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Boosting Developer Productivity: Specific Metrics to Measure and Improve

As we close out 2024, developer productivity and happiness continue to be a focus for many organizations. Platform engineering can play a pivotal role in shaping the developer experience. With the growing complexity of distributed systems and the ever-pressing need for faster delivery cycles, platform engineers are uniquely positioned to enable developers to focus on what they do best: shipping high-quality code.

What's New with Kentik AI: Enhanced Journeys for Cloud Observability, DDoS, Peering, and Faster Network Insights

Kentik Journeys is an AI-powered user experience that helps you investigate your network. It combines knowledge about your network with deep GenAI integration to help you answer network questions and solve problems faster than ever. Since launch, we’ve been innovating on Journeys’ capabilities and skills with customer feedback. Here’s a peek at what’s new.

AI-Powered Updates-Issue Grouping, Autofix, Anomaly Detection, and more

What if you could not only find software issues you care about but also have the fix ready? We just introduced several updates that intelligently group new issues, reducing noise by about 40% and automatically suggesting fixes to annoying bugs you shouldn’t have to think about.

SigNoz - Open-Source Alternative to DataDog

More and more companies are now shifting to a cloud-native & microservices-based architecture. Having an application monitoring tool is critical in this world because you can’t just log into a machine and figure out what’s going wrong. We have spent years learning about application monitoring & observability. What are the key features an observability tool should have to enable fast resolution of issues. In our opinion, good observability tools should have.

CloudWatch metrics exporter YACE is now a prometheus-community project

We’re thrilled to share that the open source Yet Another CloudWatch Exporter (YACE) is now a prometheus-community project! This move represents an exciting milestone in YACE’s journey and validates the project’s contribution to the Prometheus ecosystem. Yace was started in 2018 by Thomas Peitz, who has overseen the dramatic evolution of the CloudWatch metrics exporter ever since.

Canonical provides the ideal platform for Microsoft Azure IoT Operations

London, 19 November 2024. Canonical has collaborated with Microsoft as an early adopter partner and tested Microsoft Azure IoT Operations on Ubuntu Core and Kubernetes, which is notable as Microsoft today released Azure IoT Operations, a unified data plane providing significant improvements in node data capture, edge-based telemetry processing and cloud-ingress.

Multicore Tracing on FreeRTOS 11 and TI AM62x

FreeRTOS 11 introduced symmetric multi-processing (SMP) support in the mainline kernel, meaning a single FreeRTOS kernel is managing multiple processor cores. This allows for high performance but also makes the runtime system more complex, meaning higher risk of issues and more difficult debugging. System tracing with Percepio Tracealyzer can offer an effective remedy by providing insight into the system execution.

The Role of Technology in Modernizing Workplace Locker Solutions

Workplace lockers are now no longer just simple storage units. They've evolved into smart, efficient solutions that help businesses manage security, streamline operations, and enhance employee convenience. With the rise of digital technology, modern workplace locker systems now incorporate advanced features like biometric access, app-based controls, and real-time inventory tracking. These innovations not only ensure that personal belongings are securely stored but also offer a seamless experience that adapts to the diverse needs of today's workforce.