Rapid advancements in technology have welcomed the rise of cloud computing. This has changed how we access and manage IT resources, shifting the paradigm to more cloud-based management and monitoring. However, with so many moving parts, maintaining complete visibility and control can be a challenge. This is the hurdle that cloud-based monitoring tools are trying to overcome.

Providing the best support for our customers has always been at the core of our company since day one, and it is something that will never change. In the infrastructure space, one downtime can be critical and have a huge business impact. Having the best support is key to running a business with confidence. Today, we are glad to introduce our new support plans, allowing us to provide best-in-class support and scale with the increasing number of clients using our product.

Regression testing is not a new concept. However, historically, it has been limited to functional testing due to the setup, configuration, and maintenance required to simulate a production environment accurately. Many teams have found the cost outweighs the benefits, but with the advent of production traffic replication (PTR), it’s become a viable option to regression test performance, especially for those running applications in Kubernetes.

Core Web Vitals (CWV) are Google's preferred metrics for measuring the quality of the user experience for browser web apps. Currently, Core Web Vitals measure loading performance, interactivity, and visual stability. These are the main indicators of what a user’s experience will be while using a web page: Note: As of March 12th, INP has become a stable Core Web Vital, replacing First Input Delay (FID).

Today, at Civo, we announced the complete removal of all egress fees, without caveats. Regardless of whether you stay with Civo, or look to move to another provider. Why have we done this? Our decision to remove egress fees is rooted from the original promise of cloud computing: flexibility and freedom. It embodies the ability to tap into virtually limitless computing resources on demand, without being tethered to rigid, on-premises infrastructure.

Datadog Data Streams Monitoring (DSM) provides detailed visibility into your event-driven applications and streaming data pipelines, letting you easily track and improve performance. We’ve covered DSM for Kafka and RabbitMQ users previously on our blog. In this post, we’ll guide you through using DSM to monitor applications built with Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS).

Recently, Elastic announced the AI Assistant for Observability is now generally available for all Elastic users. The AI Assistant enables a new tool for Elastic Observability providing large language model (LLM) connected chat and contextual insights to explain errors and suggest remediation.

Imagine having total awareness of your apps: observing the effects of code on efficiency, identifying bottlenecks, and predicting crashes. The open-source observability platform OpenTelemetry makes this possible. OpenTelemetry, designed to collect telemetry data, provides you with the knowledge necessary to enhance your systems and provide a flawless user experience.