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Is a $1 million Datadog bill worth it?

Oct 12, 2023 By Nočnica Mellifera In SigNoz

In a recent reddit thread, I got into a conversation about justifying the cost of observability. It got to a really basic question about running a tech company: how do you know that any cost is justified? While a small number of expenses have clear and direct business values, a bunch of other costs, I would even say most costs, just aren’t that clear cut.

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Are there any alternatives to OpenTelemetry worth considering?

Oct 11, 2023 By Favour Daniel In SigNoz

Are you looking for an OpenTelemetry alternative? Then you've come to the right place. There are no good alternatives to OpenTelemetry if your use case involves generating different types of telemetry signals like logs, metrics, and traces and their collection. In certain use cases, like monitoring only metrics or time-series data, you can use a tool like Prometheus. If you’re sure you want an OpenTelemetry alternative, then let me point you to these three here.

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Troubleshooting Unknown Unknowns with the Tier Metric Correlator

Oct 11, 2023 By AppDynamics In AppDynamics

Tier Metric Correlation allows for fast root cause analysis by tying together business transaction performance outliers, nodes/servers, and key metrics that indicate a path to problem identification. In this example, we navigate through a blue/green deployment to identify a broken pipe/database issue. From here, we can drill down into the call graph and root cause.

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OpenTelemetry Webinars: Apache Kafka and OTLP data

Oct 11, 2023 By SigNoz In SigNoz

Nica and Ankit discuss the benefits of a Kafka queue for your OTLP data.

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Top OpenTelemetry Tools Most Suited for OpenTelemetry Data

Oct 10, 2023 By Favour Daniel In SigNoz

OpenTelemetry is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation(CNCF) project aimed at standardizing the way we instrument applications for generating telemetry data(logs, metrics, and traces). OpenTelemetry lets you export the data it collects to any backend of your choice. In this article, we will discuss some of the top OpenTelemetry tools that are tailored to support OpenTelemetry data, offering valuable insights into the functioning and optimization of applications.

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OpenTelemetry Webinars: Logs in OpenTelemetry

Oct 8, 2023 By SigNoz In SigNoz

Join Nočnica and Nityananda Gohain in an exploration of the best way to send logs with OpenTelemetry. More about SigNoz: SigNoz - Monitor your applications and troubleshoot problems in your deployed applications, an open-source alternative to DataDog, New Relic, etc. Backed by Y Combinator. SigNoz helps developers monitor applications and troubleshoot problems in their deployed applications. SigNoz uses distributed tracing to gain visibility into your software stack.

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Launch of SigNoz Cloud, Improvements in Logs tab, and Metrics Query Builder - SigNal 29

Oct 4, 2023 By Ankit Anand In SigNoz

Welcome to the 29th edition of our monthly product newsletter - SigNal 29! We are excited to share important updates from Team SigNoz. We are pleased to announce the public launch of SigNoz cloud. We’ve also raised funding of $6.5M to fuel the next phase of building and growth. We also shipped many improvements to the product. Let’s dive in to see what humans at SigNoz were up to in the month of September 2023.

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Configure a policy to detect and block attacks and exploits

Oct 4, 2023 By AppDynamics In AppDynamics

With Cisco Secure Application, you can configure run-time policies to continuously monitor vulnerabilities and automatically find and block attacks. Your speed and uptime are maximized while the risk to your business is minimized. And your teams gain time to plan and remediate your environment.

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An overview of Context Propagation in OpenTelemetry

Oct 4, 2023 By Muskan Paliwal In SigNoz

In today's rapidly evolving landscape of software applications, where complexity often thrives, the need for observability and tracing has never been more pronounced. The ability to comprehend the inner workings of distributed systems and track the journey of requests as they traverse through various components is paramount for maintaining optimal performance and troubleshooting issues. This is where OpenTelemetry, a prominent observability framework, steps in.

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OpenTelemetry Exporters - Types and Configuration Steps

Oct 4, 2023 By Favour Daniel In SigNoz

In this post, we will talk about OpenTelemetry exporters. OpenTelemetry exporters help in exporting the telemetry data collected by OpenTelemetry. OpenTelemetry frees you from any kind of vendor lock-in by letting you export the collected telemetry data to any backend of your choice. In modern distributed systems, efficiently collecting, transmitting, and analyzing telemetry data from diverse sources poses a significant challenge.

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