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It has been said that software engineers are organisms that convert caffeine into code. Not all software engineers need coffee to get by, but it's popular enough that it'd be silly for us not to have an office coffee machine... …it'd also be sort of silly for a monitoring company not to monitor that coffee machine, which is so crucial that we could make a reasonable argument for it being part of the production infrastructure.

We are happy to announce that Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now available in Microsoft’s new tar-based distribution architecture. Ubuntu has been a widely used Linux distribution on WSL, offering a familiar development environment for many users. This new distribution architecture for WSL will make adoption easier in enterprise environments by enabling image customization and deployments at scale.

While CSV data is often associated with popular spreadsheet apps like Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel, Grafana offers a number of capabilities to quickly visualize and analyze data stored in a CSV format. In this post, we’ll walk through an example of how to use Grafana to visualize any CSV file from anywhere on the web. More specifically, we will: Moving forward, you can also apply these steps to build any kind of dashboard within Grafana.

Data sovereignty is now one of the top concerns of those making data centre buying decisions. The principle that data is subject to the laws of the country where it is collected or stored, has been enshrined in two discrete, but connected pieces of legislation: The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). Whilst both these statutes enforce sovereignty as a minimum, they also cover the use of personal data, including how it is collected, stored, and processed.

Teneo understands that it can be hard to balance cost and depth of observability in todays fast-paced digital landscape, where organizations face the challenge of managing increasingly complex IT infrastructures while keeping costs under control. Achieving this balance requires a new approach, this is why we have developed our Open Observability platform, a critical component of Teneo’s StreamlineX framework.

Managing incidents just got a whole lot easier. With our latest update, you get better visibility, smarter filtering, and a seamless way to collaborate with your team – right inside UptimeRobot. You can now access all incidents in one place under the new Incidents tab in the left sidebar. FYI: Some of our best improvements come directly from you—like the ability to add comments and make incidents searchable. We listen and we don’t judge—do you have an idea?

Managing server racks effectively is one of the most critical aspects of running a successful data center. Accurate asset tracking and efficient space utilization can make or break your operations. Without proper processes in place, you risk issues like wasting resources and escalating costs.

Icinga is an open-source project, but it’s only become the product we like to use thanks to co-development, brainstorming and suggestions from the community. That’s why we created a platform in the past to facilitate the exchange of custom implementations like check plug-ins, styles, extensions and bridges to third-party systems. We’re talking about our Exchange Portal, of course.

Imagine this: You push a major update to your website, confident that everything looks great. Hours later, traffic plummets. Your users complain about slow load times, but when you check WebPageTest, everything seems fine. What’s missing? Real-time insights and proactive monitoring.

It started like any other alert. An issue was detected by Lumigo. Service: prod_copilot_repo-parser_cont Error Type: FailedToProcessGithubRepository A notification popped up in Slack. Someone’s repository wasn’t processing correctly. Not a great way to start the day.