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Introducing easy custom event monitoring for serverless applications.

Today we are excited to announce scheduled searches – a new feature on Dashbird that allows you to track any log event across your stack, turn it into time-series metric and also configure alert notifications based on it. This has been one of the most requested features across our users and we are thrilled to make it available for all users starting today.

Power-up your local development with DDEV

Have you ever had to set up and/or maintain a local development environment using Docker that mirrors your production environment as much as possible? Setting-up and supporting such a docker-based local environment is no easy feat! Common problems include: performance issues, broken dependencies, broken relationships between your services and uncontrolled updates of your docker images, among many other issues. So, the question is, what can we do about that?

Power-up Your Local Development with DDEV | Upsun

Have you ever had to set up and/or maintain a local development environment using Docker that mirrors your production environment as much as possible? Setting-up and supporting such a docker-based local environment is no easy feat! Common problems include performance issues, broken dependencies, broken relationships between your services and uncontrolled updates of your docker images, among many other issues. So, the question is, what can we do about that?

How To Incorporate FinOps Into The DevOps Lifecycle

FinOps, or the practice of managing a company’s cloud computing costs, and DevOps, the process of efficiently building applications in the cloud, should ideally go hand-in-hand. Engineers with a streamlined development process and a cost-conscious mindset can produce functional products with great margins and a high potential for scalability. However, incorporating FinOps into the DevOps lifecycle, and vice versa, isn’t always easy.

Cloud Monitoring: Create custom notification channels

Are you looking to learn how to send alerts from Cloud Monitoring to your custom notification service? In this video, we share the different ways of processing notifications from Cloud Monitoring. Watch this video to learn the steps involved in sending the notifications from Cloud Monitoring using Cloud Run to your custom notification service, including a description of the sample notification service and of the Cloud Run code.
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What's Using Your Bandwidth? Here's a Monitoring Tool

Bandwidth monitoring provides IT administrators with the assurance that the network has sufficient capacity to run business-critical applications. In addition, network ops team have end-to-end visibility to identify network hogs that cause the congestion. Typically, when a single component overloads in any network, it can bring the entire operation to its knees and impact the employee digital experience. For example, even if you may have a dedicated service plan from your ISP, employees will end up complaining about issues like large file transfer time and slower applications.

How Cloud Asset Management Provides Fuller Inventory Visibility

Cloud adoption has grown in recent years. From organizations developing a cloud-native strategy to those focused on cloud migration, there are many different ways to consume the cloud. No matter the reason for choosing the cloud or how organizations get there, many overlook one critical piece of the puzzle: cloud asset management. Have you been frustrated by figuring out what you have deployed in what cloud? If so, you're not alone. Let's examine why this is so important.

How Lumigo helps StartingFinance run 100% serverless with 100% confidence

StartingFinance supports a community of 70,000 with a platform that provides time-critical financial and investment information. Running 100% serverless, StartingFinance relies on Lumigo to ensure high performing apps and has helped them to reduce error rate, down time, and improve their time to resolution. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on any new livestreams and observability content!

The 7 Best FinOps Blogs, Books, And Other Resources

There are almost as many reasons for learning FinOps practices as there are resources available to learn from. Maybe you operate a SaaS company, for example, or you're looking for a job in FinOps. The FinOps field grows in importance every time cloud services and their associated costs become more complex — which can feel like every single day. Regardless of your situation, you’ll need high-quality FinOps resources that offer up-to-date materials and in-depth information.