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9 Popular Kubernetes Distributions You Should Know About

Kubernetes has become the go-to platform for container orchestration, allowing teams to more efficiently manage their containerized applications. Vanilla Kubernetes, as well as managed Kubernetes, are the two options available when building up a Kubernetes system. A group of programmers using vanilla Kubernetes must download the source code files, follow the code route, and set up the machine's environment.

SRE in Transition: From Startup to Enterprise

"Startups are defined by “ship or die”. As a result, SRE teams at a startup should be focused on enabling product engineers to ship features as quickly as possible. As your startup transitions from “we’ll run out of money in the next 18 months” to “we have more than 1000 engineers”, how should the SRE organization evolve and provide the best value through that transition (including booting one up if you don’t have one)? I will discuss specific ways the organization needs to evolve to meet this challenge, how the SRE org can advocate for and support this change (both in direct actions and in “influence”), and how the overhang of startup technical and cultural debt can make this shift more challenging (but also more necessary).

From On-call to Non-call: Resolving Incidents Before They Even Happen

Artificial intelligence has captured the attention of the world, with tools like ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs) driving the conversation. But you don’t need to wait for the future or new features powered by LLMs to start working smarter—the tech industry has been investing in intelligent, automated tools for years and they’re ready for production now. In this talk, you’ll learn how the engineering teams at Toyota Connected use tools like Datadog Watchdog, Anomaly Detection, and Workflows to make our lives easier and keep our platform stable.

Troubleshooting Cloud Application Performance: A Guide to Effective Cloud Monitoring

The scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness of cloud-based applications are well known, but they’re not immune to performance issues. We’ve got some of the best practices for ensuring effective application performance in the cloud.

Unleash Microsoft Call Quality Dashboard Insights

Finding answers when someone has a Teams performance issue is clunky and time-consuming for IT teams. The Microsoft Call Quality Dashboard (CQD) has a wealth of data, but there’s so MUCH data that it can be hard to find the answers quickly to optimize Microsoft Teams performance.

Integrate Monitoring as Code into your Software Development Lifecycle

Learn how the new Checkly features (code exporter and activity log) enable you to integrate Monitoring as Code into your Software Development Lifecycle. Define and debug your monitoring resources during development, test your preview deployments and start monitoring productions with ease.

Tools and Trends in Site Reliability Engineering according to Gartner's 2023 Hype Cycle

Gartner recently published its Hype Cycle for Site Reliability Engineering, 2023, report. This blog reviews the future of site reliability engineering based on Gartner’s Hype Cycle. Additionally, the OnPage team is pleased that Gartner mentioned OnPage as a sample vendor in the Automated Incident Response category.

From Solution to Startup

Before Datadog was a widely adopted SaaS platform, it was a tool developed to solve our founders’ own monitoring needs. As technology-oriented people, we often build solutions for our own problems, then discover those problems are widespread. But how do you know when your solution should be something more? In this panel session, we’ll talk with tech startup founders to hear their stories and advice for turning tools into businesses.