Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

October 2023

Kubernetes Autoscaling for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), the ability to adapt swiftly to fluctuating workloads is paramount. Kubernetes, with its dynamic orchestration capabilities, offers an invaluable toolset for achieving seamless scalability. This article explores the concept of Kubernetes autoscaling and its pivotal role in optimising CI/CD pipelines.

Forwarding Windows Events to CLM

Looking at your IT environment, you probably have various machines and applications connected to your networks. From network devices to servers to laptops, you need to know what’s happening at all times. While your log data provides the monitoring information you need, your environment’s diversity makes aggregating and correlating this information challenging. If your company invested in Windows devices, then your struggle is even more real because Microsoft uses proprietary format.

Proactively improve your DEX

A great digital employee experience (DEX) can positively impact productivity, talent acquisition and retention, security and operational agility. What if you could effectively measure and proactively optimize the experience that employees get through the devices, operating systems and applications they rely on in their Everywhere Workplace? IT and security operations teams are increasingly tasked with delivering improved DEX. However, many struggle to effectively quantify and optimize it. How do you measure the employee experience in your organization?

The Future of Open Source: SaaS, the Final Frontier

Open source dominates certain kinds of software: operating systems, programming languages, libraries, frameworks, and developer tools. A few open source applications such as Audacity and VLC have found a place on the desktop. But by and large, software has moved to the cloud … and open source is moving with it. Join us for a discussion with the CEOs of three SaaS companies that adopt an open source strategy for their core product.

What is IPAM (IP address management)

The ability to manage IP addresses within a network is crucial for effective network management, especially as networks become more complex and have to manage more demanding loads. Assigning hundreds or even thousands of IP addresses to devices that may be highly distributed or disparate is no simple task. Once devices leave the network, those IP addresses may need to be deleted, plus there’s always the risk of IP address conflict.

Generative AI for IT Operations: Your Questions Answered

IT leaders are thrilled about the potential of Generative AI for IT Operations. But they also want to know how it works, why it works, and what it will do for them before taking the leap and adopting this new technology. Allow me to share my perspective on the hype and the truth behind Generative AI. I’m the Field CTO for BigPanda, Operational Intelligence and Automation driven by AIOps.

Klaw 2.5.0 Demo: Easy Apache Kafka Governance and Administration

A brief overview of some of the key features and improvements in Klaw 2.5.0. A redesigned Topic Overview allowing all day to day operations to be completed in the new React UI with an improved user experience, new features like editing an open Topic Request and improvements to syncing of schemas from a cluster are all on display.

Incident management vs problem management

The video explores the difference between incident management and problem management in modern organizations. It describes a common scenario where operations teams focus on immediate fixes, like rebooting systems, without addressing the root causes. Once the immediate issue is resolved, these teams pass the incident report to the developers, who are then responsible for digging deeper to prevent future occurrences.