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The lowdown on Loki for log aggregation: 5 demos you don't want to miss

Looking to get started with log aggregation? Or perhaps take your logging game to a whole new, more advanced level? You’ve come to the right place. Grafana Loki is a key component of Grafana Labs’ open and composable Grafana LGTM stack (Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for traces, Mimir for metrics).

Monitoring with Graphite: Architecture and Concepts

In this article, we provide a concise guide to help you get started with Graphite quickly and efficiently. We cover the basic concepts, architectural considerations, and metrics aggregation of Graphite. We also explain the data feeding methods, metrics format, and storage using Graphite's file-based database. Additionally, we discuss visualization options, including Graphite-Web and Grafana.

Canonical Joins Eclipse Adoptium Working Group to Strengthen Commitment to Open Source Java Runtimes

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is thrilled to announce its membership of the Eclipse Adoptium Working Group. As an esteemed project under the Eclipse Foundation, the Adoptium Working Group brings together renowned OpenJDK builders and distributors such as Alibaba, Azul, Huawei, IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat, Rivos, and, most recently, Google.

4 ways a strategic portfolio management framework can streamline success

In today’s fast-paced business environment, determining how short-term projects fit into long-term organizational goals may seem daunting. A strategic portfolio management framework is critical for companies looking to align their projects, investments, and resources with their overall business strategy. ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) can help organizations consolidate their most pressing business priorities on a single platform.

Code Refactoring and why you should refactor your code

Software does not expire, but it “rots”. Its quality degrades over time. As you build your project and add features, you probably won’t always build it in a clean, orderly and mindful way. Especially if you have a tight deadline. So aside from features, you also produce bugs, code smells, and technical debt. That “rots” your software, but your job as a software engineer is to maintain its “freshness” while building on top of it.

The Goal With Every Release: Stay Laser Focused on Driving Value for Customers

As our customers share their frustrations with the volume and growth of their observability data, we’ve got our eyes set on making it easier to manage. Our Spring 4.1 Launch involved enhancements to the Cribl suite of products — Cribl Stream, Cribl Edge, and Cribl Search — that give users more choice and control over their end-to-end observability architecture.

Data Integration: The Techniques, Use Cases, and Benefits You Need to Know

In a world where data is continuously growing, the need for integrated and centralized data is becoming increasingly important. Businesses are becoming more data-intensive, and by 2025, organizations need to leverage the power of their data to make informed decisions and stay competitive. Data integration plays a crucial role in enabling businesses to access, analyze and act on such data, with the data integration market expected to grow at a fast pace of a CAGR of 11.4% in 2027.

Announcing the General Availability of Cloud Monitoring Console's Maintenance Dashboard

Calling all Splunk Cloud Platform admins! At Splunk, we're dedicated to making your lives easier when it comes to managing various aspects of your Splunk Cloud Platform. One critical aspect that requires your attention is maintenance, which directly impacts the operational efficiency of your deployments. As the capabilities of the Splunk Cloud Platform grow, so do the Splunk-initiated updates like upgrades to keep your deployments up-to-date with the latest features and functionality.

IT Asset Tagging: How to Tag Software and Hardware Assets

When managing assets across your organization, IT asset tagging acts as a starting block. It ensures that everything is properly identified and easily tracked to avoid inaccurate inventory records, unregistered losses, or misusage. The practice provides a systematic approach to label and identify software and hardware assets to easily track relevant information throughout the asset’s whole lifecycle.

NetOps in Action: Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS)

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS) is an American multinational corporation which offers a wide range of financial products and services. FIS is most known for its development of Financial Technology, or FinTech. FIS has a portfolio of products for the financial services sector, including both retail and investment banking. FIS global customers connect to services from FIS’s Little Rock, AR datacenter.