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Logstash Alternative: Why Security Teams Are Choosing Modern Data Pipelines

Logstash has been a workhorse in data processing pipelines for years, but it was not designed with today’s security operations in mind. Security teams now deal with massive telemetry volumes, rising SIEM costs, and diverse log formats that require constant normalization. In this environment, Logstash shows its age: manual configuration, outdated parsing, and scalability bottlenecks introduce fragility instead of efficiency.

Speed improvements to the dashboard, website & job processing

The past month we dedicated time and resources into optimising the speed and experience of our public website, our dashboard and our behind-the-scenes uptime checks that we perform. Overall, our website and dashboard feels about 2x to 3x faster. The biggest gains are for our users that have > 100 sites on their dashboard, they'll get a noticeably faster loading time. For those biggest users, the dashboard is quite litterally 10x faster.

OpenTelemetry Operator Complete Guide [OTel Collector + Auto-Instrumentation Demo]

Manually deploying and managing OpenTelemetry components in a Kubernetes environment can be a complex and time-consuming task. It involves creating various Kubernetes resources, setting up configurations, and ensuring the components are properly integrated with the applications.

Why Doctors Now Recommend Wearable Technology for Elderly Parents

Wearable technology for elderly parents is becoming increasingly vital as we face an unprecedented demographic shift. By 2050, the global population of individuals aged 65 and older is projected to reach nearly 1.5 billion. This number has been projected to rise from 46 million in 2016 to over 98 million by 2060 in the United States alone. These statistics highlight why we need innovative solutions for senior care.

Smoother, smarter observability with the updated Site24x7 iOS 26

Enjoy improved control, clarity, and communication using the Site24x7 app on iOS 26. This update blends Apple's dynamic liquid glass design language with fast, secure, on-device AI summaries that help you observe your IT stack instantly and act decisively, from anywhere.

Reality Bytes: How AI Drive Will Help YOU Win the AI Race (w/ Matt Rose)

In this special Reality Bytes, the team sits down with Matt Rose, Product Marketing Manager at Nexthink, to talk about the just-announced AI Drive. Matt breaks down how AI Drive helps organizations finally make sense of their scattered AI landscape—bringing visibility, usage insights, guidance, and measurable impact into one place inside the Nexthink Infinity platform. He also shares early customer feedback, the future roadmap, and why AI adoption has become a critical competitive differentiator.

LangChain Observability: Monitoring Guide for Production Apps

LangChain applications fail differently than traditional web apps. A single user request can trigger 15+ LLM calls, cost $5 in tokens, and fail silently without throwing errors. One team discovered a $12,000 OpenAI bill caused by a recursive chain with no monitoring. This guide shows how to implement observability for LangChain applications, giving you complete visibility into performance, costs, and errors before they impact your users or budget.

Hand Code or no Code, Scout Keeps Error Monitoring Out of the Log Mess

You’ve built something, it’s live, and users are starting to show up. Maybe you programmed it from scratch, used a tool, or vibe-coded it into existence. No matter how it came to be, the fact that you’ve got users is great! But here’s a question every new developer must eventually ask: how do I know when my site is actually failing? ‍ The thing is, these failures aren’t always obvious.