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A Recap of 2025

Jan 5, 2026 By Kaushik In Spike
In the past, our yearly recaps were mostly about numbers. What we shipped, how much Spike grew, and a long list of stats. See past recaps: 2023, 2024. But 2025 felt different to me. It had many moments that shaped how Spike as a product and the company looks today. Some of them were exciting. Some were uncomfortable, and all of them changed how I think about building Spike. We’re still bootstrapped and operating lean, with a team of fewer than ten people.
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signoz

What is OTLP and How It Works Behind the Scenes

Jan 5, 2026 By Dhruv Ahuja In SigNoz
If you have worked with observability tools in the last decade, you have likely managed, and been burnt by, a fragmented collection of tools and libraries. Each observability signal required its own tool, data formats were incompatible and had little or no correlation. For example, log records would not link to traces, meaning you had to guess which traces led to which events. The OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) solves this by decoupling how telemetry is generated from where it is analyzed.
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pulsant

2026 - the year of repatriation, resilience, and regional rebalancing

Jan 5, 2026 By Rob Coupland In Pulsant
2025 was a tough year for businesses, with slow growth, high costs, cyber risks and geopolitical uncertainties all contributing to a challenging climate. More than ever, businesses must innovate to survive and grow, and digital infrastructure will play a key role in 2026. Last year I predicted a pivotal year for cloud strategy, with repatriation gaining momentum due to shifting legislative, geopolitical, and technological pressures. This trend has accelerated, with a growing focus on data sovereignty.
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ivanti

How Agentic AI for ITOps Unlocks Value at Scale

Jan 5, 2026 By Sterling Parker In Ivanti
Here’s a paradox for the AI era: organizations are obsessed with the promise of AI as the key to unlocking productivity and enterprise transformation, and IT teams are all-in on the advantages AI and automation offer — yet those same organizations are the ones holding that transformation back. While the majority of IT workers advocate for AI adoption, operational, cultural and budgetary barriers stand in the way of enterprises implementing AI at scale.
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dotcom-monitor

Website Monitoring: What, Why, and Best Practices

Jan 5, 2026 By Dotcom-Monitor In Dotcom-Monitor
In modern times where digital presence dictates business success, understanding website monitoring is no longer optional, whether you run an e-commerce store, SaaS platform, or enterprise website it’s a fundamental pillar of modern operations. Even a few minutes of website downtime can result in lost revenue, damaged credibility, and frustrated users.
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grafana

2026 observability trends and predictions from Grafana Labs: unified, intelligent, and open

Jan 5, 2026 By Maggie Cornejo In Grafana
After a decade of dashboards, alerts, and ever-expanding telemetry pipelines, observability is changing. No longer just the domain of engineering, the most innovative organizations are extending observability to all areas of the business to better understand system behavior, emerging risks, and customer impact. At the same time, rising cloud costs and increasing complexity are forcing organizations to be more intentional about what they observe and why.
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datadog

Troubleshoot faster with the GitLab Source Code integration in Datadog

Jan 5, 2026 By Eric Metaj In Datadog
Developers and SREs who rely on GitLab to develop their services often face significant friction when troubleshooting errors or fixing issues that degrade code quality. To understand the context of a problem, they resort to tab-hopping between observability tools and GitLab, connecting stack traces, spans, and profiles back to the right files and commits.
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certkit

DNS-PERSIST-01 validates a domain once to get certificates forever

Jan 5, 2026 By Todd H. Gardner In CertKit
With the ACME protocol, to issue a certificate you have to prove you control the domain. The CA gives you a challenge, you complete it, and they issue your cert. The trouble is that every validation method has tradeoffs. And as certificate lifetimes get shorter, those tradeoffs will get more painful. DNS-PERSIST-01 is a new approach coming in 2026 that trades proof-of-freshness for easier operations.
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Operational Math That Still Wins in Ecommerce

Operational Math That Still Wins in Ecommerce

Jan 5, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Customer acquisition is more expensive, carriers are charging more granular surcharges, and privacy rules are reshaping attribution. The merchants protecting contribution margin are not chasing silver bullets. They are tightening unit economics, enforcing faster payback on marketing, and aligning inventory with realistic demand. EcomWatch is a digital publication launched by experienced ecommerce entrepreneurs who believed the industry needed a news outlet built by people who actively run online stores. Its mission is to deliver timely, evidence based insights across the ecommerce ecosystem.
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Planning for an Ageing Workforce: Operational Strategies Every Business Needs

Planning for an Ageing Workforce: Operational Strategies Every Business Needs

Jan 5, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Australian businesses face a reality that demands operational attention. Our workforce is ageing rapidly, and the implications touch everything from succession planning to employee support structures. By 2030, nearly one quarter of Australians will be over 65. This demographic shift creates both challenges and opportunities for organisations willing to adapt their operational approaches.
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