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Meet Elastic's ERGs

Elastic's Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) foster community and belonging among its diverse global workforce by providing platforms for networking, learning, and professional develo…

5 criteria for choosing a vector database that will survive production

To avoid production failures, the author argues that teams must move beyond superficial benchmarks and evaluate vector databases using their specific data distributions to accurate…

HNSW vs. LSH: How Elasticsearch hits 0.99 recall@10 at 15,000 QPS — and what it costs

This article explains how Elasticsearch achieves high-performance vector search using HNSW indexing, reaching 15,000 QPS with a 0.99 recall@10 for float32 vectors. It highlights ho…

Onboarding at Elastic: What to expect

Elastic’s virtual onboarding process focuses on building global connections and equipping new hires through "X-School," a comprehensive four-day training program. This initiative i…

Agentic SOCs: The public sector’s new AI cybersecurity defense

To counter the rapid rise of AI-driven cyberattacks, public sector organizations are adopting "agentic SOCs" that use autonomous agents to automate threat detection and response wh…

The platform cycle has turned. Here’s how partners win it.

As AI-driven cost pressures push enterprises to move away from fragmented toolsets toward unified platforms, Elastic is positioning its integrated search, observability, and securi…

How to overcome data gravity and accelerate AI security in the SOC

Data gravity, the increasing difficulty of moving massive datasets, creates fragmented security environments that hinder AI effectiveness and inflate operational costs. To overcome…

The essential Elastic 2026 wrap-up for Microsoft Build attendees and Azure developers

In 2026, Elastic introduced major advancements in AI and observability, including multimodal indexing for text, images, and audio through the Elastic Inference Service and new MCP …

Protecting critical infrastructure in the AI era: It starts with data

As AI-powered threats become more sophisticated, protecting critical infrastructure requires moving away from fragmented legacy systems toward a unified, data-driven security found…

How LivePerson optimized Logstash and Kafka performance on GCP through benchmarking

LivePerson’s observability team optimized their high-volume logging pipeline by benchmarking various GCP machine types, discovering that switching to the `n4d-standard-2` instance …

Scaling AI in financial services starts with governance and architecture

Scaling AI in financial services requires moving beyond front-office hype to focus on a robust backend foundation centered on unified data, rigorous governance, and enterprise-wide…

Elastic Stack 9.3.5 released

Elastic Stack 9.3.5 has been released, featuring critical fixes for potential security vulnerabilities. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade from version 9.3.4 and should consu…