Managing and storing vast amounts of data is no small feat, and can be a real drain on resources. Organizations often need to retain data for extended periods — sometimes up to seven years — to comply with regulations. It’s a common dilemma: data volumes keep skyrocketing, but budgets don’t follow suit. IT and security teams face immense pressure to handle this data deluge while navigating procurement pitfalls.

As the summer heats up, so does innovation at observIQ. We are thrilled to announce a number of exciting updates for BindPlane, the industry’s first OTel-native telemetry pipeline. Read on for a summary of what’s new in BindPlane, themed and tuned with the excitement and energy of NBA Jam’s legendary announcer, Tim Kritzow.

AWS OpenSearch Service is a fully managed service supplied by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for deploying, managing, and scaling OpenSearch clusters in the cloud. OpenSearch Service was formerly known as Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES) but was renamed in 2021 due to changes in the open-source project it is based on. In 2022, AWS OpenSearch Serverless was announced.

Every database manager knows the complexities involved in maintaining and optimizing multiple enterprise databases. But knowing the complexities of database management and having the requisite knowledge and skills (never mind the right tools) to get the job done, is a different matter. Businesses today use a wide range of database systems to support a variety of applications and data types.

Runbook Studio for Azure Automation is now available in the Azure Marketplace, as a monthly subscription via your existing Microsoft contract. Starting at just $50 per month, Azure Marketplace users can experience the ease and power of low-code, no-code automation running as a service in the Azure Cloud. The Azure Marketplace is new to most companies and we have been able to provide some answers to some common questions to demistify this different way of purchasing Kelverion products.

OpenTelemetry (OTel) should be at the heart of your observability strategy. There is no longer a need to pay for the collection of telemetry data; instead, use the unified OTel standard for all your telemetry data. Once you have the data in a standard form, you can choose where to process it, either on your own servers or via one of many SaaS providers.

Our mission at Checkly is to enable engineers to detect and resolve issues 10x faster. We are very excited to announce $20 million in Series B funding led by Balderton, alongside the participation of our existing investors Accel and CRV.

With the release of Icinga Web 2.12, we’ve streamlined and simplified the process for performing database schema upgrades for both Icinga Web and its modules. This new feature not only indicates when an upgrade is pending but also allows for automatic execution of the upgrade. Previously, users had to consult the upgrade documentation and perform the upgrade manually. While it’s still important to read the upgrade documentation, this new feature simplifies the process significantly.

Follow these best practices when using Cloud Logging to centralize and manage logs from diverse sources.

The cloud computing space is constantly evolving — a fact that can sometimes set the stage for inconsistencies and confusion around both industry terminology and best practices. Cloud agnostic is one of those confusing terms, as is cloud native. But with the number of cloud agnostic and cloud native applications growing, it’s important to set the record straight.