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30. 12. 2024 Damiano Chini APM, Development, NetEye

Supporting HTTP/2 and gRPC in nginx

Since its introduction the HTTP/2 protocol has been adopted more and more in servers and clients applications thanks to its improved performance compared to its ancestor HTTP/1.1. This poses an issue to services exposed via nginx, since some specific configurations are needed on nginx in order to allow clients and servers to fully use the…

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27. 12. 2024 Damiano Chini APM, Development, Log-SIEM, NetEye

Elastic Universal Profiling – Profiling native code

In a previous post we went through the configuration of Elastic Universal Profiling in NetEye, seeing how we can profile applications written in programming languages that do not compile to native code (for example Python, PHP, Perl, etc.) But what happens if the application is written for example in C, Go or Rust? Let’s take…

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23. 12. 2024 Damiano Chini APM, Development, Log-SIEM, NetEye

Continuous Profiling with NetEye – Elastic Universal Profiling

Elastic 8.16, which comes with NetEye 4.39, made Elastic Universal Profiling generally available for self-hosted installations. This means that NetEye SIEM installations will now be able to take advantage of the continuous profiling solution by Elastic. In this blog post we’ll explain what you can achieve with continuous profiling, and how you can configure it…

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20. 12. 2024 Matteo Cipolletta APM, Log-SIEM

Elastic Observability Engineer Certification: A Hands-On Perspective

Recently, I had the opportunity to take the Elastic Observability Engineer certification exam by Elastic. I’d like to share my experience, the challenges I faced, and some tips for anyone considering this path. What to Expect from the Exam The exam primarily focuses on practical skills in using the Elastic Stack for monitoring and observing…

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18. 12. 2024 Fabiana Pittalis Artificial Intelligence, Atlassian

Atlassian AI and Data Security: A Delicate Balance

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into Atlassian tools, such as Jira and Confluence, undoubtedly offers countless benefits but has raised many concerns about data security. Why is data security so important for Atlassian? Atlassian tools often contain sensitive information, such as development plans, customer data, and project details. Imagine entrusting this information to a…

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29. 10. 2024 Marco Berlanda Front-end, Real User Experience, UI, UX

The Power of Micro-Interactions: Enhancing UX in Front-end Development

In front-end development, the small details can have a big impact. Micro-interactions (those subtle animations and feedback elements that respond to user actions) are powerful tools for creating solid, smooth and engaging experiences. In this article, we will explore why they’re so effective, how to design them purposefully, and how to implement them efficiently with…

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21. 10. 2024 Marco Berlanda Real User Experience, UX

How Good UX Boosts Business and Cuts Costs

User experience (UX) has become a vital component for companies that strive to stand out in today’s competitive markets. Whatever the digital product may be, a solid UX design ensures that interactions between users and software are intuitive, efficient and satisfying. It’s pretty easy to understand the benefits of such an approach in a consumer-oriented…

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04. 10. 2024 Emil Fazzi APM, ITOA

How to Restrict Viewing Access in Grafana Dashboards Based on Alyvix Tags

With the introduction of Alyvix Tags in NetEye 4.38, we’ve given users the ability to filter test cases and reports based on their tags, making it easier to focus on the specific test cases that matter to each department or subdivision within a tenant. One of the requests that emerged from this new feature was…

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20. 08. 2024 Franco Federico APM, Log-SIEM, Unified Monitoring

A Journey through Elastic Integrations

At the beginning of the month we released NetEye version 4.37 that contains Elastic Stack 8.14.3. Every version update of Elastic has both improvements and additions. To see all available integrations in NetEye, click on the screenshot here: As you can see the changes range from cloud integration, to ticketing, to not forgetting security, networking,…

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12. 08. 2024 Davide Sbetti AI, Artificial Intelligence, Log-SIEM, Machine Learning, NetEye

Bring Your Own Model – Using Custom Models in Elasticsearch

Hey everyone! As you may remember, we took a look in the past at how it’s possible to use a model (trained directly in Elasticsearch) to perform some real time classification by using an ingest pipeline. But… what if we wanted to use our own externally trained model? Well the good news is that, under…

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05. 08. 2024 Simone Ragonesi Artificial Intelligence, Offensive Security, Red Team

Exploiting the Matrix: Offensive Techniques for Attacking AI Models

There’s no way around it: Artificial Intelligence is reshaping our world in profound ways, and it’s here to stay. In recent years we’ve entered a golden age for specialized hardware and algorithms suited to enhance machine learning models. These technologies are now bringing significant advances across various sectors, from finance to healthcare, from e-commerce to…

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14. 06. 2024 Matteo Cipolletta APM, NetEye, Real User Experience, Visual Synthetic Monitoring

The Right Monitoring Tool: Elastic Synthetic Browser Monitor vs. Alyvix

In today’s digital landscape, ensuring optimal performance and availability of applications is critical. Monitoring tools like Elastic Synthetics Journey Monitor and Alyvix offer unique capabilities tailored to diverse needs. Understanding where each tool excels can help you choose the best solution for your requirements. Elastic Synthetic Browser Monitor: Strengths and Use Cases Elastic Synthetic Browser…

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25. 03. 2024 Franco Federico APM, NetEye, Visual Synthetic Monitoring

Migration from Alyvix Server to Alyvix Service

Beginning with NetEye version 4.26, Alyvix has been fully integrated into NetEye. Currently Alyvix within NetEye is implemented as the neteye-alyvix module, and is part of our Application Performance Monitoring (APM) world. We have Elastic with all the functionality of traditional APM, and then for synthetic monitoring we have Alyvix. In the past few weeks…

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15. 03. 2024 Matteo Cipolletta APM, Log-SIEM, NetEye

Unleashing Elastic APM: Containerized Scalability Explored

Introduction: Unveiling Elastic APM in Containerized Environments In today’s dynamic digital landscape, where every interaction matters, understanding the intricacies of application performance has become paramount. Elastic APM is a powerful toolset within the Elastic Stack included in the NetEye SIEM Module, and designed to provide unparalleled insights into the performance of your applications. As organizations…

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02. 10. 2022 Damiano Chini APM, Development, NetEye

Implementation of Distributed Tracing in Tornado with OpenTelemetry

In a previous post we showed how Distributed Tracing and Elastic APM can help Tornado administrators track down events from their generation on Tornado Collectors to the Actions they trigger in Tornado. This blog post will be more technical and will give you an insight on how we managed to implement Distributed Tracing in Tornado…

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