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Fine-tune observability configurations for all your Azure integrations in one place

Microsoft Azure provides an array of managed services to support many aspects of cloud computing, including application development, workload migration, and data management. To help you monitor the health and performance of these services, Datadog offers integrations with more than 40 Azure services, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Cosmos DB, and Azure App Services. Each integration provides robust data visualizations, meaningful alerts, and one-click Datadog Agent deployment.

Why Splunk for observability?

How can Splunk bring ITOps- and engineering teams together so that they can deliver exceptional customer experiences? Splunk Observability can help enterprises and organisations solve problems within seconds. It's the only full-stack, analytics-powered and OpenTelemetry-native observability solution. Hear Robbie Baines, Observability Advisor at Splunk tell us more in this video.

Why is Splunk growing rapidly within the observability market?

As organisations are making the move from on-prem to cloud solutions built on microservices architecture, their monitoring has become more complex. To get a more holistic view of their application services a comprehensive observability solution is needed. Splunk Observability strengthens digital resilience by preventing unplanned downtime.

CI/CD observability: Extracting DORA metrics from a CD pipeline

Last November, Dimitris and Giordano Ricci wrote a blog post about CI/CD observability that looked into ways to extract traces and metrics in order to get a better understanding of possible issues inside a CI/CD system. That post focused on getting data from a continuous integration (CI) system, and it really resonated with the community.

MSP Lawsuit Underscores Importance of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Sacramento, CA law firm Mastagni Holstedt has alleged that its MSP LanTech LLC failed to protect it from a ransomware attack that took down its systems. According to ChannelE2E, Mastagni Holstedt is also suing LanTech’s backup vendor Acronis, which has denied any responsibility for the ransomware attack. We’ll be watching to see how it all shakes out. In the meantime, let’s look at what happened and what we can take away from it. Hint: multi-factor authentication matters. A lot.

Microsoft Releases Out-of-band Updates to Address Critical Windows Server Domain Controller Issue

In a recent development that has sent ripples across the IT landscape, Microsoft has identified a critical issue plaguing Windows Server Domain Controllers (DCs). This issue, originating from a memory leak within the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS), has emerged as a significant concern for organizations relying on both on-premises and cloud-based Active Directory domain controllers to process Kerberos authentication requests.

What is alert fatigue and its effect on IT monitoring?

Talking about too many cybersecurity alerts is not talking about the story of Peter and the Wolf and how people end up ignoring false warnings, but about its great impact on security strategies and, above all, on the stress it causes to IT teams, which we know are increasingly reduced and must fulfill multiple tasks in their day to day.

Splunk second thoughts? It's time for the cloud-native alternative

Back in September when Cisco announced they were acquiring Splunk, we explained how the market was consolidating with Sumo Logic ahead of the pack, challenging traditional vendors with our cloud-native platform. Now that the deal is complete and Splunk is officially a Cisco company, we’re hearing from more Splunk customers who are considering their options.