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Triaging an Incident with a Critical Data Pipeline at #rivian

Rivian makes electric vehicles to advance its mission to keep the world adventurous forever. As software defined vehicles, Rivian’s R1T and R1S are connected to the cloud from day 1, and telemetry data is at the heart of enabling mobile notifications, remote diagnostics, fleet management, and more. With so many critical pipelines in the cloud, observability is a top priority for the data platform.
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Transform your workflow with Raygun's remote MCP

We're happy to announce Raygun's new remote MCP server, giving AI tools direct access to live error data so they can investigate issues, surface root causes, and take action with real context, not guesses. It's been nearly a year since Anthropic released the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and a lot has changed in the AI space. Since then, almost all major players now support MCP, allowing them to tap into the massive and ever-expanding catalogue of MCP servers. When MCP first launched, we shipped our own Raygun MCP within 48 hours of the spec dropping, which was an early step toward giving LLMs visibility into Raygun data.

Safely Roll Out Features with Datadog Feature Flags

In this short demo, see how Datadog Feature Flags help teams release new functionality safely and efficiently. Datadog provides advanced targeting, progressive rollouts, and automatic rollbacks — all integrated with powerful observability data. Learn how you can use simple on–off flags or multi-variant configurations to test and deploy features with confidence. With built-in monitoring of key guardrail metrics, Datadog can automatically pause or reverse rollouts when issues are detected, keeping your releases stable.

Building Smarter AI Products #Datadog #DASH #AI

AI capabilities are advancing faster than ever — transforming how teams design, build, and ship intelligent products. In this teaser from Building Successful AI-powered Products at Datadog DASH, experts discuss the rise of agent-based systems, evolving model capabilities, and how to stay ahead in the new era of automation.

How Datadog is Reinventing On-Call #Datadog #OnCall #DevOps

Datadog is reimagining how engineers handle incidents—moving beyond simple alerts to an intelligent, voice-driven on-call experience. With Datadog On-Call, teams can acknowledge alerts, access runbooks, post to Slack, and collaborate in real time, all before even touching their computer. See how Datadog brings incident response, communication, and automation together so you can respond faster and keep customers informed.

The APM paradox

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) means many things to many people. At its core, it enables developers to diagnose why their applications are slow and helps them provide a better experience to their users. Traditionally, this is accomplished by collecting a lot of data and displaying it in the form of dashboards and request traces. The problems you're trying to solve are generally known up front.

Monitor OCI spend, AI in DDSQL Editor, OTLP Metrics API, and more | This Month in Datadog

See how you can gain insights into cloud costs by tracking OCI spend and easily comparing instance types in October’s episode of This Month in Datadog. Join us for a spotlight of Cloud Cost Management’s support for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and the product’s new feature, Instance Explorer, which enables you to visualize and easily compare the cost and performance of instances across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

APM for Banks and Fintech: Ensuring Stability in High-Transaction Apps

The financial services industry is undergoing a major transformation. According to the McKinsey & Company 2025 Global Payments Report, digital payments continue to dominate, generating approximately $2.5 trillion in revenue from around $2.0 quadrillion in value flows across 3.6 trillion transactions worldwide. In another survey conducted by JP Morgan says that, more than 30 percent of financial professionals reported that faster payments are having a positive impact on their organizations in 2025.