DZone

JULY 25, 2024

In this insightful Q&A, Goutham Veeramachaneni , a long-time Prometheus maintainer and Product Manager at Grafana Labs , shares his unique perspective on the transformative impact of OpenTelemetry (OTel) in the observability landscape. Veeramachaneni discusses how OTel is standardizing telemetry data and inspiring new open-source data collectors and workflows that bridge the gap between application and infrastructure monitoring.

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Dynatrace

JULY 25, 2024

A key learning from the outage caused by the faulty CrowdStrike “Rapid Response” update is how critical it is to understand your vendors’ quality control and release processes. Vendors should not only offer advanced technology to fulfill a business requirement but also demonstrate a strong commitment to reliability, security, and customer support. A variety of events and circumstances can cause an outage.

Strategy 235

Strategy Monitoring Open Source Testing 235

Percona

JULY 25, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, my colleague Marco Tusa published an important announcement titled “Do Not Upgrade to Any Version of MySQL After 8.0.37.” The announcement highlighted a critical issue in MySQL 8.0.38, MySQL 8.4.1, and MySQL 9.0.0 that caused database server crashes. Good news!

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Database Servers Software Software 102

Dynatrace

JULY 25, 2024

In an era where customer expectations are higher than ever, avoiding outages and failures during software deployments is critical for maintaining trust and satisfaction. Traditional deployment techniques that roll out updates or patches directly into full production can present significant risks and lead to potential downtime. Modern deployment techniques using progressive delivery—such as rolling, blue/green, canary, and feature flagging—offer a more controlled and gradual approach to releasing

Strategy 210

Strategy Azure Monitoring DevOps 210

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. But challenges remain when it comes to Kubernetes complexity.

Strategy 230

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