Managing OpenTelemetry (OTel) collectors across diverse, cloud-native environments is key to streamlining monitoring and gathering valuable insights. But, managing them effectively, especially across multiple servers, has been a manual and time-consuming process. That changes today. Sumo Logic’s Otel Remote Management is designed to simplify OpenTelemetry Collector management, all from a single unified user interface.

Splunk is a powerful tool for data analysis and monitoring, but its high costs and complex implementation can be challenging for many organizations. Here are 13 proven Splunk alternatives that provide robust monitoring capabilities, comprehensive data analysis, and more cost-effective solutions for organizations of all sizes.

Learn how to harness the power of Windows Event Logs for better troubleshooting, system monitoring, and security with this easy-to-follow guide.

This year has been transformative for technology, reshaping the business landscape with groundbreaking advancements and unprecedented challenges. Generative AI continues to unlock new possibilities, while cybersecurity threats have escalated to new heights. Across APAC — a fast-emerging global innovation hub — businesses have grappled with the twin forces of regulatory evolution and technological breakthroughs.

Log tracing tracks requests across systems while logging captures events within a system. Both are essential for effective observability.

Logs are essential for understanding and optimizing performance, and MongoDB structured logging makes them more powerful. By organizing logs into a consistent format, we can query and analyze them more efficiently. However, dealing with logs locally has its limits. That’s where a centralized log management tool like SolarWinds Loggly comes in. Shipping MongoDB logs to SolarWinds Loggly gives you a unified view of your data, advanced analytics, and proactive monitoring.

In structured logging, log messages are broken down into key-value pairs, making it easier to search, filter, and analyze logs. This is in contrast to traditional logging, which usually consists of unstructured text that is difficult to parse and analyze.

The end of the year for technology companies always brings with it a raft of new predictions for the coming twelve months. Many predictions, breathlessly delivered, suggest a tenuous future can be conveniently avoided with the appropriate application of vendors’ products. Using predictions as a way to shill products is boring, and it misses an opportunity to help enterprises plan for the coming year. After all, predictions don’t have to be correct to be useful.

Learn how to configure log rotation in Linux to keep your system stable, manage log files, and prevent disk space issues effectively.

The financial services industry has been a threat actor target since before digital transformation was even a term. Further, the financial services organizations find themselves continuously under scrutiny. As members of a highly regulated industry, these companies need to comply with various laws to ensure that they effectively protect sensitive data.