Network Observability from HPE OpsRamp

Proactively manage and address network challenges, reduce downtime and enhance overall operational efficiency. OpsRamp, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, provides a comprehensive IT operations management platform that includes powerful network observability capabilities to ensure the performance, reliability, and security of network infrastructure.

Getting started with the Elastic AI Assistant for Observability and Amazon Bedrock

Elastic recently released version 8.13, which includes the general availability of Amazon Bedrock integration for the Elastic AI Assistant for Observability. This blog post will walk through the step-by-step process of setting up the Elastic AI Assistant with Amazon Bedrock.

360° Observability Strategy Webinar

Catch our on-demand webinar, "360° Observability Strategy: Enhancing Reliability Across the Board," featuring Andreas Prins, CEO of StackState, and Meriem Ahmed. Originally held to guide IT professionals through the complexities of observability in today's diverse tech environments, this session is now available for you to access anytime.

The Art of Visibility: Constructing an OpenTelemetry Observability Pipeline

Craft an observability pipeline that offers unparalleled insights into your systems and applications. Watch as we explore the art of constructing an OpenTelemetry observability pipeline, from instrumenting your codebase to effectively analyzing and visualizing telemetry data. Whether you're aiming to enhance troubleshooting, optimize performance, or gain a deeper understanding of your environment, this video series will equip you with the knowledge and tools to elevate your observability game.