General Availability: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus. The service provides a single-pane-of-glass view of Prometheus and Azure services, enabling users to monitor Prometheus and Azure services in one place. The service supports a range of Prometheus features, including native Prometheus scraping and custom metrics, and allows users to visualize data with Azure Monitor's built-in dashboards and integrate alerts with Azure's notification channels. #AzureMonitor #Prometheus #softcorpremium

What’s new in Azure Monitor @ Build 2023 - Microsoft Community Hub

Microsoft has announced new features in Azure Monitor at the Build 2023 conference. The new features include enhancements to Azure Monitor Logs, Metrics, and Alerts. Azure Monitor Logs now has improved query performance and support for more data types, Metrics now offer more granularity and higher resolution, and Alerts have new capabilities such as grouping and suppression of alerts. These features aim to provide customers with better insights and faster response times to potential issues in their Azure environments. #AzureMonitor #Build2023 #softcorpremium

SolarWinds: On a journey of transformation and innovation to be your best partner in the digital future - Orange Matter

SolarWinds held their Partner Summit with over 700 attendees from different regions to discuss new products, consistent messaging, and setting up partner expectations for 2023. The summit also featured the first SolarWinds Partner Advisory Board and strategic conversations with partner executives. The event received a 95% satisfaction rate from the partners. #SolarWinds #partners #growth #softcorpremium

From Spotify to Open Source: The Backstory of Backstage | Logz.io

Spotify built Backstage to increase developer productivity and enhance developer experience. Eventually, it was open-sourced and donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Backstage provides three key functions: create, manage, and explore. It has gained popularity since its open-sourcing, with over 21.5K stars and 4K forks on Github and it has been adopted by over a thousand users. Backstage has found use in surprising verticals such as banking and healthcare. #Backstage #opensource #CNCF #softcorpremium

Bringing observability to the modern data stack | InfoWorld

The article discusses the importance of data observability for data engineers and their organizations to ensure the performance of their data systems. #observability #dataops #softcorpremium

How To Implement Data Observability Like A Boss In 6 Steps

The post discusses a new report on the state of data quality in 2023, and provides a new eBook on data testing, with steps to implement data observability. The post highlights the importance of managing data quality and includes case studies and announcements related to data platforms, culture, discovery, and reliability. #DataObservability #DataQuality #softcorpremium

Site reliability done right: 5 SRE best practices to follow

This post talks about the significance of site reliability engineering (SRE) in the digital world and how it plays a critical role in ensuring the success of organizations. It highlights the importance of aligning site reliability goals with business objectives and provides 5 SRE best practices to follow. The post also emphasizes the need to automate SRE best practices using Site Reliability Guardian. It concludes by mentioning the challenges organizations face in transitioning to SRE maturity. #SRE #digitaltransformation #reliability #softcorpremium

Service level objective examples: 5 SLOs to get started

The post discusses the importance of service level objectives (SLOs) in ensuring high-quality software and provides five foundational SLO examples for every DevOps and SRE team to consider. SLOs serve as agreed-upon targets to meet service-level agreements (SLAs) and help organizations avoid downtime, improve software quality, and promote automation in the DevOps lifecycle. The post highlights the need for organizations to digitally transform and accelerate software delivery while ensuring reliability and security. #SLO #DevOps #SRE #softcorpremium

Public Preview: Azure Log Alerts support for Azure Data Explorer | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure

Azure Log Alerts now support running queries on Azure Data Explorer tables and joining data between those sources in a single query. The log alert rules also support managed identities for Azure resources, enabling the control of exact permissions of the log alert rule. This feature enhances Azure Monitor Alerts, allowing the monitoring of Azure and application telemetry to quickly identify issues affecting the service. #Azure #AzureMonitor #AzureDataExplorer #softcorpremium

Dynatrace delivers flexible and scalable Kubernetes native synthetic private locations

Dynatrace now offers flexible and scalable Kubernetes native synthetic private locations. The containerized auto-scalable private location deployment eliminates the need to deploy individual synthetic ActiveGates on separate hosts or virtual machines. Private locations in Kubernetes offer numerous benefits, including faster deployment, easier and more effective management, cost reduction, and more. Synthetic monitoring of internal resources is important for large enterprises to ensure they are available for their users. Dynatrace's solution simulates user journeys with multiple synthetic locations deployed within various internal network sections. #Kubernetes #syntheticmonitoring #softcorpremium

AppDynamics Cloud enhancements for hybrid cloud, anomaly detection and usability - Application Performance Monitoring Blog | AppDynamics

AppDynamics Cloud has introduced new features for anomaly detection, hybrid cloud support, and improved usability. The update provides end-to-end visibility into infrastructure performance for applications running in hybrid cloud environments. The anomaly detection feature enables teams to identify and troubleshoot underlying infrastructure issues rapidly. The update also includes support for Windows containers on Kubernetes and expanded monitoring of Azure services. AppDynamics Cloud provides health metrics for infrastructure and helps investigate performance problems. #AppDynamics #anomalydetection #hybridcloud #softcorpremium

Davis AI: Your personal interactive troubleshooting assistant 

Dynatrace's Davis AI is a personal interactive troubleshooting assistant that helps reduce MTTR using interactive user guidance that retains context when drilling deeper into problem analysis. With the introduction of Davis root-cause detection, Dynatrace reduced the amount of single-alert spam that arises when large-scale incidences occur. Once Davis identifies a problem, a Problem overview page is created, which shows a comprehensive management summary of what happened (impact) and the root cause of the problem. #rootcause #troubleshooting #MTTR #softcorpremium

Progressive delivery done right with Dynatrace and OpenFeature

This blog post discusses how feature flagging enables progressive delivery and introduces OpenFeature. It also explains the importance of observability and how Dynatrace supports progressive delivery with feature flags. #progressivedelivery #featureflagging #observability #softcorpremium

Observability Unleashed: Dynatrace Partner Amplify SKO Awards

Dynatrace held its first Amplify partner enablement event of the year – Amplify Sales Kickoff 2023 – globally, virtually, and in-person, focusing on observability unleashed. The Dynatrace Partner Awards recognizes partner organizations and individuals for their contributions and success over the last year. The awards span from Cloud Innovator of the Year to Special Recognition for Excellence. The winners of each region are listed including EMEA, North America, Latin America, and APAC. #Dynatrace #observability #partners #softcorpremium