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Today’s guest blog is by Mike Stem­le, a software engineer and Principal Architect for the Ar­c XP di­vi­sion of the Wash­ing­ton Post. In his role, Mike focuses on AppSec and large-scale architecture. Any­body who works with me knows that I love the Data­dog Service Catalog.

Hey there! We're excited to share a new troubleshooting feature we have added to Netdata, the Netdata Assistant. We've built this tool to help you troubleshoot more effectively and with less stress. Let's dive in.

Since 2020, the Intel team has been contributing to Telegraf, including both telemetry from Intel-specific platform features (such as Intel® Resource Director Technology, Intel® Dynamic Load Balancer, or power statistics from Intel-based platforms) and telemetry gathered from generic tools and frameworks; for example, Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK), Libvirt, P4 Runtime, or Reliability Availability Serviceability (RAS).

In the dynamic world of Information Technology (IT), incident tracking is a critical process within the realm of incident management that can significantly influence an organization’s operational efficiency and service quality. Incident management refers to the identification, recording, and management of incidents—unplanned events or disruptions—that can impact IT services.

InfluxDB vs Thanos: Overview, Pros and Cons, and Differences.

Logs are like gold ore. They have valuable nuggets of information, but those nuggets often come in a matrix of less helpful material. Extracting the gold from the ore is crucial because it is vital to unlocking insights and optimizing your system(s). Raw logs can be overwhelming, containing informational messages, debug statements, errors, etc. However, buried within this sea of data lies the key metrics you can use to understand your applications' performance, availability, and health.

Knowledge is power. Especially when it’s a collection of knowledge about challenges in your specific IT organization. To streamline knowledge access for technicians, we’re adding Knowledge Base to our Alloy Navigator mobile app. IT specialists can now access the knowledge base on the go through the same mobile interface that they use to respond to and collaborate on tickets.

You may be thinking, “What on earth is an observability pipeline? And how does the Super Mario World fit in?” Hold on to your hat, my friend, because you’re about to find out!

Working on software infrastructure for the sake of infrastructure is rarely a good use of time. That probably sounds obvious, but perhaps the next question is less straightforward: what should engineering platform teams do instead?

Cybercrime is one of the greatest threats to modern businesses, so naturally, cybersecurity is becoming a top priority among business leaders worldwide. It’s easy to see why. Cybercrime can result in significant losses for companies, particularly financially. In fact, the global cost of cybercrime is expected to rise to $23.84 trillion by 2027, up from $8.44 trillion in 2022. Businesses collect and store mountains of data daily, and are obligated to keep that data secure.