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October 2023

Key Principles of Successful DevOps Implementation

Software development, DevOps has emerged as a game-changer. It’s not just a buzzword; it’s a cultural and technological shift that allows organizations to accelerate their software delivery while maintaining high quality and reliability. However, successful DevOps implementation is not merely about adopting a set of tools or following a predefined set of rules. It’s a holistic approach that requires a deep understanding of key principles.

Netdata vs Prometheus: Performance Analysis

In an era dominated by data-driven decision making, monitoring tools play an indispensable role in ensuring that our systems run efficiently and without interruption. When considering tools like Netdata and Prometheus, performance isn't just a number; it's about empowering users with real-time insights and enabling them to act with agility.

New Features In Team Onboarding

Get an inside look at two features designed to ensure that the people on your response teams are set up correctly on PagerDuty. Senior Product Manager Alex Quintana joins us to share how your people will successfully onboard onto the PagerDuty platform and then we’ll look at a new report that shows you all of your users on the platform.

Real user monitoring with Grafana (Grafana Office Hours #17)

Have you heard of Grafana Faro and how it can help in providing insights into your real user experience? Developer Advocates Nicole van der Hoeven and Marie Cruz chat with Software Engineers Kostas Pelelis and Marco Schaefer to discuss what Grafana Faro is, why it's important to have a real user monitoring solution, and how to get started with Grafana Faro.

Discover Civo's Latest Cloud Solutions: Kubernetes, GPUs, and More! - Navigate Europe 23

Discover Civo's latest product announcements in this engaging conversation with CTO Dinesh Majrekar, Field CTO Saiyam Pathak, and Chief Innovation Officer Josh Mesout. Learn about fast and affordable cloud solutions, including Kubernetes, managed databases, machine learning with GPUs, sustainable data centers, and cutting-edge WebAssembly services.

Secret to Flawless Deployments: Real-Time Canary Deployment tracking with Argo CD & Levitate!

Most of your outages are probably caused by a change, and having observability around that will make a lot of difference. Dive into this walkthrough, where we showcase tracking Canary deployments in Argo CD, correlating events and metrics seamlessly with Levitate. For Site Reliability Engineers, DevOps engineers, Software Engineers, and Product Managers seeking to elevate their observability and ensure smooth deployments every time.
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Opsgenie Alternatives: Finding the Right Fit for your Incident Management Teams

In the dynamic landscape of modern IT operations and Incident Management, choosing the right tool is paramount to ensuring the resilience of your organization. Opsgenie, a popular Incident Response and Alerting platform, has been a go-to choice for many. However, as businesses grow and requirements evolve, exploring Opsgenie alternatives becomes essential in the quest to find the perfect fit for your unique operational needs. In this blog, we'll embark on a journey to uncover and evaluate some compelling alternatives to Opsgenie, helping you navigate the vast sea of options and make an informed decision that aligns perfectly with your team's workflows and objectives.

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Streamlining SAP Kernel upgrades with Avantra

Picture the SAP Kernel as the heartbeat of the system, vitalizing the core programs upon which the fundamental functionality of SAP applications rely on. It's the life force pulsing through the application server, executable programs, database, and operating system, rather than merely encompassing them within itself. SAP Kernel upgrades refer to updating the system's current executables with upgraded versions. These upgrades are essential to patch security vulnerabilities and fix bugs. Besides bug fixing, SAP Kernel upgrades improve hardware compatibility, boost speed, and enhance stability.

Tips To Never Miss An Incident Notification With Squadcast Escalations Policies

Companies implement an Incident Response process to promptly resolve critical issues. Setting up escalation policies to notify engineers is a key step in this process. With traditional escalation policies, alert notifications still get missed which results in higher response times and failure to meet SLAs. So, how can one ensure incident notifications are never missed?

How do you troubleshoot a network problem?

Murphy’s Law states, “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” This is an old adage that can be applied to IT networks everywhere. Organizations and IT admins can perfect their networks to the best of their powers, however, network issues of varying severities can still pop up. These network issues need immediate responses and resolutions. If such issues go unresolved for an unreasonably long time, the damages to both the network and the organization can be costly.

Monitor your multi-client network with OpManager MSP's agent-based monitoring

Monitoring a network for its uptime and peak performance is crucial. By tracking network performance, organizations can better understand their network requirements, gain in-depth visibility, identify mishaps quickly, and roll out remediation measures. However, this is easier said than done. The complexity only increases when the network is an MSP’s.