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Large-scale cloud applications are usually built using interconnected services that can be rather hard to troubleshoot. When a service is scaled, simple logging doesn’t cut it anymore and a more in-depth view into system’s flow is required. That’s where distributed tracing comes into play; it allows developers and SREs to get a detailed view of a request as it travels through the system of services.

IT service management (ITSM) has evolved into a much broader discipline than just delivering IT services to the business. It’s grown beyond the IT department and become an integral part of how every employee in almost every business unit performs and completes tasks. In a recent webcast, SolarWinds Sr. Solutions Engineer Liz Beavers, ITSM experts Valence Howden and Julie Mohr, and HDI’s Group Principal Analyst Roy Atkinson paint a picture of what can be expected for the future of ITSM.

Since the inception of JFrog – with OSS Artifactory – we’ve been adamant that you simply cannot deliver software with any type of scale, speed, or reliability without a robust artifact management solution. Now, over a decade later, other vendors in the industry are finally starting to catch on. AWS recently announced its CodeArtifact service for binary management.

We’re thrilled to announce that Gartner has named Lumigo a cool vendor in its recent Cool Vendors in Performance Analysis for Cloud-Native Architectures report by Padraig Byrne, Josh Chessman, Federico De Silva, Pankaj Prasad, Charley Rich, published May 18, 2020. The report explains something we at Lumigo heartily agree with: in a cloud-first world, the lines between development and operations are blurring.

We're excited to announce that Elastic Enterprise Search is now available on Elastic Cloud. Simply sign up for a free Elastic Cloud account and you can be up and running in a matter of minutes. The Elastic Enterprise Search solution encompasses both our Workplace Search and App Search products — a comprehensive package of search tools that dramatically simplifies the process of creating enterprise-grade search experiences for consumers, users, and teammates alike.

Similar to other companies in the entertainment industry, gaming companies typically drive revenue from three sources: in-app purchases, ads, and subscription. A couple of examples of these sources include creating different in-app purchase options for each game and various ad units from multiple ad networks. While this diversity in revenue streams may be advantageous from a business perspective, from a technical standpoint, it creates numerous challenges.