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AI That Knows Networking: Selector vs. Generic GPT Integrations

The hype around generative AI has led many IT teams to experiment with plugging generic GPT models into their workflows. On paper, this is the beginning of true AI networking, featuring conversational interfaces, instant summaries, and faster troubleshooting. However, as we discussed in the previous post, “Why Your IT Copilot Needs Context, Not Just Data,” copilots are only as effective as the intelligence behind them.

Tech Talk - Aligning Observability Costs with Business Value Practical Strategies

Learn how to tackle the challenges of growing telemetry data and optimize your observability model to maximize value while minimizing costs. This session will explore strategies to reduce log ingestion, centralize pipeline management, and gain visibility into metric usage to identify waste.

Tech Talk - Mastering Data Pipelines Unlocking value with Splunk

On this Tech Talk to learn how Splunk can help you unlock the value of your security and observability data by building an effective data management strategy. Understand how Splunk’s approach to federated data management can help you maximize the value of data. Build effective pipelines using our latest SPL2-powered data processing capabilities to collect, transform and route data based on your business needs. Run effective searches on data in Amazon S3 without having to ingest or index data into Splunk.

How to surface misconfigured resources by defining policies | Datadog Tips & Tricks

Misconfigured infrastructure resources can be easy to miss, especially in multi-account or multi-cloud environments. From EKS clusters running on deprecated versions to RDS engines on extended support, these issues can disrupt services or drive up costs if left unchecked. In this video, we show you how to: By centralizing policies, you’ll gain a clear view of where to focus your remediation efforts.

Optimize Kubernetes and Container Costs with Datadog Cloud Cost Management

Struggling to understand the true cost of your Kubernetes workloads? With Datadog Cloud Cost Management, you can automatically allocate container costs by team, product, and service down to the pod. Instantly identify idle resources, surface optimization opportunities, and act with confidence. All in one unified platform.

Reduce cloud waste with Datadog Cost Recommendations

Struggling to optimize your cloud spend across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud? Datadog Cloud Cost Management highlights underutilized or legacy resources and lets engineers take immediate action using Datadog Workflows. Eliminate waste and drive savings with recommendations that your teams can trust.

Eliminate cloud waste across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud with Cloud Cost Recommendations

As organizations increasingly adopt multi-cloud strategies, identifying areas to reduce cloud spend has become highly complex and time consuming. While there are many reasons that organizations choose to run their infrastructure in a multi-cloud environment, many do so to comply with regional data requirements, take advantage of best-of-breed offerings, or avoid vendor lock-in.

Will custobots drive $98 trillion in payments by 2027?

It starts like this. You wake up groggily and stumble into the kitchen. The coffee machine is already brewing your favourite blend. But that’s not the surprise. It's the message on your phone: "Coffee beans restocked. $10 paid. Delivery by noon." You didn’t place an order. You didn't lift a finger. Your machine did it for you. Welcome to 2025, where your devices aren't just smart, they're economically independent. These are machine customers (custobots). They negotiate. They pay.