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Three ways to optimize open source contributions

Dynatrace

JUNE 29, 2023

Because open source software (OSS) is taking over the world, optimizing open source contributions is becoming an essential competitive strategy. The figures speak for themselves: 80% of organizations increased their OSS use in 2022. However, open source is not a panacea.

Open Source

Open Source Energy DevOps Innovation

The top eight DevSecOps trends in 2022

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This is fueling key DevSecOps trends in 2022. As DevSecOps practices gather steam in 2022, there are several concurrent technology trends that will likely further DevSecOps adoption. GitOps is a framework of practices that manage infrastructure and application configurations using Git, an open-source version control system.

Serverless

Serverless Infrastructure Innovation DevOps

Using OpenTelemetry and AI-powered observability to eliminate open source data silos

Dynatrace

APRIL 22, 2022

As a solution, teams often adopt open source observability tools like OpenTelemetry to gain situational awareness of their cloud-native environments. In a session at Dynatrace Perform 2022, Kopp joins Tim Gerlach, Product Owner of APM at SAP Business Platform to describe how. However, adding more tools can add yet another silo.

Open Source

Open Source Metrics Cloud Tuning

Scale DevOps and SRE with open source Keptn

Dynatrace

APRIL 18, 2022

Andreas Grabner, DevOps Activist at Dynatrace, took to the virtual stage at the recent Dynatrace Perform conference to describe how the open source Keptn project automates the configuration of observability tools, dashboards, and alerting based on service-level objectives (SLOs). Keptn lets developers keep their favorite tools.

Open Source

Open Source DevOps Cloud Metrics

InfoSec 2022 guide: How DevSecOps practices drive organizational resilience

Dynatrace

JUNE 13, 2022

Open source code, for example, has generated new threat vectors for attackers to exploit. A case in point is Log4Shell, which emerged in late 2021 and exposed open source libraries to exploitation. In recent years, the number of vulnerabilities has overtaken the ability to effectively monitor IT environments manually.

Open Source

Open Source DevOps Java Innovation

Dynatrace Perform 2022: Themes to watch at Dynatrace’s annual conference

Dynatrace

JANUARY 19, 2022

As strained IT, development, and security teams head into 2022, the pressure to deliver better, more secure software faster has never been more consequential. At our virtual conference, Dynatrace Perform 2022 , the theme is “Empowering the game changers.”. Empowering the game changers at Dynatrace Perform 2022.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Performance Games

RSA 2022 guide: DevSecOps transformation with runtime vulnerability management

Dynatrace

MAY 23, 2022

In addition, as businesses of all kinds adopt cloud-native and open source technologies, their environments become more flexible. Because of their flexibility, dynamic, ephemeral environments are more difficult to monitor in real time than traditional on-premises infrastructure. At RSA 2022 , the theme is Transform.

Strategy

Strategy Innovation Cloud Serverless

Dynatrace named a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for APM and Observability, received highest scores in 4 of 6 use cases in the Critical Capabilities for APM and Observability

Dynatrace

JUNE 13, 2022

Gartner evaluated 19 vendors in its 2022 Magic Quadrant for APM and Observability. “The Dynatrace platform’s extensive observability spans applications, infrastructure, user experience, application security, and the latest open source standards, including OpenTelemetry. Dynatrace news.

Innovation

Innovation Cloud Open Source Speed

IT teams seek observability for, and control over, serverless architecture

Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2022

At Perform 2022, Dynatrace will showcase how its observability platform extends AI-powered insights to serverless architecture spanning multiple cloud environments. To get a handle on observability, teams often adopt open-source observability tools, such as Prometheus, OpenTelemetry , and StatsD. For our complete?Perform

Serverless

Serverless Architecture Open Source Innovation

OpenTelemetry enables automated operations management at scale

Dynatrace

JULY 18, 2022

Gartner has estimated that 70% of new cloud-native application monitoring will use open source instrumentation by 2025. The arrival of the OpenTelemetry initiative is timely, as development teams are increasingly becoming active in monitoring and observability efforts to accelerate release times and simplify management.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Open Source Analytics Monitoring

Third-party vulnerabilities: Prioritize CVEs with vulnerable function insights

Dynatrace

AUGUST 21, 2024

This information specifies which function in the source code relates to a vulnerability. The insights provided by this feature help teams to prioritize CVEs based on their reachability through monitoring the vulnerable functions. Figure 7: Vulnerable functions view for CVE-2022-25857 Although both CVEs have a high-risk score of 7.5

Java

Java Monitoring Open Source Software

Advance DevSecOps practices with a vulnerability management strategy

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

At the annual conference Dynatrace Perform 2022, the theme is “Empowering the game changers.” The vulnerability is located in Log4j 2, an open-source Apache Java software used to run logging services in a host of front-end and backend applications. Perform 2022 conference coverage , check out our guide. For our complete?

Strategy

Strategy Games DevOps Open Source

Successful Kubernetes Monitoring – Three Pitfalls to Avoid

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In order to accomplish this, one of the key strategies many organizations utilize is an open source Kubernetes environment, which helps build, deliver, and scale containerized Cloud Native applications. Don’t underestimate complexity. Kubernetes is not monolithic. Stand-alone observability won’t cut it.

Monitoring

Monitoring Cloud Metrics Code

RSA Guide 2023: Cloud application security remains core challenge for organizations

Dynatrace

APRIL 11, 2023

The CVE Program, which publishes vulnerabilities as they become known, reported a 25% increase in vulnerabilities between 2021 and 2022. At the same time, the pervasiveness of open source has also helped expose vulnerabilities and, as a result, made some software flaws easier to detect and fix.

Cloud

Cloud DevOps Open Source Retail

Weighing the top seven Kubernetes challenges and how to solve them

Dynatrace

JUNE 6, 2023

Kubernetes has become the leading container orchestration platform for organizations adopting open source solutions to manage, scale, and automate application deployment. Kubernetes is an open source container orchestration platform for managing, automating, and scaling containerized applications. What is Kubernetes?

Open Source

Open Source Storage Analytics Innovation

What is cloud application security?

Dynatrace

JUNE 15, 2023

It also entails secure development practices, security monitoring and logging, compliance and governance, and incident response. Cloud application security practices enable organizations to follow secure coding practices, monitor and log activities for detection and response, comply with regulations, and develop incident response plans.

Cloud

Cloud Open Source Architecture Monitoring

Open Observability – Part 1: Distributed tracing and observability

Dynatrace

JUNE 25, 2021

As a strong supporter of open source and open standards, I’m aware that the wide availability of standards, open-source tools, and some newly coined terms are causing a lot of confusion. How is monitoring different from observability? Observability vs. monitoring. What is distributed tracing?

Open Source

Open Source Monitoring Google Systems

Why software supply chain attacks are increasing

Dynatrace

JULY 29, 2022

Open source vulnerabilities creeping in through the software supply chain are one key reason for this substantial increase. According to one survey, supply chain attacks on open source software increased 650% in 2021. And in the supply chain, open source is clearly a vulnerability.

Software

Software Software Open Source DevOps

The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Percona

MARCH 30, 2023

The use of open source databases has increased steadily in recent years. Past trepidation — about perceived vulnerabilities and performance issues — has faded as decision makers realize what an “open source database” really is and what it offers. What is an open source database?

Open Source

Open Source Database Storage Scalability

Protect your organization against zero-day vulnerabilities

Dynatrace

AUGUST 3, 2022

Application logs are a good data source for this method. Techniques such as statistics-based monitoring and behavior-based monitoring are also possible. Statistics-based monitoring is when organizations take statistics from exploits that vendors have detected and feed them into a system to learn and identify these attacks.

Java

Java Traffic Benchmarking Strategy

Container security: What it is, why it’s tricky, and how to do it right

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

They predicted this figure would jump to 75% by 2022. Application developers commonly leverage open-source software when building containerized applications. In fact, the market research firm Forrester says that the average container image is comprised of 70% open-source software.[1] Image scanners.

Open Source

Open Source Benchmarking Best Practices Network

A Kubernetes platform engineering strategy tames Kubernetes complexity

Dynatrace

JULY 25, 2024

After a decade of helping companies manage container orchestration, Kubernetes, the open source container platform, has established itself as a mature enterprise technology. According to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), 84% of organizations are using or evaluating Kubernetes , up from 81% in 2022.

Strategy

Strategy Engineering Open Source Java

What is container orchestration?

Dynatrace

MARCH 24, 2023

This orchestration includes provisioning, scheduling, networking, ensuring availability, and monitoring container lifecycles. According to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s 2022 Cloud Native Survey , nearly 80% of organizations use containers in at least some production environments.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Open Source Operating System Cloud

5 SRE best practices you can implement today

Dynatrace

JULY 6, 2022

Dynatrace’s 2022 State of SRE Report surveyed 450 SREs across the globe. Consider selecting platform-based solutions — whether open source or from a commercial vendor — that support open ecosystems. Enabling predictive monitoring to identify problems before causing a disruption.

Best Practices

Best Practices Open Source Tuning Infrastructure

Seven benefits of AIOps to transform your business operations

Dynatrace

JULY 5, 2022

Once products and services are live, IT teams must continuously monitor and manage them. According to the Dynatrace 2022 Global CIO Report , organizations are under more pressure than ever to keep pace with digital transformation. And 56% say traditional monitoring solutions are no longer fit for purpose.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Innovation Strategy

Beyond APM: Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for APM and Observability – A Partner Perspective

Dynatrace

JULY 7, 2022

The same is happening with observability – the Dynatrace platform’s extensive observability capabilities span across apps, infrastructure, user experience, AppSec, and the latest open-source standards including OpenTelemetry – and we’ve been doing that for a while. Gartner disclaimers.

DevOps

DevOps Innovation Open Source Monitoring

OpenTelemetry observability and Dynatrace deliver actionable answers at scale

Dynatrace

AUGUST 21, 2023

If a microservice falls in the forest and all your monitoring solutions report it differently, can operators accurately trace what happened and automate a response? Different monitoring point solutions, such as Jaeger, Zipkin, Logstash, Fluentd, and StatsD, each have their own way of observing and recording such an event.

Open Source

Open Source Analytics Lambda Metrics

Kubernetes made simple? Kelsey Hightower and Andreas Grabner discuss the future of cloud-native technologies

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

These are two values he shares with DevOps activist Andreas Grabner, who sat down with Hightower at Dynatrace Perform 2022 to talk about taming Kubernetes and the future of cloud-native technologies. Principal engineer at Google and co-founder of KubeCon, Hightower advocates simplicity and automation. The art—and science—of simplicity.

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Technology Technology Cloud Infrastructure

IT carbon footprint: Dynatrace Carbon Impact and Optimization app helps organizations measure cloud computing carbon footprint

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The cloud now has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry,” wrote anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate in a 2022 article from MIT. “A Nonetheless, to help mitigate climate change, it’s critically important for organizations to measure, monitor, and reduce their IT carbon footprints. Certainly, this is true for us.

Energy

Energy Cloud Airlines Strategy

Black Hat 2022 highlights zero-day attacks as key theme

Dynatrace

AUGUST 2, 2022

Zero-day attacks are a key theme at Black Hat 2022 , a security conference taking place August 6-11 in Las Vegas. Flexibility and agility are two major reasons why organizations are increasingly adopting cloud-native and open source technologies. Vulnerability monitoring in production must be a priority these days.

DevOps

DevOps Strategy Open Source Java

What is vulnerability management? And why runtime vulnerability detection makes the difference

Dynatrace

AUGUST 18, 2022

According to the 2022 CISO Research Report , only 25% of respondents’ security teams “can access a fully accurate, continuously updated report of every application and code library running in production in real-time.” Vulnerability management is an essential part of securing IT operations.

Traffic

Traffic Java Network DevOps

Data lakehouse innovations advance the three pillars of observability for more collaborative analytics

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

To solve this problem, Dynatrace launched Grail, its causational data lakehouse , in 2022. Logs on Grail, included in the 2022 release, enables an endless variety of log-based use cases. Traces on Grail Traces are another area where cloud-native technologies have complicated application and microservices monitoring.

Analytics

Analytics Innovation Metrics Database

Perform 2023 Guide: Organizations mine efficiencies with automation, causal AI

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

They now use modern observability to monitor expanding cloud environments in order to operate more efficiently, innovate faster and more securely, and to deliver consistently better business results. There are simply too many disparate sources of information to successfully manage and monitor without automation.

Efficiency

Efficiency Performance Analytics DevOps

DevSecOps automation improves application security in multicloud environments

Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

Moreover, development teams are increasingly using third-party open source code to boost their productivity. Monitor security proactively with iterative feedback : DevSecOps calls for security practices to be constantly running throughout each phase of the SDLC, including production.

DevOps

DevOps Cloud Best Practices Open Source

Three ways intelligent automation can advance release validation and break down DevSecOps silos

Dynatrace

MAY 4, 2023

Leveraging open source code and traditional monitoring tools can also increase the risk for vulnerabilities to enter the SDLC. The Dynatrace 2022 CISO Report found that only 25% of security teams can access fully accurate and continuously updated reports of applications and code in real time.

DevOps

DevOps Speed Innovation Code

How OpenFeature — and feature flag standardization —enables high-quality continuous software delivery

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Earlier this year, Dynatrace announced its involvement in the open source feature flagging project OpenFeature that enables fast-paced, high-quality software development. Stop by the Dynatrace booth (#TK) to find out more about OpenFeature at KubeCon US (Detroit, MI) from October 26-28, 2022. What is a feature flag?

Software

Software Software Open Source Cloud

Simplify Kubernetes complexity with advanced AIOps and cloud observability

Dynatrace

APRIL 26, 2022

To combat Kubernetes complexity and capitalize on the full benefits of the open-source container orchestration platform, organizations need advanced AIOps that can intelligently manage the environment. Dynatrace’s cloud-native observability is essential to monitor and manage these performance issues as they occur.

Cloud

Cloud Artificial Intelligence DevOps Scalability

Microservices vs. monolithic architecture: Understanding the difference

Dynatrace

MAY 23, 2022

IDC predicted, by 2022, 90% of all applications will feature microservices architectures that improve the ability to design, debug, update, and use third-party code. Using one executable means there’s only one application you need to set up for logging, monitoring, and testing. Monitoring microservices made easy.

Architecture

Architecture DevOps Monitoring Programming

Tame cloud complexity with answer-driven automation

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Dynatrace integrates observability and security monitoring while leveraging causal AI to deliver answers and intelligent automation from data at an enormous scale. According to the Global CIO Report 2022 , 71% of CIOs say the explosion of data produced by cloud-native technology stacks is beyond human abilities to manage manually.

Cloud

Cloud DevOps Code Open Source

Business Observability and Optimization through Apache Kafka and Dynatrace

Dynatrace

APRIL 20, 2022

To keep our customers happy, we are constantly monitoring and reacting to any situation that makes a hungry customer angry instead of satisfied. And not to forget – besides our orders we are also monitoring the kitchen itself such as whether a kitchen is currently open and operating or how the internet connectivity to the central servers is.

Metrics

Metrics Mobile Internet Internet

Successful Kubernetes Monitoring – Three Pitfalls to Avoid

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In order to accomplish this, one of the key strategies many organizations utilize is an open source Kubernetes environment, which helps build, deliver, and scale containerized Cloud Native applications. Don’t underestimate complexity. Kubernetes is not monolithic. Stand-alone observability won’t cut it.

Monitoring

Monitoring Cloud Metrics Code

Percona Monitoring and Management 2.33, Percona Distribution for MongoDB 4.4.18: Release Roundup December 27, 2022

Percona

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Percona is a leading provider of unbiased open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably maintain business agility, minimize risks, and stay competitive. Today’s post includes those releases and updates that have come out since December 12, 2022. Take a look!

Monitoring

Monitoring Open Source Database Servers

The value of open platforms: How an open software intelligence platform accelerates innovation

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 16, 2022

According to the “ 2022 Dynatrace CIO Report ”, nearly 60% of chief information officers say the increasing complexity of their technology stack could soon overload their teams without a more automated approach to IT operations. Dynatrace offers best-in-class observability through an open, AI-powered data platform.

Innovation

Innovation Software Software Cloud

Dynatrace tops cloud-native observability solutions quadrant for the third year in a row

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In the International Services Group (ISG) 2022 Provider Lens for Cloud-native Services and Solutions report, Dynatrace has attained the top overall position for the cloud-native observability quadrant. Additionally, Dynatrace is recognized as a leader in cloud-native security for both the U.S. and Europe.

Cloud

Cloud Serverless Open Source Technology

Three ways to optimize open source contributions

The top eight DevSecOps trends in 2022

Trending Sources

Using OpenTelemetry and AI-powered observability to eliminate open source data silos

Scale DevOps and SRE with open source Keptn

InfoSec 2022 guide: How DevSecOps practices drive organizational resilience

Dynatrace Perform 2022: Themes to watch at Dynatrace’s annual conference

RSA 2022 guide: DevSecOps transformation with runtime vulnerability management

Dynatrace named a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for APM and Observability, received highest scores in 4 of 6 use cases in the Critical Capabilities for APM and Observability

IT teams seek observability for, and control over, serverless architecture

OpenTelemetry enables automated operations management at scale

Third-party vulnerabilities: Prioritize CVEs with vulnerable function insights

Advance DevSecOps practices with a vulnerability management strategy

Successful Kubernetes Monitoring – Three Pitfalls to Avoid

RSA Guide 2023: Cloud application security remains core challenge for organizations

Weighing the top seven Kubernetes challenges and how to solve them

What is cloud application security?

Open Observability – Part 1: Distributed tracing and observability

Why software supply chain attacks are increasing

The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Protect your organization against zero-day vulnerabilities

Container security: What it is, why it’s tricky, and how to do it right

A Kubernetes platform engineering strategy tames Kubernetes complexity

What is container orchestration?

5 SRE best practices you can implement today

Seven benefits of AIOps to transform your business operations

Beyond APM: Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for APM and Observability – A Partner Perspective

OpenTelemetry observability and Dynatrace deliver actionable answers at scale

Kubernetes made simple? Kelsey Hightower and Andreas Grabner discuss the future of cloud-native technologies

IT carbon footprint: Dynatrace Carbon Impact and Optimization app helps organizations measure cloud computing carbon footprint

Black Hat 2022 highlights zero-day attacks as key theme

What is vulnerability management? And why runtime vulnerability detection makes the difference

Data lakehouse innovations advance the three pillars of observability for more collaborative analytics

Perform 2023 Guide: Organizations mine efficiencies with automation, causal AI

DevSecOps automation improves application security in multicloud environments

Three ways intelligent automation can advance release validation and break down DevSecOps silos

How OpenFeature — and feature flag standardization —enables high-quality continuous software delivery

Simplify Kubernetes complexity with advanced AIOps and cloud observability

Microservices vs. monolithic architecture: Understanding the difference

Tame cloud complexity with answer-driven automation

Business Observability and Optimization through Apache Kafka and Dynatrace

Successful Kubernetes Monitoring – Three Pitfalls to Avoid

Percona Monitoring and Management 2.33, Percona Distribution for MongoDB 4.4.18: Release Roundup December 27, 2022

The value of open platforms: How an open software intelligence platform accelerates innovation

Dynatrace tops cloud-native observability solutions quadrant for the third year in a row

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