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Full-Stack Observability with OpenTelemetry and DX Operational Observability

DX Operational Observability (DX O2) from Broadcom supports ingestion and retention of OpenTelemetry (OTel) data. Teams who have instrumented applications with OpenTelemetry SDKs and APIs can now ingest telemetry into DX O2 using the OpenTelemetry Collector, a core component of OpenTelemetry, and the OTel Collector Exporter, which is now available through early access in DX O2.

Essential Linux Patch Management: Tools And Best Practices For Success

Let’s talk Linux Patch Management—a crucial practice in today’s cybersecurity landscape. In 2023, cybercriminals doubled their exploitation of Linux vulnerabilities compared to the previous year, according to Kaspersky. Although there has been a slight decrease in 2024, the trend persists due to the increasing popularity of Linux systems. This growth makes Linux Patch Management more important than ever for businesses of all sizes.

Windows Patch Management: Tips & Tools For Total Protection

Let’s talk numbers for a second. Did you know that Microsoft’s Windows dominates over 68% of the desktop operating systems market worldwide (Statista)? With such global dominance, ensuring effective Windows Patch Management to keep systems secure and running smoothly isn’t just important—it’s absolutely essential. And that’s exactly what we’re here to discuss. In this article, we’ll cover: Ready to take control of your Windows patching process?

Grafana Labs: Top 10 moments of 2024

2024 was a year of making connections. The open source community gathered in person for GrafanaCON for the first time in five years — meeting in Amsterdam to celebrate Grafana 11, Loki 3.0, a new open source project (cue Grafana Alloy), and more. TailCtrl, an early-stage company that specializes in adaptive trace sampling, joined Grafana Labs to advance our Adaptive Telemetry story (welcome, founder Sean Porter!).

PromQL vector matching: what it is and how it affects your Prometheus queries

Dawid Dębowski is a software engineer at G2A.COM and a Grafana Champion. Holding an MS of Computer Science, Dawid’s main fields of interest related to observability are PromQL and data visualizations using Grafana. Have you ever created an awesome query in PromQL, expecting it to return the exact results you’re looking for, only to receive the “No data” response when you run it? If so, you might have fallen into the trap of PromQL vector matching.

How to Build Omni Model Dynamic AI Assistants using Intelligent Prompting

My name is Tim Gühnemann, and as an AI engineering working student at ilert, I had the privilege of developing and continuous improving ilert AI, ensuring it meets the needs of our customers and aligns with our vision. ‍ Our goal was to provide all our customers with access to ilert AI. We aimed to develop a solution that could adapt dynamically and function independently based on our use cases, similar to the OpenAI Assistant API.