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Build custom apps in seconds with conversational AI in App Builder

Datadog has launched an AI assistant that helps users rapidly build custom workflows and applications within the platform. This tool allows users to describe desired functionality …

Secure your APIs via Envoy, Istio, NGINX, HAProxy, and more with Datadog App and API Protection

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Coordinate large-scale engineering initiatives with IDP Campaigns

The article "Designing feedback loops for progressive delivery" argues that successful progressive delivery relies on fast and frequent feedback loops beyond just monitoring metric…

Use OpenTelemetry with Observability Pipelines for vendor-neutral log collection and cost control

This article advocates for enriching log data with context from the ServiceNow Configuration Management Database (CMDB) *before* sending it to Security Information and Event Manage…

How Datadog Feature Flags is resilient to cloud provider failures

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Introducing Datadog Agent Builder: Build agentic workflows for alert response and remediation

The Bits AI Security Analyst automates investigations within cloud SIEMs like Splunk and Sentinel, significantly reducing alert fatigue and analyst workload. It uses AI to enrich a…

Optimizing Ruby performance: Observations from thousands of real-world services

This Datadog article explains how to use their allocations profiler to identify and fix Ruby garbage collection bottlenecks. By pinpointing where excessive memory allocations are h…

Control logging costs on any SIEM or data lake using Packs with Observability Pipelines

This article discusses how Observability Pipelines in Google Cloud can simplify the often complex process of collecting and processing XML logs. By leveraging a built-in XML parser…

Sync your Backstage catalog with Datadog IDP

The Datadog Software Catalog now allows users to define custom entities to model their unique application architectures beyond standard services, containers, and databases. This en…

Designing feedback loops for progressive delivery

This article argues against overly manual release processes ("babysitting") and advocates for using guardrail metrics – automated checks on key performance indicators – to enable f…

Key learnings from the 2025 State of Cloud Security study

This article clarifies the often-misunderstood shared responsibility model for cloud security. It explains that cloud providers are responsible for the *security of* the cloud itse…

Observability and FedRAMP® in Action: The VA's Mission to Deliver Reliable Digital Service

Updog.ai is a new Datadog integration that provides real-time, proactive status updates for third-party service providers. It automatically detects incidents impacting your depende…