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December 20, 2024

Announcing NXLog Platform 1.4

We are happy to announce the latest release of NXLog Platform, version 1.4. This release adds new features and bug fixes, including the ones highlighted below. Improved agent onboarding This release includes a new enhanced agent onboarding wizard. The process is much simpler yet achieves much more than the previous version. The new method incorporates everything you need to install, configure, and enroll your agents in five simple, easy-to-follow steps.

December 19, 2024

NXLog redefines log management for the digital age

New CEO appointed as the company’s founder, former CEO & CTO, transitions to a dedicated CTO role, focusing on innovation in observability and telemetry pipeline management market. (LONDON, UK) – 19th December 2024 - NXLog, a leading technology provider of log management solutions, announced the appointment of Harald Reisinger as its new Chief Executive Officer. Co-founder and former CEO Botond Botyánszki will transition to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) role.

December 19, 2024

2024 and NXLog - a review

As another year draws to a close, we at NXLog are ready for one of the season’s traditions: reflecting on the year that was. For NXLog, 2024 marked two significant milestones: celebrating 12 years of the Company’s journey and unveiling its most ambitious product to date: NXLog Platform. NXLog Platform launch We couldn’t start a 2024 review in any other way. The launch of NXLog Platform was the culmination of a long process of envisioning, planning, and developing what we believe is a quantum leap in our log collection management solution.

December 16, 2024

World of OpenTelemetry

With an ever-expanding choice of technologies on the market, navigating the range of open-source observability tools can be a challenge. Which is why, when it comes to managing complex multicloud environments and their services, standardization is crucial. Here’s where OpenTelemetry (OTel) can play a key role. Developed through the merger of OpenCensus and OpenTracing, OpenTelemetry has become the new standard for open-source telemetry. Discover what OTel is, the types of telemetry data it encompasses, its potential benefits, and how NXLog can support your OpenTelemetry ecosystem.

November 27, 2024

Centralized Windows log collection - NXLog Platform vs. WEF

One of the challenges that security-conscious Windows administrators face is collecting and centralizing Windows event logs. One of the obvious solutions that come to mind is the native Windows Event Forwarding (WEF) feature available on all modern Windows operating systems. WEF offers the convenience of forwarding Windows events to a central event collector without installing and managing agents. To objectively portray the role this valuable technology plays in the larger scope of enterprise log collection, we have written several articles that discuss it:

November 12, 2024

Optimize log management and cut costs

Data logging and event monitoring have become essential to provide security and performance monitoring of business operations. However, the vast volume of logs generated can lead to significant challenges, including high costs and inefficiencies. Many companies collect an excessive number of logs, often missing out on the most critical security-related events. The majority of these logs, known as log noise, offer little to no value to security analysts and can obstruct timely access to high-priority security events.

October 25, 2024

Announcing NXLog Platform 1.3

We proudly announce the latest release of NXLog Platform, version 1.3. This release adds new features and bug fixes, including the ones highlighted below. Improved installation and configuration The installation processes for NXLog Platform and NXLog Agent received the following configuration improvements: You can now configure the NXLog Platform hostname and specify a label when running the NXLog Agent installer to ease automatic enrollment and agent configuration. This configuration is available on Windows, Debian/Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and macOS.

September 26, 2024

What is a telemetry pipeline? Understanding and building effective telemetry data pipelines

Back in the day, Gordon Moore made relatively accurate observations and projections about the exponential growth of transistors on semiconductors. It still amazes me, yet very few predicted the incredible growth of system interconnectedness and the vast amount of data it generates. It is estimated that 90% of all data was created in the last two years. Given that everything is connected, the need for telemetry is growing at an unprecedented rate, and so is the need to efficiently channel and manage telemetry data.

September 24, 2024

NXLog redefines the market with the launch of NXLog Platform: a new centralized log management solution

NXLog Platform is a new centralized log management solution from the vendor with over 12 years of experience and 600 clients worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies. The new solution stands out for the following unique features: Agentless or agent-based log collection using the most versatile log processor and forwarder. Cloud-ready self-hosted centralized agent and log management system for ultimate scalability. High-volume, fast, schemaless long-term log retention database with high compression ratios.

September 19, 2024

Announcing the end-of-sale for NXLog Enterprise Edition and NXLog Manager

We are officially announcing that NXLog will no longer be selling NXLog Enterprise Edition and NXLog Manager. This decision reflects our commitment to evolving our product offerings and delivering more powerful, future-proof solutions. While the sale of these products is ending, please be assured that we will continue to provide full technical support, maintenance, and bug fixes for both NXLog Enterprise Edition and NXLog Manager until the end of your contractual period.

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