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Grafana Beyla 1.2 release: eBPF auto-instrumentation with full Kubernetes support

We’re excited to announce that with the release of Grafana Beyla 1.2, Kubernetes support is now fully integrated. With this update, the Grafana Beyla configuration now “understands” Kubernetes semantics to provide a more fine-grained selection of services to instrument. Beyla users can decorate metrics and traces with the metadata of Kubernetes entities, such as pods and deployments, that run the automatically instrumented services.

Streamline Azure container monitoring with the Datadog AKS cluster extension

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) enables you to easily deploy and manage containerized applications in Azure while leveraging Microsoft resources such as development tools, security features, and more. As with any Kubernetes service, the sheer volume of containers being orchestrated makes monitoring AKS cluster health challenging, which can slow response times to critical incidents and create bottlenecks around long-term optimizations.

When to Automate Recurring Events

“Is it worth it?” is probably the most common question customers ask business architects and value advisors. Whether it’s a software deployment or process improvement, customers want to be assured that the effort and risk of a project delivers real value. That is the question people in my line of work spend their days trying to answer. In many cases, the answer is complicated and requires a great deal of experience to explain.

Monitor Heroku Add-Ons Using Hosted Graphite

Monitoring your Heroku stack helps you understand the performance of your application and infrastructure. You can identify bottlenecks, slow-performing queries, or resource-intensive processes and optimize them. Monitoring also allows you to detect issues or anomalies in real-time. By setting up alerts based on predefined thresholds, you can be notified as soon as something goes wrong, enabling you to address the issue before it affects users.

Pay-As-You-Go with Pepperdata Real-Time Cost Optimization

Gartner, Inc. estimates that worldwide spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20.4% to total $678.8 billion in 2024. With many organizations incorporating FinOps practices to govern how they spend their money in the cloud, Real-Time Cost Optimization is essential to saving money. In particular, as the market for Generative AI workloads continues to explode, organizations will need to consider a range of cost-savings models to extract optimal efficiency.

What Is ELK Stack? A Guide to Elasticsearch, Logstash, & Kibana

Effective log management and data analysis are vital components of a robust IT infrastructure. They empower organizations to proactively manage their systems, identify and address potential issues, and maintain high levels of performance and security. In this context, the ELK stack plays an indispensable role. It provides a unified framework for managing, analyzing, and visualizing data, thereby simplifying and streamlining these critical operations.

Scaling Up: Website Monitoring for Growing Businesses

In the bustling world of tech, finance, and real estate, your website is the lifeblood of your business. It is the first handshake with potential clients and a critical tool for maintaining your business operations. The complexity of your website grows exponentially as your business scales up. This is where website monitoring services become your silent yet most efficient ally.

Why Do Some Routers Drop Packets or Have High Latencies?

Ever wondered why some routers act up, dropping packets or causing annoying latency spikes? We get it – it's frustrating. In this blog post, we're skipping the tech jargon and going straight to the point. In this blog post, we'll uncover the underlying reasons behind the perplexing phenomena of packet loss and high latency.

Best Tools for Preventing and Detecting Cyber Attacks

Being a website owner usually means that at least a part of your livelihood is tied to the security of your site (if not your entire livelihood). It means losing access, getting DDoS attacked too often, getting your private site data leaked, and similar issues can seriously jeopardize everything you’ve been working so hard to accomplish. With so many threats out there, keeping your site safe is a challenge; however, there are some tools that can help you out with this.