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How to Set Up Private Probe | Grafana Synthetic Monitoring
Learn how to set up a private probe using Grafana Cloud Synthetic Monitoring. In this video, we walk through the steps you need to create a private probe.
Extended Check Settings
Learn how to configure extended check settings for Uptime.com checks that influence how you are alerted. Build alert and escalation structures, set maintenance windows, even define target SLA metrics.
Inside Prometheus 3.0: Native Histograms, UTF-8, and the Future of Metrics | Big Tent S3E2
From a SoundCloud side project to a global standard, Prometheus has come a long way — and 3.0 marks a major new chapter. In this episode of Grafana’s Big Tent, hosts Mat Ryer and Tom Wilkie sit down with.
Accelerating Sentinel data lake deployment | Webinar | VirtualMetric & Microsoft
Microsoft Sentinel data lake is becoming a core component of modern security architectures. In this on-demand webinar, Microsoft and VirtualMetric discuss how security teams can approach Sentinel data lake adoption to improve visibility, control cost, and prepare their data for AI-driven security workflows.
Elastic and Google Cloud's powerful partnership in 2025
In 2025, Elastic and Google Cloud created a powerhouse of AI-driven insights, providing an end-to-end search, observability, and security journey for our joint customers. We continue to partner on many opportunities for success and have made even further progress this year to empower all our users, especially around generative AI (GenAI). This blog highlights our collaboration with Google Cloud to help you harness the power of data at scale as well as our top moments from Google Cloud Next ‘25.
VictoriaMetrics 2025 Developer Experience: A Year in Review
2025 was a landmark year for VictoriaMetrics — defined not only by product improvements, new capabilities, and wider adoption, but by a strong and consistent presence across the global open-source and cloud-native ecosystem. Our mission has always been clear: to build open-source monitoring and observability solutions that are simple, reliable, and efficient for metrics, logs, and traces.
Spotify outage on December 17, 2025
On December 15, 2025, Spotify experienced a widespread outage that disrupted playback, logins, and app functionality for users around the world. While Spotify’s official status page remained silent throughout the incident, StatusGator detected the problem early using real user signals and issued an Early Warning Signal within minutes.
Reflecting on a year of smarter network monitoring: 2025
This year, the world leaned heavily on words like reimagine, rebuild, renew, reshape, and reinvent, and the same spirit defined our journey. As promised last year, we reimagined key capabilities, reshaped workflows, and restructured critical parts of our network monitoring tool to meet modern demands. At the same time, we reinforced the core foundation you've trusted for more than a decade: delivering reliable, usable features with uncompromising security.
Elevate your MSP operations: Key Site24x7 features you shouldn't miss in 2025
Managing multiple customer accounts as an MSP can be overwhelming. With the constant demands of configuring monitors, generating reports, and maintaining security across numerous customers, efficiency becomes critical. Throughout this year, we've focused on making your life easier with powerful new features that automate repetitive tasks, enhance security, and give you better visibility into customer health.