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Observable Frontends: the State of OpenTelemetry in the Browser

The modern standard for observability in backend systems is: distributed traces with OpenTelemetry, plus dynamic aggregations over these events. This works very well in the world of web servers. But what about the web client? This post describes the state of OpenTelemetry support for React web clients, as of early April 2023.

Announcing HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller 1.10

HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller 1.10 is now available. HAProxy Enterprise Kubernetes Ingress Controller 1.10 is coming soon, and will incorporate these same features.In this release, we added partial support for Gateway API, added new Docker image tags to Docker Hub to make it easier to pull the latest version, and implemented other minor improvements. HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller 1.10 is built with HAProxy version 2.7.We discuss the changes in this version below.

Observability: A Complete Guide

As technology advances, so does the need for software engineers and DevOps teams to understand the precise inner workings of the systems they create. In 2023, observability is quickly becoming a key factor in gaining success for many businesses. The study states that many businesses are in different stages of adopting observability into their arsenal of tools, and that the need for these practices is on the rise.

Forgot to declare an incident? Add it retroactively in FireHydrant.

Have you ever quickly worked through an issue with your team and later thought, “Huh. That probably should have been an incident.” It happened to us just a few weeks back. After one of our engineers surfaced a failed build, a few folks chimed in to problem solve and within 30 minutes things were up and running like normal. But we probably should have declared an incident.

Live from KubeCon: Insider Insights with CNCF's Head of Ecosystem

We’ve just recently completed KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023 in Amsterdam, one of the signature events of the year in the cloud native, open source and observability spaces. I was thrilled to be joined by Taylor Dolezal, the Head of Ecosystem for the hosting Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) to discuss the insider happenings of KubeCon EU live from Amsterdam for the April 2023 OpenObservability Talks podcast.

New Features: Next-Generation Notifications UI, Take-On Call Widget, Alert Templates, Dynamic Policy Routing, Service Groups

This post highlights some of the features and improvements that we have released in the last two months. If you want to submit your own ideas or vote on existing feature requests, you can now use our public roadmap at roadmap.ilert.com.

SCOM Authoring: How to use the module System.ExpressionFilter

System Center Operations Manager, SCOM, is a powerful tool for monitoring IT infrastructure, but sometimes the default monitoring criteria are not optimal to fit your specific needs. That is where the System.ExpressionFilter module comes in - it allows developers to create customized monitoring criteria tailored to fit the requirements of their particular organization.

Grafana k6 v0.44.0 release: web crypto API, Web Vitals metrics, and more!

Grafana k6 v0.44.0 has been released, featuring new experimental modules, an upgraded browser module, and tons of improvements. Get Grafana k6 0.44.0 Here’s a quick overview of the latest k6 news from the team and the community.

Stop Viewing Cybersecurity as an Expense

Nine. Million. Dollars. Well, $9.44 million to be exact for your average data breach according to the latest report from IBM, Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022. From 2017 to 2022, that number has only continued increasing from $7.35 million, an almost 30% increase in just five years. For a small company, a security breach can be the difference between staying open or closing the business. And for a Fortune 500 enterprise, that cost will be more severe.