The TICK Stack is an open-source monitoring system that enables the creation of a modern monitoring system for applications and infrastructure. The authors note that DevOps, cloud computing, and containers have changed how we write and run our applications, requiring a new approach to monitoring logs. Gianluca Arbezzano explains the importance of choosing log monitoring tools and using InfluxDB for log storage in his article on DZone. He concludes by providing guidance on setting up a modern monitoring system using InfluxData's full stack of open-source projects, including the TICK Stack.