One of the biggest challenges in the field of log analysis is being able to connect the dots and understand the underlying story connecting them. Applications and machines are generating an increasing amount of log data, making it extremely difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.

We’re happy to announce the release of Pinpoint v1.7.3.

The Linux kernel is an abundant component of modern IT systems. It provides the critical services of hardware abstraction and time-sharing to applications. The classical metrics for monitoring Linux are among the most well known metrics in monitoring: CPU utilization, memory usage, disk utilization, and network throughput. For a while now, Circonus installations have organized, the key system metrics in the form of a USE Dashboard, as a high level overview of the system resources.

WordPress may power the majority or the internet, but Joomla! is the second most popular CMS on the planet, representing 6.1% of all known CMS websites. So we felt it was important to integrate it directly into our external website security and vulnerability scanner. Sitting alongside special checks for WordPress, Drupal and SilverStripe websites, we scan potential issues with the core version of Joomla! and any plugins installed.

Today, we are excited to announce the beta release of Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring, which lets you observe Kubernetes in a comprehensive fashion, simplifying operations for both developers and operators.

April brought us new bugfix releases of Icinga 2 v2.8 and Icinga Web v2.5. Carsten released new versions for the Grafana module for Icinga Web 2.