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The latest News and Information on Observabilty for complex systems and related technologies.

The Art of Visibility: Constructing an OpenTelemetry Observability Pipeline

Craft an observability pipeline that offers unparalleled insights into your systems and applications. Watch as we explore the art of constructing an OpenTelemetry observability pipeline, from instrumenting your codebase to effectively analyzing and visualizing telemetry data. Whether you're aiming to enhance troubleshooting, optimize performance, or gain a deeper understanding of your environment, this video series will equip you with the knowledge and tools to elevate your observability game.

Rocking the Logs: Fender's Journey to Modern Observability

Fender faced challenges with log analysis, finding it slow and complex to navigate, leading to inefficient troubleshooting and a need for a more user-friendly and modern observability solution. Synonymous with all things rock n’ roll, Fender is the world’s leading guitar manufacturer. To enhance the customer experience, Fender launched their digital apps in 2016 (Fender Tune and Fender Tone) and 2017 (Fender Play) to empower customers in starting and advancing their guitar playing skills.

Why an Observability Pipeline is a Must Have for Security

Security is paramount for almost any sized organization. With the rapid pace of technological advancements and the increasing reliance on digital infrastructure, organizations face an ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats and risks. Protecting sensitive data, intellectual property, and customer information is no longer optional; it is a critical component of maintaining trust and credibility in the marketplace.

SolarWinds Observability simplifies searching live event messages and log archives

New reverse tail UI, API-based searches, and copy-paste permalinks Searching event data in SolarWinds® Observability just got easier. A new reverse tail display option lets you move the log search bar and change the scroll of the events from bottom to top. For SolarWinds Papertrail™ fans, moving the search bar and changing the scroll will make you feel right at home. To access this customization feature, select display options and toggle the reverse tail option.

Network Observability from HPE OpsRamp

Proactively manage and address network challenges, reduce downtime and enhance overall operational efficiency. OpsRamp, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, provides a comprehensive IT operations management platform that includes powerful network observability capabilities to ensure the performance, reliability, and security of network infrastructure.

Getting started with the Elastic AI Assistant for Observability and Amazon Bedrock

Elastic recently released version 8.13, which includes the general availability of Amazon Bedrock integration for the Elastic AI Assistant for Observability. This blog post will walk through the step-by-step process of setting up the Elastic AI Assistant with Amazon Bedrock.

Pipeline Talk: Between Two Fernders Edition

Cribl’s co-founders, Clint Sharp, Dritan Bitincka, and Ledion Bitincka, recently took time to host a Between two Fernders edition of Pipeline Talk at the Cribl offices to discuss a wide variety of topics, including Cribl Lake, the N-Gage, WWE aspirations, fishing poles, how CAT6 cabling is not named after actual cats, and wondering if Apple’s iPhone will be a consumer hit (Yes, we know what year it is, but the host clearly doesn’t).

Introducing Honeycomb for Frontend Observability: Get the Data You Need for Actionable Customer Experience Improvements

Today, we're announcing the early access program of Honeycomb for Frontend Observability. Honeycomb for Frontend Observability gives teams the ability to quickly identify opportunities for optimization within their web app. This starts with better OpenTelemetry instrumentation, available as an NPM package, that lets you instrument and collect attribution data on Core Web Vitals in under an hour.