The Jenkins platform is an open-source Java-based continuous integration server that helps organizations automate the build, test, and deployment of projects. It is widely adopted by companies such as GitHub, Etsy, LinkedIn, and Datadog. The platform supports hundreds of plugins, enabling it to handle a wide range of use cases. The Datadog plugin provides additional insights into Jenkins job history and trends, allowing users to set alerts for important build failures, identify trends in build durations, and correlate Jenkins events with performance metrics from other parts of the infrastructure. The integration also collects real-time system and security events, enabling users to track Jenkins queues, monitor system and security events, and visualize Jenkins metrics like build status and job duration.