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OpenTelemetry has quickly become a must-have tool in the DevOps toolkit. It helps us understand how our applications are performing and how our systems are behaving. As more and more organizations move to cloud-native architectures and microservices, it's super important to have great monitoring and tracing in place. OpenTelemetry provides a strong and flexible framework for capturing data that helps DevOps engineers keep our systems running smoothly and efficiently.

Keeping your website free of broken links is essential for good user experience and SEO - that's why Oh Dear monitors your entire website! Our broken links crawler will find and test all the links on your site and we keep going until we have checked everything! In addition to alerting you when you need it we have given our Broken Links feature a UI makeover! With this update it's now easier than ever to identify and resolve broken links across your site.

Mainframe MQ systems are the lifeblood of many enterprises, managing the messaging that keeps critical applications running smoothly. However, maintaining the health of these systems requires careful oversight, and this is where real-time monitoring comes into play. While real-time monitoring is essential to ensure uptime, performance, and security, implementing it in mainframe MQ systems can be filled with challenges.

The origin of incident.io goes back to our days building Monzo, a UK-based bank, where Stephen, Pete, and I first crossed paths. As a bank, compliance with numerous regulations was, unsurprisingly, a top priority. When it came to incident management—something we were very involved in—this meant that every aspect of reporting, policy adherence, and root cause analysis (or "contributing factors," as we called it) had to be managed consistently and meticulously.

Downtime is inevitable but what sets successful businesses apart is how they handle it. A key part of incident management is incident communication with both internal and external stakeholders. A status page is a crucial tool for maintaining clear communication with users during outages or service interruptions. There are numerous status page providers available with different features. This article will guide you through best practices for selecting a provider that suits your needs.

Cybersecurity threats continue to grow more sophisticated, making penetration testing an essential part of any organization’s security strategy. Penetration testing tools, or "pen testing" tools, help identify and exploit vulnerabilities in your systems, networks, and applications. They are a proactive way to address weaknesses before malicious actors can take advantage. However, selecting the right one can be overwhelming with so many available tools.

Learn essential commands, examples, and best practices for using kubectl exec to troubleshoot and manage your Kubernetes applications.

Data is in the digital age what oil was in the industrial age. Many organizations have noticed this and are now racing to find the most efficient, cost-effective, and robust platforms to help organize, store, and manage their data. Amazon RDS offers a robust cloud database solution, but like any service, it has limitations. In this guide, we’ll explain cloud database management, how Amazon RDS supports it, and why it might not meet all needs.

Cribl has been experiencing rapid growth over the past six years as customers increasingly seek tools to modernize their data strategies. We introduced a new product, Cribl Lake, to help customers address even more diverse data management challenges. With customer data growing at a 28% CAGR, organizations are looking for solutions that can help them manage and optimize their data infrastructure.

As we celebrate 20 years of Ubuntu, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the value of partnership. The idea that software should be open source and accessible to all gave birth to a vibrant community of users and a partner ecosystem who help us take Ubuntu across industries. So who do we work with? We are fortunate to count over 100 partners, all of whom have a different relationship with Ubuntu.