In the first part of our 2023 PromCon recap, we spent OpenObservability Talks exploring the Perses open source project. We found heavy users of open source Grafana who found themselves grappling with issues arising from managing a vast number of dashboards, and the need to manage dashboards as code in a GitOps fashion.
In the vibrant atmosphere of PromCon during the last week of September, attendees were treated to a plethora of exciting updates from the Prometheus universe. A significant highlight of the event has been the unveiling of the Perses project. With its innovative approach of dashboard as code, GitOps, and Kubernetes native features, Perses promises a revolutionary experience for Prometheus users, which gained a lot of traction at the conference.
Navigate Europe 2023 has come to an end, and we couldn’t be more grateful for everyone involved in this, from our sponsors, attendees, and most importantly, the Civo team. Whilst we have already announced the next event for next year in Austin, Texas, we want to spend some time reflecting on the amazing few days we’ve just had, and everything we took away from it.
The curtain rose and fell on another spectacular Black Hat USA, the conference set against the backdrop of fabulous Las Vegas in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. We knew upon hitting the Strip that all the glamor and neon lights were just the preshow for the main event: innovation and the latest in cybersecurity. We couldn’t wait to show attendees and fellow vendors what we had to offer.
After a solid week in Vegas and another solid week of recovery, I’m back in the office (AKA sitting on my couch eating Doritos with chopsticks so I don’t get my keyboard dirty) to bring you my official Black Hat 2023 recap. This year’s event was noticeably scaled back, with fewer people swag surfing the business hall and more technical security folks in search of solutions for actual business problems.
This article, written by Shan Desai, was originally published on his blog and is reposted here with permission. Shan is a Software engineer currently employed at Emerson Discrete Automation and is an Open-Source Contributor / DIY Tech Enthusiast currently working with Industrial IoT. Telegraf is widely used as a metric aggregation tool thanks to the diverse number of plugins it provides that interface with a multitude of systems without having to write complex software logic.
