The process of adding new data to operations and security analytics tools is familiar to admins. New data onboarding can be a tiresome process that takes up too much time and delays getting value from the new data. The process typically begins with the admin engaging the data source owner, getting the wrong data sample, and then having to try again.
I’ve been working with Grafana Tempo for about half a year now, and one thing I like about it is that Tempo requires only object storage for storing traces, which is easy to set up in both cloud environments and on-premises. Another outstanding feature is TraceQL, which allows searching for relevant traces with a powerful query language.
System Administrator Appreciation Day, also known as SysAdmin Day, has been celebrated on the last Friday in July since it was created in 2000 by Ted Kekatos. It is a special day dedicated to acknowledging the contributions of system administrators and IT professionals who play a vital role in managing and maintaining the technology infrastructure of organizations.
