Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

In this episode of Pastries with SREs, we dig into Limitless Observability with a sweet side of unified observability strategy. If you're tired of siloed tools, fractured data, and swivel-chair investigations, this one’s for you. We explore: Why are silos still the norm in modern observability? What’s the true cost of inefficiencies across logs, metrics, and traces? How can SREs, IT operations, and dev teams shift to a no-compromise, unified observability model?

Reliability doesn’t have to be fancy and dramatic. Kolton and his team dramatically improved Netflix reliability by focusing on low-hanging fruit. FULL TRANSCRIPT: My first holiday peak at Netflix, where my VP of engineering came to me and he said, "Kolton, what do you think the chance we make it through the holiday peak without an outage is?"  I thought about it for a minute and I said, "50/50.".

Learn how to connect SSIS to Snowflake, access your cloud data warehouse, and load data into SQL Server using Devart SSIS Data Flow Components. This clear, step-by-step guide covers setting up the connection, selecting and previewing Snowflake data, and running smooth, efficient data transfers—all without coding. Ideal for data professionals looking to simplify Snowflake integrations with SSIS.

Enhance your incident management workflow with the SIGNL4 Microsoft Teams integration. In this video, we walk you through how SIGNL4 connects seamlessly with Microsoft Teams to deliver real-time, mobile push notifications, chat-based incident collaboration, and faster response times for your team. Whether you’re in IT operations, DevOps, security, or facility management, this integration ensures that the right people are alerted instantly and can take immediate action – directly within Teams. What you’ll learn in this video.

Hear what SolarWinds Product Evangelist Sascha Giese has to say about the findings. Plus, learn how your peers are managing AI adoption and other IT challenges.

Unexpected cloud cost spikes can derail your budget. Datadog’s Cloud Cost Anomalies automatically surfaces unusual spending — whether it’s from a team, account, service, cluster, or region. Quickly identify the source, pivot into Cost Explorer, and take action before costs spiral out of control.

In this lecture, we compare spreadsheets vs. IT Asset Lifecycle Management (ITALM) software to show why the tools you use can make or break your ITAM strategy. This session will help you evaluate your current approach and understand the real benefits of moving beyond manual tracking. Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and turn on notifications to keep learning how to optimize your IT assets.

Master the complete journey of IT assets – from planning and procurement to deployment, maintenance, and retirement – so you can maximize value, reduce risk, and make smarter IT decisions. In this lecture, we break down the five IT Asset Lifecycle Management (ITALM) phases and explain how each step connects to the bigger picture. This session gives you a clear roadmap of the IT asset lifecycle, so you can see how every stage fits into a seamless management process.

Canvas is an AI-guided workspace inside Honeycomb that combines an AI assistant with an interactive notebook for visualizing query results and traces. You can ask a natural language question about your data and Canvas will immediately start exploring your traces, through multiple queries and other tools, to find the right next steps. Instead of having to write each query yourself, Canvas automatically proposes relational queries, comparisons, and visualizations that explain why an SLO fired or what changed after a deploy.