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The Grafana OpenTelemetry Distribution for .NET: Optimized for Application Observability

The OpenTelemetry project provides many different components and instrumentations that support different languages and telemetry signals. However, new users often find it hard to pick the right ones and configure them properly for their specific use cases. For this reason, OpenTelemetry defines the concept of a distribution, which is a tailored and customized version of OpenTelemetry components. Here at Grafana Labs, we are all-in on OpenTelemetry.

The Grafana OpenTelemetry Distribution for Java: Optimized for Application Observability

The OpenTelemetry project provides many different components and instrumentations that support different languages and telemetry signals. However, new users often find it hard to pick the right ones and configure them properly for their specific use cases. For this reason, OpenTelemetry defines the concept of a distribution, which is a tailored and customized version of OpenTelemetry components. Here at Grafana Labs, we are all-in on OpenTelemetry.

Modernize Your SIEM Architecture

In this Livestream conversation, I spoke with John Alves from CyberOne Security about the struggles teams face in modernizing a SIEM, controlling costs, and extracting optimal value from their systems. We delve into the issues around single system-of-analysis solutions that attempt to solve detection and analytics use cases within the same tool.

Unleash the potential of intelligent, context-aware automation with BigPanda and Ansible

Many ITOps organizations we speak with want a state of self-healing systems capable of identifying and resolving issues without human intervention. Thanks to the progress in AI and ML, AIOps has made significant advancements in areas that automate many of the steps involved with identifying and triaging incidents. We ask ITOps leaders why they aren’t taking the next step with auto-remediating incident response workflows.

Infrastructure Management & Lifecycle Explained

IT infrastructure must meet enterprise needs for effective service delivery while also providing value for money. This is a critical undertaking. Massive data growth, increased complexity of hybrid cloud environments, and emphasis on digital-first strategies are just some of the challenges. This requires an advanced approach to how infrastructure is configured and controlled — infrastructure management.

Managing Apple Devices in N-central is Now Better Than Ever

It’s not uncommon to find with remote monitoring and management solutions that the functionality they offer around Apple device management lies a very distant second to that offered for Windows devices. N-central has long been a leading RMM solution, and it too has had its deficiencies when it comes to Apple device management.

How To Create a DevOps Implementation Roadmap

You’ve done your research and decided to use the DevOps approach for your software development process and IT operations. However, before you start tossing around terms like “continuous integration” and “containerization,” there’s an important starting point on your DevOps journey — creating a DevOps implementation roadmap.

Goodbye, GitOps: Getting to green in an AI-powered world

The cognitive bias known as the streetlight effect describes our desire as humans to look for clues where it’s easiest to search, regardless of whether that’s where the answers are. For decades in the software industry, we’ve focused on testing our applications under the reassuring streetlight of GitOps. It made sense in theory: wait for changes to the codebase made by engineers, then trigger a re-test of your code. If your tests pass, you’re good to go.