The 7.1 stable release builds on the major developments in Grafana 7.0. Here are some features we’re excited about in Grafana 7.1.

Microsoft recently announced general availability of Azure VM Insights, aka Azure Monitor for VM. This service is basically a set of features that allow you to monitor your VMs in more detail, from collecting the telemetry from your VM to displaying it meaningfully – all with a single click. I am satisfied with Azure VM Insights for the most part, but I also have some mixed feelings about it. Read on to find out why.

One of the hidden gems within eG Enterprise is the ability to perform remote actions and automated tasks using built-in functionality. In conversations with customers and community peers, I often get asked why we at eG Innovations don’t offer functionality in regard to adding custom scripts and a community database of shared scripts.

From smart thermostats and grocery store checkouts to public utility infrastructures and industrial manufacturing lines, the Internet of Things (IoT) is all around us—and growing larger every day. But with this rapid growth comes a number of operational challenges: IoT devices collect a large amount of data, and are often distributed across harsh, ever-changing environments.

Cortex and Thanos are two brilliant solutions to scale out Prometheus, and many companies are now running them in production at scale. These two projects, both in the CNCF Sandbox, initially started with different technical approaches and philosophies: Cortex has been designed for scalability and high performances since day zero, while Thanos was originally focused on operational simplicity and cost-effectiveness.

Strategic changes and new deployments in all growing businesses are expected. So by design, businesses need to be adaptive to new changes. When such transformations are being undertaken, organizations need to continue preserving their infrastructures while complying with pre-defined timelines. To efficiently manage such deployments, organizations make use of ITIL concepts like change and release management.