Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

April 2024

manageengine

Real-time, continuous DevOps monitoring: Why it matters and how to go about it

Apr 30, 2024 By Applications Manager In ManageEngine
Flawless software performance and reliability are paramount for organizations to achieve success in the form of business value. To ensure this, real-time, continuous monitoring of development and operations (DevOps) pipelines has become more than just a formality for DevOps teams. In this blog, we’ll look at why DevOps monitoring has become a prominent part of IT engineering, exploring its benefits for DevOps practices and outlining practical strategies for successful implementation.
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squadcast

Automation Triumphs Real-World DevOps Automation Implementations

Apr 30, 2024 By Chitra Bisht In Squadcast
Remember the pre-automation days in DevOps? Endless server configurations, manual deployments that took hours (or days!), and a constant feeling of being buried in repetitive tasks. Yeah, those were the times... �� Thankfully, those days are fading fast. The magic of automation has swept through the DevOps landscape, transforming tedious workflows into streamlined processes.
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cloudzero

Data Lake Architecture: An Intro Guide To Using Data Lakes

Apr 30, 2024 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Big data empowers enterprises to uncover valuable insights and make sound business decisions. The rigid schemas of traditional databases are increasingly unable to meet the demands of today’s data-hungry businesses. Enter data lakes — a modern approach to data management that harnesses the power of big data to unlock actionable intelligence. Here are insights you need to know right now.
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qovery

Experience Qovery on Your Local Machine

Apr 30, 2024 By Romaric Philogène In Qovery
Qovery offers a streamlined, powerful platform for developers. Its goal is to simplify DevOps processes and enhance the overall developer experience. For those new to Qovery or considering adopting it, there's a simple way to test its capabilities on your local machine. Using the "qovery demo up" command, you can create a non-production environment to explore Qovery's features without any complicated setups. Here is a step-by-step guide to help you get started.
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NEW FEATURE: Functions - Batch Processing + Event-Driven Orchestration

Apr 30, 2024 By Cycle In Cycle
Whether you're building the next massive AI platform, encoding thousands of images, or a hundreds of other use cases, the ability to quickly create ephemeral tasks can be a game changer for engineers solving complex tasks. With Cycle, you're now able to run Functions across multiple cloud providers all from one platform. And even better, these functions will exist on the same encrypted networks as your other containers.
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canonical

The biggest use cases for AI in Automotive (that aren't just self-driving cars)

Apr 30, 2024 By Bertrand Boisseau In Canonical
A study of 4 major use cases of AI in cars In this fast-paced age of technological evolution, Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerges as the key catalyst driving profound shifts in the automotive sector. From smart vehicle design to customised in-car interactions, AI is reshaping every aspect of transportation, ensuring safer, more effective, and environmentally friendly journeys for both drivers and passengers.
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2bcloud

Transforming Cybersecurity with AWS Graviton

Apr 30, 2024 By Mark Vlamna In 2bcloud
Meet a cutting-edge SaaS platform revolutionizing cybersecurity operations with advanced AI and automation. With the expert support of 2bcloud, recognized under the AWS Graviton Service Delivery Program, the company has enhanced security infrastructures by optimizing MITRE ATT&CK coverage and revealing hidden detection gaps.
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ribbon

Beyond the Hype: Understanding the Real Value of AI for Service Providers

Apr 30, 2024 By Greg Zweig In Ribbon
I recently wrote about how AI can support unified communications in the enterprise, but its applications are much broader than that, and communications service providers also have the opportunity to benefit. In a recent Gartner survey, 95% of telecom CIOs said they plan to implement AI/ML technologies by 2026 and 79% said they plan to increase their AI/ML investments.
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puppet

Puppet + Penacity: Secure Critical Infrastructure with Compliance as a Service

Apr 30, 2024 By Stephen K. Potter In Puppet
Compliance as a Service (CaaS) can help you tackle some of your biggest compliance challenges like quick policy changes, evolving security risks, and talent shortages. In this blog, we’ll give you options for handling compliance (and ultimately, security) based on your current needs, and help you assess next steps toward a more compliant and secure infrastructure.
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Scaling new frontiers with Pimcore PaaS l Platform.sh

Apr 30, 2024 By Platform.sh In Platform.sh
Scaling New Frontiers with Pimcore PaaS: A Webinar for the Future-Ready Enterprise Embark on a transformative journey into the future of digital infrastructure with Pimcore's Platform as a Service (PaaS). Join us for an exclusive webinar that promises to redefine the way you think about building, running, and scaling your websites and applications.
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What to do when a merge conflict strikes? #GitKraken #shorts

Apr 30, 2024 By GitKraken In GitKraken
Don't panic! GitKraken makes resolving these conflicts intuitive. In our latest tutorial, we walk through how to handle a rebase that doesn’t go as planned. Discover how to navigate through conflicted files, utilize the merge tool, and successfully continue your rebase for a clean commit history! ✨
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The State of Open Source: Exploring the Landscape with Peter Zaitsev

Apr 30, 2024 By Civo In Civo
From the evolution of open source over the years to the challenges and opportunities faced by commercial companies, Peter Zaitsev, Co-founder and CEO of @percona, delves into key topics such as the history of open source, changing business models, the impact of cloud technology, and the importance of community involvement.
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squadcast

Elevating Engineering Excellence: The Imperative of Site Reliability for Every Engineer

Apr 29, 2024 By Vishal Padghan In Squadcast
In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, engineers are the architects of the digital world. Their expertise shapes the platforms, applications, and services that define our daily interactions with technology. Yet, in the pursuit of innovation and functionality, there's one crucial aspect that often takes a backseat—site reliability. Site reliability engineering (SRE) has emerged as a critical discipline in the realm of software development and operations.
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How Can we Build a Strong Relationship Between AI & Cloud Computing? Navigate NA Panel Discussion

Apr 29, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Join Jay Boisseau, Numa Dhamani, Luke Wilson & Ferris Jumah in this Navigate North America 2024 discussion on the relationship between AI and cloud computing. From sustainability and energy efficiency challenges to the importance of quality control and transparency, they explore the opportunities and obstacles facing developers and startups in leveraging these technologies. Discover insights into the future of computing infrastructure, along with engaging movie recommendations exploring AI's impact on society.
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Discover underrated #GitLens features #shorts

Apr 29, 2024 By GitKraken In GitKraken
Want to understand your project history better AND learn about underrated GitLens features? Our Workshop's got it all and more! Join us TOMORROW for a deep dive into all the GitLens features at your disposal to stay productive, help with onboarding, and enhance your team's development. Plus, 10 lucky attendees will win an exclusive swag prize pack! 🎁 ⏰
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Demo: AI-Accelerated Workflows with Mattermost, Atlassian Jira, Parabol & Microsoft Azure AI

Apr 29, 2024 By Mattermost In Mattermost
Mattermost integrates with Atlassian Jira and features a bring-your-own LLM capability via the Mattermost AI Copilot plugin. Check out this demo to see how you can quickly review tickets & privately ask questions in a DM with the AI (ChatGPT-4) to look up issues and fetch details, providing personalized summaries and taking next actions.
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cloudzero

CloudZero Helped This Business Spark A Culture Shift Around Cloud Costs

Apr 29, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Erik Peterson, founder and CTO at CloudZero, recently interviewed John-Cade “JC” Griffin to discuss how the CloudZero platform has influenced aspects of cloud financial management — such as engineering-led optimization — within his company. Some fascinating nuggets of wisdom emerged from the conversation — everything from how to answer those tricky cost questions every SaaS company struggles with to how to encourage engineers to start building with cost efficiency in mind.
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canonical

Kubernetes backups just got easier with the CloudCasa charm from Catalogic

Apr 29, 2024 By Michael C. Jaeger In Canonical
Kubernetes is very straightforward for deploying and managing stateless applications. Consequently, proper backups of the Kubernetes environment have often been postponed or neglected. Today, however, more and more applications running on Kubernetes are stateful, making backup and recovery solutions for these systems critical. Neglecting backup is risky: as applications become more complex and need to preserve their states, the challenges of recovering a setup increase.
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canonical

What's New in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for Microsoft/Azure Users

Apr 29, 2024 By Jehudi In Canonical
Canonical recently announced the release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, codenamed “Noble Numbat”. This update underscores Ubuntu’s ongoing commitment to enhancing performance and security, focusing on optimizing developer productivity. The latest version features an optimized Linux kernel 6.8 and significant system management upgrades as detailed in the release notes.
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opsramp

From the Edge to the Cloud - How HPE and OpsRamp Can Help Power & Manage Your Hybrid IT Estate

Apr 29, 2024 By Bill Talbot In OpsRamp
You may have heard the phrase “from the edge to the cloud” but what does it really mean, how can your organization take advantage of it, and how can HPE and OpsRamp, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, help? Edge to cloud refers to the fact that enterprise data is no longer confined to the traditional data center. It is being generated and processed at the edge in ever-increasing amounts, then stored in the cloud, and used by an increasingly distributed global workforce.
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Confident Cloud Migrations How a Top 5 Bank Ensured Reliability With AWS and Gremlin

Apr 29, 2024 By Gremlin In Gremlin
In today's competitive landscape, migrating to the cloud brings substantial benefits, but the cloud’s new architectures and tools also bring new reliability risks and considerations. The challenge: Enterprises have to figure out how to capitalize on the benefits of the cloud while ensuring a seamless, reliable transition. This webinar offers a look at how to provide application reliability before, during, and after migrations with AWS and Gremlin.
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qovery

Deploying AI Apps with GPUs on AWS EKS and Karpenter

Apr 29, 2024 By Romaric Philogène In Qovery
As AI and machine learning workloads continue to grow in complexity and size, the need for efficient and scalable infrastructure becomes more important than ever. In this tutorial, I will show you how to deploy AI applications on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) with Karpenter from scratch, leveraging GPU resources for high-performance computing.
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Densify

Densify Talks, Avoiding Sticker Shock with Gokul Naidu of SAP's SuccessFactors

Apr 29, 2024 By Densify In Densify
On this episode of Densify Talks, we welcome Gokul Naidu, Senior Manager, Cloud Operations for SAP’s SuccessFactors Product Suite. Andrew and Gokul discuss an array of topics in the episode. The general theme of the discussion focuses on cost management and the importance of being prepared, aware, and executing the right planning in order to avoid sticker shock.
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Building Resilience in the Cloud With the AWS Well Architected Framework and Gremlin

Apr 29, 2024 By Gremlin In Gremlin
Reliability and resilience in the cloud requires a different approach. Thankfully, the AWS Well-Architected Framework is a proven blueprint for cloud architects and engineering leaders seeking to design and operate resilient systems on AWS.
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site24x7

Why the internet is unreliable and how can you track ISP bottlenecks

Apr 29, 2024 By Bela Susan Thomas In Site24x7
The internet serves as the backbone for communication, collaboration, and access to information in today’s digital world. However, despite its widespread use and importance, the internet is not immune to reliability issues. From occasional slowdowns to complete outages, internet users often encounter disruptions that can impact their productivity and connectivity. Several factors contribute to internet unreliability.
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zenduty

Insights of an Observability Advocate: The Challenges and Rewards

Apr 28, 2024 By Anjali Udasi In Zenduty
At a recent SRE Meetup in Bangalore, we had the pleasure of meeting Akshay Deshpande. During our conversation, Akshay, who manages a Performance/Observability Engineering team at Smarsh discussed his passion for observability and his constant drive to improve the field. Smarsh helps companies gain valuable insights from their communication data, enabling them to proactively identify potential regulatory and reputational risks before they escalate.
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Create a custom merge check in Bitbucket Cloud to prevent merges containing exposed secrets

Apr 28, 2024 By Atlassian In Atlassian
Caterina Curti (Sr. Developer Advocate, Bitbucket Cloud) shows us all the steps required to setup your workspace and repository to create a custom merge check in Bitbucket Cloud to prevent merges that contain exposed secrets.
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Automate & orchestrate CI/CD at scale with Dynamic Pipelines in Bitbucket Cloud

Apr 28, 2024 By Atlassian In Atlassian
In this video, Edmund Munday (Sr. Product Manager, Bitbucket Cloud) will introduce you to Dynamic Pipelines. Dynamic pipelines allow you to inject intelligence and flexibility into your CICD workflows, addressing the challenges of static YAML files. I will be showcasing an internal feature called Manage Builds that automates the entire process of creating CICD workflows, ensuring compliance with best practices & standardising CI/CD across a whole organisation - all whilst maintaining flexibility and autonomy for individual teams.
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squadcast

Comparing the Top 5 On-Call Management Software Solutions in 2024

Apr 27, 2024 By Chitra Bisht In Squadcast
SRE and DevOps teams are the backbone of system uptime and reliability. But managing On-Call schedules, alerts, and communication during incidents can quickly turn resolution efforts into burnout. This blog explores the top On-Call management tools in 2024, designed to streamline Incident Response and keep your team ready for action.
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opsmatters

Challenges in Cloud Cost Optimization and how to overcome them

Apr 27, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
The cloud today offers many exciting benefits to enterprises - flexible infrastructure capacity, rapid capacity deployment, faster time to market, etc., that have reshaped the way businesses operate and innovate. Enterprises can now optimize their cloud resource consumption as per their needs, and this offers them greater value economics by converting their underutilized resources into value-generating operation expenditures.
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opsmatters

5 Cloud Cost Savings Myths - Facts vs Fiction

Apr 27, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Cloud computing has fundamentally transformed how businesses operate, offering unparalleled scalability, efficiency, and flexibility. These benefits empower businesses to innovate faster, adapt to changing markets with ease, lead to significant cloud cost savings and ultimately achieve greater success. As the cloud has become an important part of businesses and has transformed how they function, with the many benefits of moving on to the cloud, there are a few misconceptions about cloud computing.
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opsmatters

Data Replication Strategies: Ensuring Data Availability and Redundancy

Apr 27, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Data replication is a fundamental component of modern IT infrastructure, serving as a backbone for ensuring data availability and system resilience across networks. In essence, data replication involves the process of copying and storing data from one location to several others, enabling a system to recover from data loss or failures seamlessly. This capability is crucial not just for operational continuity but also for effective disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
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squadcast

A Day in Life of DevOps Engineer

Apr 26, 2024 By Chitra Bisht In Squadcast
Let me tell you, the life of a DevOps engineer is anything but boring. It's a constant pull between automation, collaboration, and troubleshooting, all with a healthy dose of caffeine thrown in for good measure. One day you might be scripting a deployment pipeline, the next you’re diving into server logs to diagnose a critical error. It's a role that demands versatility, a problem-solving mindset, and a learner’s excitement.
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opsmatters

10 Benefits of a Multicloud Environment

Apr 26, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Multicloud is defined as using cloud computing services from at least two different providers. Instead of a single-cloud stack, the user will plan out a combination of services. They can choose the features that suit their needs from a wide range of service providers. Many businesses use multi-cloud environments. A company can reduce expenses by using several cloud service providers and mixing their offerings. This approach helps them make the most of their resources and gain flexibility.
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Rancher Live: What's new with NeuVector?

Apr 26, 2024 By Rancher In Rancher
Gather around all #ebpf enthusiasts! In this episode of Rancher Live, we bring together everyone's favourite new buzzword with the first-ever, fully #opensource #container security platform from @SUSE, NeuVector. Join Divya Mohan as she hosts Glen Kosaka and Tracy Walker from the NeuVector team to delve deeper into the eBPF x NeuVector synergy on 25th April at 9 AM PT.
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What's New in Turbo360: Network diagrams, Rightsizing recommendations that restrict to the same SKU.

Apr 26, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
The latest updates in Turbo360 bring several notable features and enhancements. Access policies for Service Principals now enable users to define scopes. Network Diagrams in Azure Documenter provide visual representations of network architecture. Cost Analyzer introduces Idle Disks in Rightsizing recommendations for cost optimization. Furthermore, Rightsizing recommendations now offer the ability to restrict to the same SKU family.
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Work in VS Code? Register for our #GitLens workshop! #shorts

Apr 26, 2024 By GitKraken In GitKraken
Check out our upcoming Workshop to see how GitLens can enhance your development process! Explore features like pivotal commit identification, line history, and creating pull requests directly within VS Code. 💻 AND, 10 lucky attendees will be selected for an exclusive swag bundle! 👀
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The importance of automated compliance in software development

Apr 26, 2024 By Kosli In Kosli
Espen Thomassen Sæverud - CTO Stacc & Øyvind Fanebust - Partner - Stacc A snippet from: Help, we’re doing ISO! Why, what, and how? Continuous Compliance Espen & Øyvind have extensive experience in banking and finance with particular expertise in the area of Continuous Compliance. In this talk they will take you on a journey towards ISO certification, discussing challenges and best approaches.
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An overview of ManageEngine Site24x7: AI-powered observability platform for DevOps and IT operations

Apr 26, 2024 By ManageEngine Site24x7 In Site24x7
Here is a quick overview of ManageEngine Site24x7. The cloud-based platform’s broad capabilities help predict, analyze, and troubleshoot problems with end-user experience, applications, microservices, servers, containers, multi-cloud, and network infrastructure, all from a single console.
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Ep. 18: A CIOs Take on Cloud Evolution

Apr 26, 2024 By Spot In Spot
Welcome backl! In this episode, we have a captivating discussion with Tim Crawford, a trusted advisor to C-Suite Technical leaders in various industries, ranging from startups to enterprises and higher education. Join us as we delve into the realm of Hybrid Cloud, exploring its significance and the evolving role of open source in business computing. We'll also shed light on the far-reaching implications of high-profile acquisitions and mergers within the tech industry. Get ready to gain valuable insights into the world of hybrid cloud and open source that will empower your business endeavors.
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cortex

How Cortex uses catalog customization to increase visibility across projects

Apr 26, 2024 By Cortex In Cortex
After decades as a software engineer, I’ve seen firsthand how complexity can grow exponentially with scale. Thankfully, over that time, quite a few tools have come along to help manage some of that complexity. One great example is the Internal Developer Portals (IDPs), which were built to connect an engineering organization’s architecture, processes, documentation, and definitions and alignment to standards of health.
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qovery

New Feature: Custom Kubernetes Annotations

Apr 26, 2024 By Romaric Philogène In Qovery
Kubernetes annotations are key-value pairs attached to Kubernetes objects, providing a flexible way to extend the functionality of your Kubernetes resources without altering their internal specifications. These annotations serve as a tool to store additional metadata to tailor behavior, orchestrate tools, and interact seamlessly with third-party utilities that complement your Kubernetes environment.
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qovery

How to Run Kubernetes on AWS?

Apr 25, 2024 By Morgan Perry In Qovery
In the last years, Kubernetes has grown tremendously and is considered by most companies to be the best platform to run applications today. In simple words, Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform that allows you to run and manage containerized applications at scale. In this article, I will explain how you can run Kubernetes on AWS in 3 different ways. But before getting down the road, let me explain why it does make sense to run Kubernetes on AWS.
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turbo360

Resource Availability Monitoring with Turbo360

Apr 25, 2024 By Praveena Jayanarayanan In Turbo360
In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, Azure stands out as a powerhouse for businesses seeking scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions. One of the fundamental aspects of Azure’s appeal is its vast array of resources catering to diverse needs. Azure offers a rich ecosystem of resources, ranging from virtual machines (VMs) and storage accounts to databases, networking components, and beyond.
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codefresh

Securing Your Container Images Using the Codefresh OIDC Provider and Keyless Signing

Apr 25, 2024 By Ilia Medvedev In Codefresh
Deploying software to your internal systems or sending releases to external customers is a process that ideally follows strong security requirements in an end-to-end manner. In a perfect world, every software release should come with at least the following guarantees In the world of CI/CD we are mostly interested in binary artifacts and how they were created all the way from the initial release up until they reach production.
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jfrog

Ensure your models flow with the JFrog plugin for MLflow

Apr 25, 2024 By Yonatan Arbel In JFrog
Just a few years back, developing AI/ML (Machine Learning) models was a secluded endeavor, primarily undertaken by small teams of developers and data scientists away from public scrutiny. However, with the surge in GenAI/LLMs, open-source models, and ML development tools, there’s been a significant democratization of model creation, with more developers and organizations engaging in ML model development than ever before.
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canonical

Canonical releases Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat

Apr 25, 2024 By Canonical In Canonical
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS builds on the advancements of the last three interim releases as well as the contributions of open source developers from around the world to ensure a secure, optimised and forward looking platform. “Ubuntu 24.04 LTS takes a bold step into performance engineering and confidential computing to deliver an enterprise-grade innovation platform, supported for at least 12 years”, said Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical.
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blameless

Igniting Innovation: The Power of Empowered Engineers

Apr 25, 2024 By Lee Atchison In Blameless
In the fast-paced world of technology, innovation is not just a buzzword—it's a necessity. As organizations strive to stay ahead of the curve and deliver cutting-edge solutions, they must foster a culture that empowers engineers to drive change and lead transformative projects. Throughout my career, I have witnessed firsthand the impact that empowered engineers can have on an organization, and I believe that unlocking their potential is key to achieving long-term success.
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gitkraken

Revamp Your Code Reviews with GitLens

Apr 25, 2024 By Allison Wheeler In GitKraken
Code reviews can quickly become code catch-ups – you’re sifting through countless commits, trying to understand the story behind a particular piece of code. Who made this change? When was this pushed? Which files were modified? These blockers can make code reviews feel like wasted time digging through the project’s commit history. That’s where GitLens comes into play, providing powerful Git functionalities right into VS Code.
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Sunbird

What are EED and CSRD: Why They Matter for Data Centre Management

Apr 25, 2024 By Sunbird In Sunbird
In recent years, sustainability has become a top priority for industries worldwide, and the data centre sector is no exception. As governments strive to reduce carbon footprints and mitigate climate change, regulatory directives such as the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) are playing a crucial role in reshaping how data centres operate and manage their environmental impact.
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stackstate

ZenOps & StackState Partner for Kubernetes Observability Solution in France

Apr 25, 2024 By Genevieve Cross In StackState
ZenOps and StackState announce a partnership for the distribution in France of StackState solutions for Kubernetes problem detection and resolution, observability of containerized environments and application performance management. ZenOps will be able to offer these solutions to enterprises and the public sector, drawing on its technical expertise in cloud-native approaches and providing first-level support.
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Unveiling the Risks and Rewards of Third-Party Tools with Laura Santamaria

Apr 25, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Dive into the world of third-party tooling with Laura Santamaria, Lead Developer Advocate at Dell Technologies, as she explores the thin line between innovation and instability. In this talk from Navigate North America 2024, Laura delves into the allure of third-party systems, highlighting how they accelerate development and reduce cognitive load, but also warns of the dangers lurking beneath the surface.
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How to create Azure Network Diagram | Network Visualization

Apr 25, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
In this video Azure MVP - Mike introduces a new feature within Turbo360 aimed at simplifying network visualization. The focus lies within the Azure Documenter Module, where users can generate network diagrams effortlessly. By selecting a Service Principal and specifying filters like resource groups and locations, users can configure & customize diagrams, store them internally or externally, and further modify them using draw.io.
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squadcast

Beyond SLAs: Rethinking Service Level Objectives in Incident Response

Apr 24, 2024 By Vishal Padghan In Squadcast
In the context of IT service management, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) have long been the cornerstone for measuring and ensuring the quality of services provided to customers. However, as technology evolves and incidents become more complex, relying solely on SLAs may not be sufficient. This is where Service Level Objectives (SLOs) come into play, offering a more nuanced approach to Incident Response.
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manageengine

From bottlenecks to breakthrough: The impact of closed-loop remediation

Apr 24, 2024 By OpManager Plus In ManageEngine
The economy and businesses closely rely on network infrastructures functioning efficiently. Minor network bottlenecks and snags can cost companies a good chunk of money and negatively affect their reputation. When there is so much to lose, the natural reaction of organizations is to throw more people and, in turn, more money at the problem.
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cloudzero

The Top 10 CloudHealth Alternatives Compared In 2024

Apr 24, 2024 By CloudZero In CloudZero
As a cloud cost intelligence solution, we often get asked where we fit in the cloud cost universe — and whether or not we’re an alternative to CloudHealth. The short answer is: it depends. The landscape of cloud cost tools is busy, with lots of different solutions that take different approaches to helping companies optimize their cloud costs. To help answer this question, we thought we’d lay out the cloud cost landscape as we see it.
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canonical

What's new in security for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS?

Apr 24, 2024 By Alex Murray In Canonical
We’re excited about the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release, Noble Numbat. Like all Ubuntu releases, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS comes with 5 years of free security maintenance for the main repository. Support can be expanded for an extra 5 years, and to include the universe repository, via Ubuntu Pro. Organisations looking to keep their systems secure without needing a major upgrade can also get the Legacy Support add-on to expand that support beyond the 10 years.
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haproxy

HAProxy Fusion: New External Load Balancing & Multi-Cluster Routing Features

Apr 24, 2024 By Tyler Charboneau In HAProxy
Recently, we added powerful new K8s features to HAProxy Fusion Control Plane—enabling service discovery in any Kubernetes or Consul environment without complex, technical workarounds. We've covered the headlining features in our HAProxy Fusion Control Plane 1.2 LTS release blog. But while service discovery, external load balancing, and multi-cluster routing are undeniably beneficial, context helps us understand their impact.
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catchpoint

Bridging the IT-business comms gap comes down to this one word: Ask

Apr 24, 2024 By Leo Vasiliou In Catchpoint
A highlight of the SRE Report is the insightful analysis based on the organizational ranks of respondents. The 2023 installment exposed significant misalignment between practitioners and management in several key areas, including the benefits of AIOps, the challenge of tool sprawl, and attitudes towards blamelessness. While the 2024 SRE Report showed a rare consensus on the importance of monitoring external endpoints, it uncovered yet more ongoing differences. Let’s dive in.
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resolve

Navigating Automation: Uniting Resolve Systems' Framework with TM Forum's Model for Operational Excellence

Apr 24, 2024 By Graham McDonough In Resolve
With the possibilities for increased productivity, reduced costs, and improved customer experiences, organizations are embracing automation across multiple areas of their operational activities. However, navigating the complexities of automation requires a structured approach. This is where frameworks such as Resolve Systems’ Automation Capability Framework and the TM Forum Automation Maturity Model come into play.
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Streamlining Incident Management with Squadcast's Workflows

Apr 24, 2024 By Squadcast In Squadcast
Watch this Webinar to understand how automating with Squadcast's 'Workflows' can save your team over 1000+ productive hours. Learn about the power of automation in the Incident lifecycle and see a live demo on setting up and tailoring Workflows to boost efficiency. 🛠️
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Pioneering Insights in the Age of Intelligent Technology: AI Panel at Navigate North America 2024

Apr 24, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Dive into the forefront of AI innovation with industry experts Rafi Qumsieh, Peter Voss, Aurora Quinn-Elmore, Blake Burch, George Munguia, and Josh Mesout as they explore the latest trends, challenges, and breakthroughs shaping the future of intelligent technology. From the surge in demand for AI chipsets and the ethical considerations of AI-generated content to the impact of open-source models and the potential of quantum computing, this panel covers the essential aspects of AI's evolving landscape.
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Shift Left with FinOps

Apr 24, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
Shift FinOps Left In this FinOps on Azure episode, Mike (A FinOps certified practitioner) joins Michiel (Azure Cost Optimization Specialist) to discuss the concept of Shift left with FinOps - moving cloud financial operations & cost optimization earlier into the app development lifecycle. Michiel explains why most companies struggle with lack of cloud cost awareness and how to get started shifting FinOps left. He covers selecting a proof of concept team, providing FinOps training, tooling for visibility into costs/budgets, anomaly detection, and optimization techniques.
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gremlin

How to make your services resilient to slow dependencies

Apr 24, 2024 By Andre Newman In Gremlin
When discussing reliability, we tend to focus on the things that we have control over: applications, virtual machine instances, deployment patterns, etc. But this ignores a significant and ever-growing part of nearly all modern software: dependencies. Dependencies are services that provide extra functionality for other services and applications. For instance, many websites depend on databases, caches, payment processors, and similar services in order to function.
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Broadband Architecture for the Future

Apr 24, 2024 By Ribbon In Ribbon
The pace of technological innovation, user demand, and the sophistication of new applications are all rapidly increasing. Will your network be able to keep up? If you build today, will the network support what your customers will require in 5 years? What about 10 years? Join us to discuss the latest developments in utilities-based middle-mile architecture and how you can confidently meet tomorrow's requirements. Learn how to create a customized and secure OT network while delivering high-revenue services to premium broadband customers.
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squadcast

SRE and the Enterprise: Building a Culture of Reliability at Scale

Apr 23, 2024 By Vishal Padghan In Squadcast
As the digital landscape evolves at breakneck speed, enterprises face an increasingly complex challenge: how to ensure their systems remain reliable and available amidst the chaos of modern technology. In this journey, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) emerges as a beacon of hope, offering a pragmatic approach to building a culture of reliability at scale.
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opsmatters

A Guide to Choosing The Best WordPress Hosting Provider

Apr 23, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
WordPress is essentially a self-hosted content management system, which means you'll need to find your own hosting provider for your WordPress website. There are different web hosting types and options you can consider. Those include entry-level shared hosting, premium WordPress hosting, managed cloud hosting, and others. Beginners may feel lost among all the endless choices and reviews that can keep you going around in circles.
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civo

Navigating the future of tech: Insights from Solomon Hykes

Apr 23, 2024 By Emma Stewart-Oram In Civo
Earlier this year, Mark Boost and Dinesh Majrekar had the chance to sit down with Solomon Hykes at Navigate North America 2024 to speak about his thoughts on the future of tech. Solomon is best known as the Founder, former Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Architect of Docker, and is currently the founder of Dagger, a programmable CI/CD engine that runs pipelines in containers, allowing development in various programming languages and execution across diverse environments.
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cloudzero

Datadog Pricing Explained: A 2024 Guide

Apr 23, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
In today’s fast-paced cloud environment, understanding the pricing model of some of the best cloud monitoring tools like Datadog is essential in optimizing costs. With several features and adaptable pricing, clarifying Datadog costs and aligning them with your organization’s operational needs is vital for fully harnessing this robust monitoring tool. This guide simplifies Datadog pricing, offering a clear overview of its cost structure.
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turbo360

How to automatically find unattached Azure VM disks to reduce cost

Apr 23, 2024 By Nadeem Ahamed In Turbo360
Many articles that you may find on the web discuss the importance of reducing Azure costs by identifying and removing unused resources. Still, they often fall short of providing practical methods to achieve this. However, Turbo360 has introduced a new feature that simplifies identifying idle or unattached Azure VM disks, eliminating the need for complex queries or PowerShell scripts.
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redgate

Four steps towards tackling the complexity of managing multiple database platforms

Apr 23, 2024 By Felicity Questier In Redgate
The 2024 State of the Database Landscape survey showed that 79% of businesses are now using two or more database platforms (vs 62% in 2020). Businesses revealed that this growth was largely due to the differing use cases across each platform, as well as the need to increase flexibility. Despite these recognized benefits, increasing the diversity of your database platforms can bring its own set of challenges, including skillset requirements, data integration complexities, security, and monitoring.
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Cycle

Building Modern REST APIs with OpenAPI

Apr 23, 2024 By Alexander Mattoni In Cycle
No, I'm not talking about 'OpenAI', though you certainly can use it to assist in your API designs. I'm talking about the OpenAPI standard, a modern spec for defining REST APIs. If you're reading this, I probably don't need to tell you that REST APIs are ubiquitous in tech. Practically every company has at least one, whether it be an internal or customer facing API. While other types of APIs have been gaining traction the last few years (GraphQL, gRPC, etc), REST is here to stay.
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Easier project onboarding with #GitLens #shorts

Apr 23, 2024 By GitKraken In GitKraken
Ever found yourself diving into a new project, tasked with something you have no clue about? 😅 Where do you even start? 🤔 Join us for a FREE GitLens Workshop where we walk through features to help you navigate codebases like a pro! Whether you're a seasoned dev or just getting started, understanding features like the commit graph, inline blame, and more can help you decipher the history behind each feature and bug. 🐛🔍
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hyperview

Bridging the Skills Gap in Data Centers with DCIM Software

Apr 23, 2024 By Rajan Sodhi In Hyperview
The Uptime Institute’s 2022 Global Data Center Survey highlights a growing challenge for operators: attracting and retaining qualified staff. With 53% struggling to find skilled employees and 42% losing staff to competitors—a sharp rise from 17% in 2018—there’s a clear need for solutions. DCIM software emerges as a key response, offering a holistic view of data center operations. This includes monitoring power usage, cooling systems, server space, and network operations.
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stackstate

Kubernetes Monitoring: Best Practices and Essential Tools

Apr 23, 2024 By Dmitry Maximov In StackState
As Kubernetes adoption continues to surge across various industries, the need for robust monitoring solutions is more critical than ever. Effective Kubernetes monitoring not only ensures the health and performance of your containerized applications but also provides valuable insights for troubleshooting and optimizing your infrastructure. However, Kubernetes's distributed and dynamic nature presents unique challenges regarding monitoring and observability.
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How Will Platform Engineering Shape the Future of Software Development? Insights from Eddie Wassef

Apr 23, 2024 By Civo In Civo
In this talk from Navigate North America 2024, Eddie Wassef, VP and Chief Architect at @vonage, delves into the transformative world of platform engineering. From its early beginnings to the modern day, he explores how this discipline is revolutionizing the way we think about, build, and deploy software. Eddie draws on historical parallels, humor, and his vast industry experience to demystify platform engineering, demonstrating its potential to accelerate innovation and streamline development processes.
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gremlin

Hitting reliability goals in the face of layoffs

Apr 23, 2024 By Jeff Nickoloff In Gremlin
It’s never easy when layoffs hit your organization. In addition to the personal impact of losing friends and coworkers from your team, those who remain are left trying to achieve the same business goals with less people and resources. Unfortunately, layoffs and restructuring have become a common part of business. But you’re not alone. Your partners (including Gremlin) are here to help you navigate your new reality.
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How to visualize your network using topology maps

Apr 23, 2024 By ManageEngine Site24x7 In Site24x7
Topology maps offer a comprehensive overview of your entire network through a single console, enabling you to respond quickly to any issues that may arise. You can create custom network maps that arrange your network devices and their connections logically and hierarchically over a predefined or custom background so you can visualize how your network is structured and how it operates.
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cloudzero

How To Master Cost Efficiency In Serverless Computing

Apr 22, 2024 By Alexander Ospina In CloudZero
Serverless architectures have revolutionized how businesses deploy applications, offering scalability and cost efficiency by abstracting infrastructure management. This model, charging only for resources consumed, poses unique budgeting and cost optimization challenges due to its variable pricing structure. Navigating cloud costs in a serverless environment requires a nuanced understanding of leveraging this technology’s benefit while effectively managing expenses.
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How Redgate Monitor Helps with Cloud Migration - Anthony Nocentino | Redgate

Apr 22, 2024 By Redgate In Redgate
Principal Field Solution Architect, Anthony Nocentino, talks through how Redgate Monitor helps with Cloud Migration. Cloud adoption has been steadily on the rise for a number of years, driven by benefits such as scalability, accessibility and flexibility, security and cost.
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The Value of SQL Compare - Jeff Taylor | Redgate

Apr 22, 2024 By Redgate In Redgate
In this video, Jeff Taylor, Principal Data Consultant at Fulton Analytics, shares the value of SQL Compare. SQL Toolbelt Essentials helps you and your teams reduce manual, time-consuming work and increase productivity. It's the set of industry-standard tools built by SQL Server industry leaders to standardize SQL development across organizations.
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turbo360

Significance of SQL Query Consumption Analysis

Apr 22, 2024 By Srihari Senthil In Turbo360
In the digital era, where data reigns supreme, the ability to extract meaningful insights from vast datasets has become indispensable. Though we have many data sources and data processing languages, SQL (Structured Query Language) stands as a cornerstone in this realm, empowering analysts, and data scientists to navigate through intricate databases with ease.
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Sunbird

Data Center Energy Consumption Trends of 2024

Apr 22, 2024 By Sunbird In Sunbird
Data centers are the backbone of our increasingly interconnected world. They power everything from streaming services to AI, handling vast amounts of data every second. However, this technological advancement comes at a cost, with energy consumption being a significant concern. In fact, data center energy consumption is forecasted to double by 2026. As we venture further into 2024, it is important to review some of the key trends around energy consumption in data centers.
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opsramp

This Earth Day, Gain New Sustainability Insights from your IT Infrastructure with OpsRamp and HPE

Apr 22, 2024 By Dennis Callaghan In OpsRamp
It’s April 22 and everybody knows today is Earth Day. But do you know how much energy your IT infrastructure is consuming and what that translates to in cost and carbon footprint? As we place more demands on our IT infrastructure to store and manage the reams of data we’re collecting and run advanced analytics and artificial intelligence on that data, we are inevitably consuming more energy in our data centers.
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jfrog

Supporting Next-Level Enterprise Scale in Software Development

Apr 22, 2024 By Sean Pratt In JFrog
What it means to be “enterprise grade” has changed. In software development, the size of new artifacts and the pace of development has increased dramatically. Developers are now releasing new components daily, if not multiple times a day. With containerization, and now AI/ML models, new pieces of software can be multiple GBs or larger.
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onpage

Beginner's Guide to Kubernetes Troubleshooting

Apr 22, 2024 By Ritika Bramhe In OnPage
Kubernetes troubleshooting is a critical skill for developers and system administrators managing containerized applications. It involves diagnosing and resolving issues within a Kubernetes cluster, ensuring that applications run smoothly and efficiently. Troubleshooting can range from simple configuration errors to complex networking issues, requiring a deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and components.
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atlassian

Introducing Dynamic Pipelines: A new standard in CI/CD flexibility

Apr 22, 2024 By Edmund Munday In Atlassian
Bitbucket cloud is on a mission to become the world’s most extensible cloud SCM and CI/CD product, and we're thrilled to be able to share the next stage of that journey. Upcoming Webinar: Join us for a live-webinar on May 8th/9th, 2024 for a deep-dive into building your own Dynamic Pipelines. Today, we're announcing the release of a new capability in Bitbucket Cloud called Dynamic Pipelines.
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Unveiling High Availability & Zero Downtime Strategies with Joshua Cassin

Apr 22, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Join Joshua Cassin from @PortainerIO as he delves into the secrets of achieving high availability and zero downtime in Kubernetes deployments. With insights inspired by Solomon Hykes' pioneering work, Joshua unveils practical strategies for anticipating potential disruptions, establishing clear contingency plans, and embracing on-the-fly problem-solving. Discover how to ensure your Kubernetes clusters thrive even in the face of unexpected challenges.
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razorops

Test Automation Best Practices Maximizing Efficiency and Effectiveness

Apr 20, 2024 By Shyam Mohan In Razorops
Test automation has become an indispensable part of software development, ensuring faster releases, higher quality, and overall cost-effectiveness. However, to reap the full benefits, it’s crucial to implement best practices that maximize efficiency and effectiveness. In this blog post, we’ll delve into some key strategies and tips for achieving optimal results with test automation.
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puppet

NIS2: Compliance Requirements, Deadline + Instructions for the NIS2 Directive

Apr 19, 2024 By Robin Tatam In Puppet
The compliance landscape for organizations in the European Union (EU) is heating up again – this time with the second landmark Network and Information Security (NIS2) Directive, set to take effect on October 17, 2024. But what does NIS2 compliance entail? What's the difference between the original NIS1 vs. NIS2? Who needs to comply with NIS2, and what are the penalties for not complying with the new directive?
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Spike in Azure storage costs: troubleshooting and solutions

Apr 19, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
How to reduce Azure Storage costs? Discover effective strategies for managing sudden spikes in Azure storage costs. This video delves into troubleshooting techniques using Turbo360's Cost Analyzer, highlighting insights on routing preferences and cache purges. Gain valuable lessons and solutions for optimizing costs in your Azure environment. It provides valuable lessons and recommendations for others managing similar Azure environments.
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Status Page automation with Playbooks

Apr 19, 2024 By Spike In Spike
"🚀 Automate Your Status Pages with Playbooks! 🚀 In this video, we're diving deep into the world of incident response automation. Join us as we explore how you can streamline your status page updates with Spike's powerful Playbooks feature. Learn step-by-step how to create and configure Playbooks to automate your status page notifications, ensuring your stakeholders are always kept in the loop during incidents. With a live demo and practical insights, you'll discover how easy it is to set up automated responses tailored to your organization's needs.
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qovery

Automating Ephemeral Environments with Kubernetes: A Quick Guide

Apr 19, 2024 By Morgan Perry In Qovery
Ephemeral environments are temporary, isolated, but self-contained deployment environments crucial for development and testing within software projects. While I already discussed the basics and benefits of Ephemeral Environments, today I will go through the practical steps of implementing ephemeral environments in your CI/CD pipeline using Kubernetes. I will start with how you can do it with Kubernetes native tools, and how you can automate the ephemeral environments in your CI/CD.
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opsramp

Why Storage Monitoring and Management is More Important Than Ever

Apr 19, 2024 By Bill Talbot In OpsRamp
In today's data-driven world, the importance of storage monitoring and management cannot be overstated. With the explosive growth of digital information, effective storage solutions and vigilant monitoring have become imperative for businesses to maintain agility, efficiency, security, and scalability. In this blog post, we’ll delve into why storage monitoring and management are crucial and explore practical methods for effective implementation.
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How to Use Kubernetes to Control a Vast Network of Clusters? Insights from Gianluca Mardente

Apr 19, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Dive into the world of Kubernetes with Gianluca Mardente, Principal Engineer at Cisco, as he shares insights from managing a vast fleet of Kubernetes clusters within Cisco's App Dynamics business unit. Explore the evolution from managing a handful to scaling up for extensive applications and clusters, leveraging container orchestration to maintain agility in cloud and on-premises environments. Plus, discover the strategic use of tools like Cluster API and Crossplane for automation, handling dependencies, and the dynamic deployment of applications.
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gitkraken

10 Popular VS Code Color Themes in 2024

Apr 19, 2024 By Allison Wheeler In GitKraken
Programming is an art and a science, and while we often focus on things like performance and integrations, there’s something just as crucial that deserves our attention – aesthetics. Okay, maybe not just as crucial. But, how our tools look and feel can enhance productivity and comfort. Customizing Visual Studio Code (VS Code) themes are just one of the many ways you can add some personal flair to your everyday code editor.
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tigera

What is platform engineering and when should you invest in it?

Apr 19, 2024 By Amit Gupta In Tigera
As application platforms grow larger, the idea of DevOps teams where developers support the software development lifecycle, but also manage infrastructure and the platform, is beginning to reach the limits of what these teams can support. Rather than taking their best application developers and making them work on infrastructure problems, more organizations are coming to the conclusion that a centralized platform team specialized in that area is a better use of their developers’ skill sets.
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cortex

Pocket Guide to Production Readiness (plus bonus framework!)

Apr 19, 2024 By Cortex In Cortex
Faster software development cycles means greater reward, and greater risk. Organizations that lose sight of continuous alignment to standards risk delayed launches, higher risk of churn, and higher costs—not to mention unproductive and unhappy developers. Building a strong production readiness review process can help, but existing tools and frameworks haven’t made it easy to keep up to date with the increased velocity at which software is expected to ship.
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Incident.io

Recapping our live event: On-call as it should be, present and future

Apr 19, 2024 By incident.io In Incident.io
The launch of On-call was an integral part of the incident.io mission to become the single place you turn when things go wrong, and recently we hosted a live virtual event to show how it all came together. In this event, incident.io Co-founder and CTO Pete Hamilton sat down with incident.io Product Manager Megan McDonald, Product Engineer Rory Bain, and fellow Co-founder and CPO Chris Evans to demo the product, discuss the journey of the creation, and expand on what’s next.
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Galileo

Optimizing IT Operations: Health System Drives Efficiency and Cost Savings

Apr 18, 2024 By Galileo In Galileo
In the critical world of healthcare services, efficiency and accuracy are indispensable. For a leading American health services company catering to the healthcare needs of over 100 million individuals and managing a workforce of more than 100,000 associates, a strategic approach to optimizing IT operations is necessary.
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How Can AI Transform the Chaos of Developer Workflows? Discover the Future with @getpieces

Apr 18, 2024 By Civo In Civo
In this session from Navigate North America 2024, Tsavo Knott and Sam Jones unravel the complexities developers face in today's fast-paced, AI-driven world. This session delves into the innovative ways @getpieces harnesses AI to revolutionize developer workflows, making the seemingly insurmountable tasks of managing multiple languages, projects, and cross-functional teams, not just manageable but streamlined and efficient.
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Organisational Barriers That SQL Toolbelt Essentials Breaks Down - Jeff Taylor | Redgate

Apr 18, 2024 By Redgate In Redgate
Jeff Taylor, Principal Data Consultant at Fulton Analytics, shares the organisation barriers that SQL Toolbelt Essentials helps to break down. SQL Toolbelt Essentials helps you and your teams reduce manual, time-consuming work and increase productivity. It's the set of industry-standard tools built by SQL Server industry leaders to standardize SQL development across organizations. Learn more here.
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pulsant

Early development programmes have a strong part to play in the current data centre skills shortage

Apr 18, 2024 By Mary Pender, Director of Talent In Pulsant
In today's fast-paced digital landscape, the demand for skilled professionals in the data centre industry has never been higher. And it's not just in our sector, sourcing technical talent and strategies to attract and retain them continues to be an issue in most sectors as a recent Deloitte article highlighted.
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civo

Kubernetes 1.30 aka Uwubernetes: What's New?

Apr 18, 2024 By Kunal Kushwaha In Civo
Kubernetes 1.30, the latest release from the Kubernetes project, introduces several significant updates that enhance the orchestration capabilities of the platform. This release continues the trend of evolving Kubernetes into a more robust, scalable, and secure system for managing containerized applications across diverse environments. Below, we delve into the key updates in Kubernetes 1.30.
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Cycle

Secure Connections with Environment-Level VPNs

Apr 18, 2024 By Chris Aubuchon In Cycle
At Cycle, we've taken a distinctive approach to VPN services, integrating them at the environment level of our platform. In a landscape where complexity can escalate quickly, anchoring each VPN to an environment–a VPC spanning the nodes of a cluster– simplifies management and maintains a high level of isolation.
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Azure Cost Management - Generating Cost Scopes

Apr 18, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
In this video, Michael Stephenson demonstrates how to generate Cost Scopes in Azure Cost Management to democratize the management of cost data. With this feature, engineers and operations teams can manage the costs they incur through the applications they develop. He also shows how to create a Cost Scope manually and generate a tree view based on a deployment-focused view. Learn how to view cost from different dimensions using Cost in Context and generate a tree view based on a tag.
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opsmatters

How Proper Infrastructure Design Impacts Network Reliability

Apr 17, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
In the digital age, network reliability is paramount for businesses of all sizes. A robust and dependable network infrastructure ensures seamless operations, uninterrupted communication, and efficient data transfer. However, achieving this level of reliability hinges on a well-designed infrastructure that accounts for factors like redundancy, security, and performance optimization. Proper infrastructure design plays a critical role in reducing downtime, mitigating disruptions, and ultimately improving an organization's bottom line.
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cloudzero

What Is Container Orchestration? A Newbie-Friendly Guide

Apr 17, 2024 By CloudZero In CloudZero
A recent Kubernetes Adoption Report showed that 68% of surveyed IT professionals adopted containers more during the pandemic. Among their goals were accelerating deployment cycles, increasing automation, reducing IT costs, and developing and testing artificial intelligence (AI) applications. But, what role does container technology play in this? This guide shares what containers are, how container orchestration works, and more.
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What Makes SQL Toolbelt Essentials a Stand out Tool in the Market - Jeff Taylor | Redgate

Apr 17, 2024 By Redgate In Redgate
Jeff Taylor, Principal Data Consultant at Fulton Analytics, shares what makes SQL Toolbelt Essentials a stand out tool in the market. SQL Toolbelt Essentials helps you and your teams reduce manual, time-consuming work and increase productivity. It's the set of industry-standard tools built by SQL Server industry leaders to standardize SQL development across organizations. Learn more here.
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puppet

4 Key Reasons to Switch from SaltStack to Puppet

Apr 17, 2024 By Stephen K. Potter In Puppet
At first, the differences between common configuration management tools might seem marginal. But choosing the right solution for automated configuration management can make a huge difference. Some tools will have features that align with your organization’s goals, while others won’t. The choice between Puppet vs. SaltStack is one such decision, and it’s a little more nuanced than you might think.
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smikar

Understanding SharePoint Online Storage

Apr 17, 2024 By Mark In SmiKar Software
SharePoint Online is a robust cloud-based service offered by Microsoft as part of the Office 365 suite. It enables organizations to create websites for information sharing, document management, and collaboration at scale, serving everything from small projects to enterprise-level deployments. As organizations increasingly shift to remote work environments, the ability to securely manage and collaborate on content has become crucial.
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zenduty

What Is Denormalized Data?

Apr 17, 2024 By Anjali Udasi In Zenduty
Traditional database design prioritizes data integrity through normalization. However, for read-heavy workloads, normalized data structures can lead to complex queries and slower performance. Denormalization offers an alternative approach to optimize query execution and improve efficiency. A study concluded that denormalization can improve query performance when implemented with a thorough understanding of application requirements.
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spot

Spot Ocean: The easy button for Kubernetes version and patch management

Apr 17, 2024 By Shon Harris In Spot
As a recovering practitioner, one of the things I was always less than thrilled to do was patching. I dreaded having to run updates, ensure everything was configured correctly, and finding windows of time to reboot without knocking an application offline. Just like your cloud workloads — everything changes when it has to be done at scale. Kubernetes has always been built around the DevOps concepts of rapid development, delivery, and iteration.
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Platform.sh

Meeting Jonny Harris: WordPress performance optimization with Blackfire

Apr 17, 2024 By Thomas di Luccio In Platform.sh
Jonny Harris is a WordPress core contributor and committer based in the UK and a member of the WordPress Performance Initiative. This group teams up with Google and Blackfire to optimize the performance of the PHP framework that powers an estimated 43% of the world’s applications. Jonny has been coding with WordPress since 2006 when, at the age of 16, he wanted to start blogging. He gave WordPress a try as it was then and still is today, the leading open-source blogging framework.
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canonical

Managed Cloud Services: when outsourcing your operations is the most cost-effective choice

Apr 17, 2024 By agmatei In Canonical
Clouds, be they private or public, surprisingly remain one of the most DIY-favouring markets. Perhaps due to the nebulous and increasingly powerful technologies, a series of myths, or even unnecessary egos, the majority of non-tech-centric enterprises (meaning, companies whose primary business scope rests outside the realm of IT software and hardware) still try to build and nurture in-house cloud management teams, without considering outsourcing even part of their workload.
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resolve

The Human Side of Automation: Building a Culture of Empowerment

Apr 17, 2024 By Mor Peter In Resolve
In the age of digital transformation, where technology reigns supreme and automation is the buzzword of the day, it’s easy for organizations to prioritize the latest tools and platforms while overlooking the essential role that people play in the success of automation initiatives. While technology undoubtedly drives efficiency and innovation, it’s the human element that can truly unlock the full potential of automation.
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Could This Be the Key to Transforming Tech? Solomon Hykes' Fireside Chat at Navigate NA 2024

Apr 17, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Join us for an enlightening journey with Solomon Hykes, the visionary behind Docker, in our Navigate North America 2024 Day One Keynote. Solomon delves into his fascinating path from a curious child to a tech pioneer, sharing the pivotal moments and lessons learned that fueled his groundbreaking work in container technology. From the inception of Docker to its profound impact on the tech world, Solomon offers unique insights into the challenges of innovation, the power of persistence, and the future of software development.
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Kunal Kushwaha Interviews Solomon Hykes at Navigate North America 2024

Apr 17, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Join us at Navigate NA 2024 in Austin for an enlightening conversation between @KunalKushwaha and Solomon Hykes, founder of @dagger-io and Founder, former Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Architect of Docker. Dive deep into the world of DevOps, Docker, and the cutting-edge Dagger tool as Solomon shares his insights on the evolving landscape of software development, the challenges developers face in the cloud-native space, and the innovative solutions Dagger brings to the table.
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Want to use #GitKraken features in your terminal? #shorts

Apr 17, 2024 By GitKraken In GitKraken
So, you want to stay in your terminal. That doesn't mean you have to miss out on any GitKraken goodness. 👀 The GitKraken CLI makes it easy to use features like Workspaces, Cloud Patches, and more, all without leaving the comfort of your terminal. 🖥️ Download for free at gitkraken.com/cli or 'gk-cli' on GitHub!
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Cloud Agnostic Backups on Cycle.io

Apr 17, 2024 By Cycle In Cycle
At Cycle.io, we see many unique situations involving data requirements, retention, and security. As a multi/hybrid cloud and LowOps platform, we've had to come up with some pretty interesting solutions for backups and data protection. Dive in with Cycle's co-founder and head of engineering, Alexander Mattoni, as he is easily able to deploy a postgres instance, with automated backups to offsite storage in the span of minutes.
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cortex

Microservices Catalog: Definition, Use Cases & Benefits

Apr 17, 2024 By Cortex In Cortex
When speed to market can make or break a business, the move from monoliths to microservices has become an obvious choice for many engineering teams. This transformation promises agility, scalability, and the ability to more closely align with business functions. It is why we see organizations moving from the rigidity and restrictions of monoliths to the flexibility and control associated with microservices architectures.
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Overview of Playbooks - Incident response automation

Apr 17, 2024 By Spike In Spike
Playbooks are a powerful tool to automate common actions in your incident response process. It's like a pre-programmed sequence of steps your team should take when specific incidents occur. Instead of scrambling to remember protocols or manually initiating a series of tasks, responders can activate a Playbook with a single click. This triggers a predefined set of actions, such as notifying team members, setting incident severity/priority, or creating support tickets, all tailored to the nature of the incident.
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cortex

What's new in on-call best practice?

Apr 16, 2024 By Cortex In Cortex
Already a quarter of the way into 2024, we’re seeing a lot of shake-up in on-call best practices. We’re excited to see AI in the mix, but we’re also seeing a renewed focus on existing and neglected best practices. Some current topics in on-call best practices include: In this article, we’ll review some best practices and explore the 2024 trends.
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#025 - Kubernetes for Humans Podcast with Ashan Senevirathne & Joel Studler (Swisscom)

Apr 16, 2024 By Komodor In Komodor
Ashan Senevirathne is an experienced Product Owner and Senior DevOps Engineer with a proven track record in driving innovation and efficiency in telecommunications. Currently with Swisscom, leading the development of a cloud-native orchestration framework for 5G Core using Kubernetes. Adept at optimizing release engineering processes, championing CI/CD workflows, and fostering cross-functional collaboration. Recognized for his expertise in Kubernetes, GitOps, cloud-native principles, and network orchestration.
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turbo360

Navigating Azure Data Transfer Costs: A Comprehensive Guide

Apr 16, 2024 By Paola Annis In Turbo360
As businesses increasingly migrate to the cloud, understanding the intersections of data transfer expenses is very important. In this article, we’ll break down what Azure Data Transfer Costs entail, explore various types of data transfers, explore Azure Bandwidth pricing, identify the possible factors influencing data transfer costs, and some strategies for optimizing expenses.
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smikar

SharePoint Document Retention

Apr 16, 2024 By Mark In SmiKar Software
Document retention is a critical component of modern data governance, requiring meticulous strategy and precise execution. In today’s digital age, businesses are inundated with vast quantities of data, making effective document management not just advisable but essential. This is particularly true when considering the legal and compliance obligations that organizations must navigate.
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cloudzero

RDS Cost Optimization: A Deep Dive Into Reducing Costs

Apr 16, 2024 By Alexander Ospina In CloudZero
AWS’ Relational Database Service (RDS) is a pivotal component for businesses leveraging cloud technology for their database management needs. RDS simplifies a relational database’s setup, operation, and scaling, offering cost-efficiency while automating time-consuming administration tasks like hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups. However, despite its benefits, navigating the cost structure of RDS to ensure efficient spending can be a complex task.
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ribbon

AI + PSTN = Changing the UC Landscape

Apr 16, 2024 By Greg Zweig In Ribbon
While last month’s Enterprise Connect 2024 (EC24) show seemed a bit light in terms of headline news, it did offer one high impact storyline around the integration of AI services with the PSTN. EC24 showcased the addition of AI services, including transcription and meeting minutes, to PSTN call using popular UC services (Teams, Zoom, Webex, Ring Central). While these have been in place for conference calls for almost a year, AI for one-to-one calls via the PSTN is new in 2024.
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console connect

Comparing ways to privately connect devices to the cloud

Apr 16, 2024 By Alex Hawkes In Console Connect
The biggest driver behind the Internet of Things (IoT) is the value that can be unlocked through data analytics. When you have hundreds, thousands, or millions of devices capable of reporting on an almost unlimited number of attributes, statuses, or environmental factors, the opportunity for businesses to create optimisations or brand new revenue streams is huge.
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netreo

BMC to Acquire Netreo

Apr 16, 2024 By Netreo In Netreo
We are delighted to announce that we are in the process of joining forces with BMC Software, a company trusted by 86% of the Forbes Global 50, delivering AI-powered software solutions that enable customers to connect their entire technology landscape. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. BMC shares Netreo’s core value of customer-centricity and vision to connect observability silos and accelerate innovation across the enterprise.
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atlassian

Evolving Bitbucket Pipelines to unlock faster performance and larger builds

Apr 16, 2024 By Edmund Munday In Atlassian
Bitbucket Pipelines has seen amazing adoption over recent years, with millions of developers and teams using it to build better software every day. As part of our ongoing commitment to improving performance and reliability, we are in the process of making enhancements to our cloud infrastructure. These changes will also unlock a range of powerful new capabilities for customers that will turbocharge their CI/CD workloads and empower engineers to focus more of their energy on building great software.
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gremlin

How to ensure your Kubernetes Pods and containers can restart automatically

Apr 16, 2024 By Andre Newman In Gremlin
As complex as Kubernetes is, much of it can be distilled to one simple question: how do we keep containers available for as long as possible? All of the various utilities, features, platform integrations, and observability tools surrounding Kubernetes tend to serve this one goal. Unfortunately, this also means there’s a lot of complexity and confusion surrounding this topic. After all, most people would agree that availability is important, but how exactly do you go about achieving it?
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Ubuntu AI | S2E5 | All about Ops: DataOps, MLOps, DevOps, AIOps

Apr 16, 2024 By Canonical In Canonical
The emergence of DevOps has changed the way enterprises handle software delivery processes, leading to faster and improved quality. After DevOps has been coined, other practices such as DataOps, MLOps, and AIOps have emerged. In the podcast, Michelle and Andreea, Data PM and AI Product Managers, respectively, will be discussing the significance of these Ops processes in streamlining and optimizing enterprise data, machine learning, and AI projects and use cases.
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razorops

The Future of Testing Unlocking Potential with Automation

Apr 16, 2024 By Shyam Mohan In Razorops
In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, testing plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of applications. As technology continues to advance, the future of testing is deeply intertwined with automation, offering immense potential for improving efficiency, speed, and accuracy in the testing process.
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kelverion

Simplify Automation - Announcing Runbook Studio Packs

Apr 16, 2024 By David In Kelverion
There is no getting away from it, automation can be complicated. First, it is working out where to start, and it isn’t as simple as installing an application or signing up to a service and configuring it once. Automation is a journey not made easier by the drive for AI (check out this webinar on Automation & AI), which will aid productivity but could actually increase manual work performed today by surfacing more insights that need to be manually addressed.
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console connect

Software Defined Cloud Interconnect becoming essential for private cloud connectivity

Apr 16, 2024 By Alex Hawkes In Console Connect
For enterprises using both hybrid- and multi-cloud architectures, Software Defined Cloud Interconnects (SDCIs) are increasingly well-recognised as the most advantageous approach to private cloud connectivity. In fact, by 2027 Gartner® predicts 30% of enterprises will employ SDCI services to connect to public cloud service providers. This is a threefold increase from less than 10% in 2022.
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opsmatters

End-to-End Monitoring for NetApp Data Protection Lifecycle

Apr 15, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Securing your company's vital information assets is very important since data losses can have serious consequences, including business interruptions, loss of reputation, penalties for noncompliance, and, ultimately, revenue loss. That is why having a strong data protection strategy is essential, with NetApp providing a complete suite of solutions to protect your data across its full lifecycle.
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spot

Maximize Kubernetes resource efficiency with Spot Ocean's Accelerated Scale Down

Apr 15, 2024 By Nofar Nakdai Livny In Spot
One significant challenge that every dynamic, fast-paced business in the cloud faces is efficiently managing their clusters’ workloads while minimizing unnecessary expenses. But it’s not just overages that these businesses must worry about. Especially common is the underutilization of resources, which can lead to unnecessary costs and inefficiencies.
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mattermost

Mattermost's cloud optimization journey: Pillars of success, future strategies & lessons learned

Apr 15, 2024 By Angelos Kyratzakos, Stavros Foteinopoulos In Mattermost
Mattermost has embarked on a transformative journey in cloud optimization. This journey is marked by strategic initiatives, innovative approaches, and valuable lessons, all aimed at enhancing efficiency and reducing costs. This blog post explores the successful strategies that have guided our cloud optimization efforts. It also highlights our future direction with an emphasis on ARM/Graviton workloads and shares insights from our experiences, particularly regarding spot instances.
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redgate

Why data anonymization is important to organizations - and their customers

Apr 15, 2024 By Khang Chan In Redgate
The rise of the digital era has led to increasing concerns among individuals around the protection of their personal data. In 2022, for example, 24% of individuals exercised their right to Data Subject Access Requests, and this rose to 28% in 2023 according to Statista research results.
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cloudzero

FinOps Automation Tips And Best Practices - Part 3

Apr 15, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
After watching part one and part two of our FinOps Automation Series, hopefully you’re chomping at the bit to adopt your first automation solution. In part three below, our experts — Erik Peterson (CTO and Founder of CloudZero), Alan Hand (Founder and CEO of Xosphere), Steven O’Dwyer (Senior FinOps Specialist at ProsperOps), and Mike Fuller (CTO of the FinOps Foundation) — are going to walk you through what you need to know before you take any concrete steps.
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cloudzero

Product Release Notes March 2024

Apr 15, 2024 By Bill Buckley In CloudZero
Access to critical business data, such as cloud cost data, is both incredibly important for finance, engineering, and DevOps teams, but also a privilege that should be managed carefully. This month, our engineering teams put a major focus on developing industry-leading capabilities related to access control, while also making it easier for people who require certain kinds of data to get it where it needs to be.
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smikar

Azure Storage Updates FY24

Apr 15, 2024 By Mark In SmiKar Software
In today’s fast-evolving digital landscape, the importance of robust and scalable cloud storage solutions cannot be overstated. Enterprises across the globe are increasingly leveraging cloud technologies to drive innovation, streamline operations, and reduce costs. Microsoft Azure, as a leading provider of cloud services, continues to enhance its storage solutions to meet the diverse and growing needs of its users.
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grafana

A guide to scaling Grafana Alloy deployments across multiple hosts

Apr 15, 2024 By Ishan Jain In Grafana
Last week we introduced Grafana Alloy, our distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector with built-in Prometheus pipelines and support for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles. We’re excited to see the community embrace Alloy, and we want to help them use and scale it as easily as possible. Many developers that need to deploy and manage software across several hosts turn to Ansible for its ease of use and versatility.
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Azure FinOps: Optimizing Costs and Best Practices

Apr 15, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
Azure FinOps: Optimizing Costs and Best Practices In episode 4 of "FinOps on Azure," discover expert insights on Azure FinOps along with its best practices featuring Azure MVP - Gregor Suttie Dive deep into cost management best practices, from leveraging Azure Advisor to optimizing resource usage. Discover who to involve in cost reviews, how often to conduct them, and common pitfalls to avoid. Get top tips for Azure cost management and strategies for staying up to date. Whether you're a startup or a large enterprise, master Azure cost optimization for maximum value from your cloud investments.
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qovery

How to Automate Kubernetes Deployments?

Apr 15, 2024 By Morgan Perry In Qovery
The motivation behind automating Kubernetes deployments stems from the need to accelerate development cycles, minimize manual errors, and achieve consistent deployments. In today’s application development where container orchestration is a crucial aspect, automating the Kubernetes deployment is inevitable. Despite challenges such as maintaining security and handling complex dependencies, automation remains a powerful solution.
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How Can Developer Happiness Transform Your Tech Team's Success? - Insights from Ramiro Berrelleza

Apr 15, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Discover the transformative power of developer happiness in this talk from Navigate North America 24. Join Ramiro, founder and CEO of Okteto, as he delves into the crucial link between developer well-being and business value. Learn practical strategies for reducing friction, fostering a healthy work environment, and proving the ROI of investing in developer satisfaction.
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Komodor

KubeCon Wrapped: 5 Key Kubernetes Trends You Need to Know

Apr 14, 2024 By Itiel Shwartz, CTO & co-founder In Komodor
This year’s KubeCon was a whirlwind of insights and innovations. It’s always exhilarating to see how far we’ve come and where Kubernetes is taking us next. So, let’s unpack the top trends that are setting the stage for the next wave of developments in the Kubernetes ecosystem.
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Komodor

Kubernetes in Modern Financial Institutions

Apr 14, 2024 By Erez Rabih In Komodor
Financial institutions face unprecedented challenges in today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape. The demand for agile, scalable, and resilient systems is at an all-time high, driven by a diverse and dynamic customer base that expects real-time, reliable services. This is where Kubernetes, a leading open-source container orchestration platform, emerges as a pivotal solution. Kubernetes has revolutionized software development and deployment.
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razorops

Automating Quality Accelerating Testing Processes for Agile Development

Apr 13, 2024 By Shyam Mohan In Razorops
software development, agility is key to success. Agile methodologies have revolutionized how teams approach projects, emphasizing collaboration, flexibility, and rapid iterations. However, this agility comes with its own set of challenges, particularly in ensuring high-quality software within tight timelines. This blog explores the crucial role of automation in accelerating testing processes to meet the demands of agile development.
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squadcast

Squadcast Ranks in the Top 10 Incident Management Tools Report by G2

Apr 12, 2024 By Sanjog Sandhu In Squadcast
Reaching the top 10 tools in the Incident Management category marks an important milestone for Squadcast. This accomplishment underscores our commitment to actively incorporate customer feedback into our product development process and vision. From the outset, our objective has been to design a platform that streamlines Incident Response workflows by integrating On-Call Management, Incident Response, SRE, AIOps, and Automation into one cohesive system.
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squadcast

Streamline Incident Resolution with Squadcast's Outgoing Webhooks

Apr 12, 2024 By Chitra Bisht In Squadcast
Incident responders often find themselves under pressure to resolve issues quickly and efficiently. Once the alert comes in and the incident resolution starts, the actions taken in the next few minutes can make all the difference. Essential actions involve collaborating with team members and invoking specialized scripts for common issues like disk space shortages or server restarts.
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Platform.sh

Limit deployments to Platform.sh only with tags: part three

Apr 12, 2024 By Paul Gilzow In Platform.sh
In parts one and two of this series, we covered how to limit deployments to Platform.sh when a tag is pushed or created. Focusing first on using GitHub and the GitHub Actions platform, and then progressing onto Gitlab and pipelines to accomplish this goal. But in the spirit of being a polyglot PaaS, let’s look at how we can accomplish the same goal—limiting deployment to Platform.sh only when adding a git tag—using Bitbucket and their CI/CD system.
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gremlin

How to ensure your Kubernetes cluster can tolerate lost nodes

Apr 12, 2024 By Andre Newman In Gremlin
Redundancy is a core strength of Kubernetes. Whenever a component fails, such as a Pod or deployment, Kubernetes can usually automatically detect and replace it without any human intervention. This saves DevOps teams a ton of time and lets them focus on developing and deploying applications, rather than managing infrastructure.
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datadog

Recapping Datadog Summit London 2024

Apr 12, 2024 By Ara Pulido In Datadog
In the last week of March 2024, Datadog hosted its latest Datadog Summit in London to celebrate our community. As Jeremy Garcia, Datadog’s VP of Technical Community and Open Source, mentioned during his welcome remarks, London is the first city that has seen two Datadog Summits, with the first one in 2018. It was great to be able to see how our community there has grown over the past six years.
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smikar

SharePoint Document Library Issues

Apr 12, 2024 By Mark In SmiKar Software
Document libraries are the backbone of document management within SharePoint Online. They provide a centralized location for storing, sharing, and collaborating on files. These libraries offer features like version control, access control, and easy searchability, making them a powerful tool for businesses of all sizes. However, even with their many benefits, users might encounter occasional issues with document libraries.
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stackstate

Google Cloud Welcomes Full-Stack Observability with StackState

Apr 12, 2024 By Jeroen van Erp In StackState
When Google Cloud welcomed StackState to offer our full-stack observability solution to their network of customers, we were thrilled. Our excitement only grew when Google invited us to join other partners this week at Google Cloud Next ’24 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
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My Favourite Feature of SQL Toolbelt Essentials - Jeff Taylor | Redgate

Apr 12, 2024 By Redgate In Redgate
Jeff Taylor, Principal Data Consultant at Fulton Analytics, shares his favourite feature of SQL Toolbelt Essentials. SQL Toolbelt Essentials helps you and your teams reduce manual, time-consuming work and increase productivity. It's the set of industry-standard tools built by SQL Server industry leaders to standardize SQL development across organizations.
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My Favourite Feature of SQL Prompt - Jeff Taylor | Redgate

Apr 12, 2024 By Redgate In Redgate
Jeff Taylor, Principal Data Consultant at Fulton Analytics, shares his favourite feature of SQL Prompt. SQL Prompt enables users to write high quality SQL faster. As well as autocompleting your code, SQL Prompt takes care of formatting, object renaming, and other distractions, so you can concentrate on how the code actually works..
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gitkraken

Smoother Developer Onboarding and Git Education with GitKraken

Apr 12, 2024 By Allison Wheeler In GitKraken
When it comes to welcoming new developers into a team, a well-thought-out onboarding process is key. It all starts with setting clear goals and expectations right out of the gate, helping everyone understand their role and how it fits into the bigger picture of the company’s objectives. This, paired with a structured training program, can blend the often confusing process of learning the ropes with actual hands-on experience.
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Incident.io

Our customers aren't just numbers-they're a priority

Apr 11, 2024 By Luis Gonzalez In Incident.io
At incident.io, “We care about our customers” isn’t just a talking point. It’s a core part of how we operate. Whether it’s a big feature request or a small bug fix, we’ve been intentional about making sure that customers always feel heard and seen—no matter the ask. But it’s not just that.
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canonical

The role of secure data storage in fueling AI innovation

Apr 11, 2024 By Philip Williams In Canonical
Artificial intelligence is the most exciting technology revolution of recent years. Nvidia, Intel, AMD and others continue to produce faster and faster GPU’s enabling larger models, and higher throughput in decision making processes. Outside of the immediate AI-hype, one area still remains somewhat overlooked: AI needs data (find out more here).
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netdata

Decentralized Monitoring Explained

Apr 11, 2024 By Costa Tsaousis In netdata
Users often find themselves puzzled by the concepts of decentralized or distributed monitoring. This confusion is likely due to many monitoring systems claiming distributed capabilities, making it challenging to discern how Netdata stands out. To grasp the distinction, we must delve into the evolution of monitoring systems. When the first monitoring systems were created, about 20-25 years ago, they were built as SNMP collectors.
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Sunbird

Colo Rental Rates are Rising: Are You Keeping Track of Your Power Utilization?

Apr 11, 2024 By Sunbird In Sunbird
It’s getting more expensive to rent space in colocation data centers. According to CBRE, colocation rates are up 18.6% year-over-year to a record $163.44 per kW/month due to limited supply and strong demand. Average Asking Rental Rate with Y-o-Y % Change for Primary Markets *Rental rates are quoted asking rates for 250-500 kW at N+1/Tier III requirements. Image Source: CBRE Research, CBRE Data Center Solutions, H2 2023.
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Azure Mangement Platform - Turbo360

Apr 11, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
Turbo360 (Formerly Serverless360) is an advanced Cloud Management platform that empowers you with significant Azure Cost savings and Infra Monitoring for complex Azure Environments. This tool has helped customers experience annual savings of up to 30% through advanced cost monitoring, granular analysis, optimization insights, and reduced incident resolution time by 80% through holistic infra monitoring across multiple Azure resources with business context.
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Get started with FHIR service - Azure Health Data Services

Apr 11, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
Get started with FHIR service - Azure Health Data Services Interoperability in healthcare is crucial, but it's often hindered by varying systems and data formats. Enter Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), a modern standard revolutionizing data exchange. In this enlightening discussion, Azure MVPs Martin Abbott and Lex Hegt unravel the complexities of FHIR and its integration within the Azure ecosystem. Discover what FHIR is and how it facilitates seamless healthcare data sharing.
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puppet

Don't Redo the Work: How to Migrate OS the Easy Way

Apr 11, 2024 By Matthew Stone In Puppet
So, you think you want to migrate OS (AKA operating systems)? In (most) everyone’s life there comes a time where you look toward migrating to another operating system. There are a variety of reasons why — take for instance the recent trouble with CentOS and RedHat. This process change has broadened adoption of new Enterprise Linux variants like Rocky, Alma Linux, or even Ubuntu.
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Episode 3 | Ryan Cooke on CSPM, DSPM and Data Security in the Cloud

Apr 11, 2024 By Taloflow In Taloflow
In this episode, the hosts and guest discuss the importance of data security posture management (DSPM) and its role in protecting sensitive data. They explore the evolution of the cybersecurity and data security market over the years, highlighting the challenges and advancements in securing data in cloud environments. The conversation also touches on the vendor landscape, the complexity of selecting security tools, and the need for organizations to invest in data security. The key takeaways include the overwhelming number of security tools available, the importance of aligning security goals with business risks, and the impact of regulations on data security.
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How to test your systems for scalability and redundancy with Fault Injection

Apr 11, 2024 By Gremlin In Gremlin
Part of the Gremlin Office Hours series: A monthly deep dive with Gremlin experts. Do you know if your services can tolerate losing a node? What about an entire availability zone? Or a region?‍ Large-scale outages aren’t unheard of. When you’re running critical services, it’s vital that those services can keep running even if an AZ or region fails. In addition to failing over, these services also need to scale quickly so traffic shifts don’t overwhelm your systems. How do you prove that a service is both scalable and redundant? The answer is with Fault Injection.
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Building an Internal Developer Platform for 20k Engineers on a Single Tenant with Will Stewart

Apr 11, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Explore the world of Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) with Will Stewart, co-founder of @northflank9144. Gain insights into developer experience, security, and scalability, drawing from Will's extensive expertise. Learn how IDPs empower engineering teams for enhanced productivity and innovation in modern software development environments. Dive into this comprehensive overview to unlock the potential of IDPs and optimize your organization's workflow.
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Facing the Future of SBOMs: Are You Ready to Overcome Their Biggest Challenges?

Apr 11, 2024 By Civo In Civo
In this session at Navigate North America 24, Cortez Frazier Jr. from Fossa delves into the critical world of Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs). As regulatory demands increase and the call for software component transparency becomes louder, mastering SBOMs is essential. Cortez unpacks the complexities of creating, managing, and distributing SBOMs, offering actionable solutions to streamline the process.
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qovery

Managing Multiple Kubernetes Clusters: What, Why and How

Apr 11, 2024 By Morgan Perry In Qovery
Kubernetes is a powerful tool for deploying and managing containerized applications. However, managing its clusters is a critical but challenging task for many organizations. Today, we will discuss the benefits of managing multiple clusters, and the challenges they present, and offer a quick technical guide on managing these clusters efficiently.
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cloudzero

Observability Vs. Monitoring: The Complete Comparison

Apr 10, 2024 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Many often wonder, “Is there a difference between observability and monitoring?” The thing is as IT environments have become more complex, monitoring alone has become increasingly less effective. That’s because while monitoring is crucial, it isn’t particularly suited to tracking unforeseen or unexpected turns of events. That’s what observability is meant for. This guide will clarify what observability and monitoring are – and how they differ.
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zenoss

Future-Proof Your IT Ecosystem: The Road to IT Optimization

Apr 10, 2024 By admin In Zenoss
Learn more about how IT optimization reduces operating costs, improves efficiency and increases application performance for your business. By working out an optimization initiative, businesses can refine the functionality of their enterprise architectures, ensuring that they’re using resources to their utmost potential. This not only streamlines your automating processes but also bolsters overall performance and business efficiency, allowing you to stay competitive.
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pulsant

The next buzz in the city of bees: digital infrastructure, AI, and Manchester

Apr 10, 2024 By Mark Lewis, Chief Marketing Officer In Pulsant
Manchester has come a long way - from pioneering the world’s first stored program digital computer, to becoming the top tech city in the UK outside of London. The MCC 2021-2026 Digital Strategy now guides a £5bn digital economy, with more than 10,000 businesses employing over 96,000 people. It has seen the development of five unicorns and is still home to three, billion-pound businesses. So, the city of bees is buzzing.
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#024 - Kubernetes for Humans Podcast with Gabriele Bartolini [EDB]

Apr 10, 2024 By Komodor In Komodor
A long-time open-source programmer and entrepreneur, Gabriele has a degree in Statistics from the University of Florence. After having consistently contributed to the growth of 2ndQuadrant and its members through nurturing a lean and DevOps culture, he is now leading the Cloud Native initiative at EDB.
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civo

The broken cloud market: Why free credits are the kryptonite of competition

Apr 10, 2024 By Mark Boost In Civo
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the state of the UK cloud market, and for good reason. While the submissions and commentary already submitted to the CMA point to various concerning practices, one issue stands out as the single biggest threat to a healthy, competitive landscape: excessive free cloud credits. This tactic, employed by the dominant hyperscalers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform), is akin to a drug dealer offering free samples.
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qovery

Using Ephemeral Environments: What to Expect

Apr 10, 2024 By Morgan Perry In Qovery
The emergence of Ephemeral Environments poses a compelling question: What can organizations expect from adopting this transformative approach? What are the hurdles they may face along the way? And what results can they anticipate? These are the questions I will address in this article as we explore why Ephemeral Environments are garnering attention and what makes them so pivotal for engineering teams today. Let's go!
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jfrog

Elevate and Streamline Your Developer Experience with JFrog-Coder Fusion

Apr 10, 2024 By Yonatan Arbel In JFrog
It’s a scenario many developers know all too well: a configuration works flawlessly for one team member but doesn’t work for you. Starting a new job brings with it the excitement of fresh challenges and opportunities. However, it also entails the often painful task of setting up your development environment—a process that can be both time-consuming and complex. This setup phase involves installing dependencies, configuring projects, and troubleshooting issues that might arise.
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cloudzero

The Top Cloud Cost News From March 2024

Apr 10, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
If you’ve recently migrated your data from one major cloud provider to another, you may have already noticed one of our top stories from last month. If not, we’ve got good news, so keep reading! And there’s even better news if you’re the type to get excited over the chance to learn more about FinOps and hone your craft.
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blameless

The real cost of a blameful culture

Apr 10, 2024 By Lee Atchison In Blameless
In the fast-paced world of IT operations, the culture permeating an organization is critical to its success. It drives behavior, efficiency, and organizational accomplishment. A blame-centric culture is particularly detrimental, creating an environment where finger-pointing is more important than problem-solving and fear reduces innovation. This negative culture damages individual morale and erodes the organization's collective resilience.
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How to Achieve Agility With Stability

Apr 10, 2024 By Catchpoint In Catchpoint
In the fast-paced world of modern software development, the demand for innovation is relentless. CI/CD promises many benefits, including agility, team productivity and satisfaction. Doing CI/CD “the right way” though, can feel overwhelming. If your team is pushing code through the CI/CD pipeline more and more often, how do you know that it works? In other words, how do you balance innovation with reliability?
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spot

The clock is ticking: Azure VM RIs exchange opportunity ends July 1

Apr 10, 2024 By Lauren Dyer In Spot
Did you know that companies typically waste as much as 35% of their budgets on unused compute resources? And, oftentimes, these idle resources are commitment waste — reserved commitments purchased at a discount but with the financial lock-in of one or three years. Commitments, such as Azure Compute Reservations (VM RIs), offer significant savings when compared to on-demand.
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gremlin

How to standardize resiliency on Kubernetes

Apr 10, 2024 By Gavin Cahill In Gremlin
There’s more pressure than ever to deliver high-availability Kubernetes systems, but there’s a combination of organizational and technological hurdles that make this ‌easier said than done. Technologically, Kubernetes is complex and ephemeral, with deployments that span infrastructure, cluster, node, and pod layers. And like with any complex and ephemeral system, the large amount of constantly-changing parts opens the possibility for sudden, unexpected failures.
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Maximizing Cloud SQL database availability

Apr 10, 2024 By Google Operations In Google Operations
How does Cloud SQL achieve near-zero downtime? Join Debi Cabrera as she interviews Product Manager, Rahul Deshmukh. Rahul discusses the various capabilities of Cloud SQL and the best practices to maximize business continuity for applications. Watch along and hear firsthand from the session speaker about configuring and monitoring Cloud SQL for maximum availability.
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Web 2 vs Web 3 | What It Means and Why It Matters

Apr 10, 2024 By Spiceworks In Spiceworks
While Web 2 caters to the current internet generation, Web 3 is known as the semantic web. In this video, we explore these two concepts, their differences, and their possible applications. The Internet has progressed rapidly from the early days of Web 1, which included static texts and visuals, to the current version – Web 2. We are presently entering the Web 3 era, in which value and data will easily move across decentralized platforms with distributed ownership and control. But, what else does Web 3 feature? How is it different from Web 2?
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What is Ransomware and how to prevent ransomware attacks

Apr 10, 2024 By Spiceworks In Spiceworks
Find out what ransomware is and its types in this super easy beginner’s guide. This quick video guide explains how ransomware attacks work and the steps enterprises can take to mitigate ransomware. The video also answers questions on – what are the stages of a ransomware attack, what are the various ransomware encryption techniques, and best practices to prevent ransomware attacks.
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metricfire

Step-by-Step Guide to Monitoring Your SNMP Devices With Telegraf

Apr 10, 2024 By Benjamin Pitts In MetricFire
Monitoring SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) devices is crucial for maintaining network health and security, enabling early detection of issues and proactive troubleshooting. Continuous monitoring ensures efficient resource utilization, minimizes downtime, and enhances overall network performance. In this article, we'll detail how to use the Telegraf agent to collect SNMP (MIB) performance statistics that you can forward to a data source.
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logz.io

The Complete Guide to Capacity Management in Kubernetes

Apr 10, 2024 By Israel Efrati In logz.io
In the dynamic world of container orchestration, Kubernetes stands out as the undisputed champion, empowering organizations to scale and deploy applications seamlessly. Yet, as the deployment scope increases, so do the associated Kubernetes workload costs, and the need for effective resource capacity planning becomes more critical than ever. When dealing with containers and Kubernetes you can find yourself facing multiple challenges that can affect your cluster stability and your business performance.
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netdata

Netdata is the only real-time monitoring solution: Justified

Apr 10, 2024 By Costa Tsaousis In netdata
In the digital era, where data flows like a ceaseless river, real-time monitoring stands as a pivotal technology, allowing organizations to not only keep pace but also to deeply understand the intricate dance of their operational ecosystems. This technology is not just about keeping tabs; it’s about gaining a profound, almost intuitive sense of the micro-worlds within which systems, containers, services, and applications pulse and thrive.
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How we Went From Two Major Outages to 99.98% Reliability in Just 6 Months with Eran Kampf

Apr 10, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Discover TwinGate's incredible journey from facing major outages to achieving 99.98% reliability within six months. At Navigate NA 24, hear firsthand about the challenges, solutions, and innovations that transformed their operations. Learn about their approach to architecture, incident management, and customer communication that not only restored trust but also turned reliability into a competitive advantage.
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netdata

Understanding Monitoring Tools

Apr 10, 2024 By Costa Tsaousis In netdata
If you care about operational excellence when it comes to your IT infrastructure, the role of monitoring systems is pivotal. As we navigate through the myriad of available monitoring tools, it becomes essential to understand the distinct architectures, styles, and focal points of various monitoring solutions, as well as the time-to-value they offer.
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razorops

Mastering Test Automation Strategies for Efficient Quality Assurance

Apr 10, 2024 By Shyam Mohan In Razorops
In the software development landscape, mastering test automation has become crucial for ensuring efficient quality assurance (QA) processes. Test automation not only accelerates testing cycles but also enhances test coverage and accuracy, leading to higher-quality software releases. This blog explores key strategies for mastering test automation and achieving efficient QA outcomes.
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spike

Introducing Playbooks automation

Apr 10, 2024 By Kaushik Thirthappa In Spike
We're rolling out Playbooks, our latest in fully automating the incident response process. Imagine every action you (incident responders), had to manually take are now fully automated with Playbooks. Steps like initiating a war room (video conference), logging incidents, sending out alerts, and running diagnostic scripts are now executed with precision, every single time, are all now effortlessly automated without you lifting a finger.
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Tech Talk: How To Navigate the Cyber Threat Landscape Next Year

Apr 9, 2024 By Spiceworks In Spiceworks
Johan Dreyer, Field CTO, Mimecast joins Neha Kulkarni for a little serious and light-hearted conversation on the challenges and priorities of cyber threats and how to navigate these challenges. In this edition of Tech Talk, Johan discusses how the threat landscape is evolving in the backdrop of a hybrid workspace and the steps security teams can take to gain visibility into the state of remote endpoints. He also talks about the new-age tactics threat actors are implementing to execute a breach and building a security-first mindset.
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Kubernetes: Everything You Need To Know

Apr 9, 2024 By Spiceworks In Spiceworks
Find out what Kubernetes is and how it helps in your digital transformation journey in this super easy beginner’s guide. This quick video guide explains how Kubernetes works and deep dives into the Kubernetes architecture. The video also answers questions on – why Kubernetes matters in today’s modern enterprise and discusses the benefits of going down the Kubernetes road.
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turbo360

Azure Cost Analysis at the Service Name and Meter level

Apr 9, 2024 By Praveena Jayanarayanan In Turbo360
Azure provides a wide array of services, each with its own pricing model. Conducting detailed cost analysis helps organizations understand where their money is being spent within Azure. It allows them to identify areas of overspending or underutilization and optimize their resources accordingly. By analysing costs, organizations can identify unused or underutilized resources and either scale them down or decommission them altogether.
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mattermost

How to secure mission-critical work

Apr 9, 2024 By Ashley Dotterweich In Mattermost
The average data breach already costs organizations $4.45 million, and it appears that damages will only become more expensive as time goes on. In fact, one report found that cybercrime will cost the world $10.5 trillion by 2025. While organizations can’t necessarily prevent hackers from targeting their systems, they can take proactive steps to strengthen cybersecurity and develop incident response plans that enable them to keep bad actors at bay and swiftly address incidents whenever they occur.
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Cycle

Reliable Backups in a Multi-Cloud World

Apr 9, 2024 By Alexander Mattoni In Cycle
Proper backups are universally acknowledged as essential, yet they grow increasingly tedious and prone to error as DevOps complexity escalates. While some managed database services offer automated backup solutions, the scope of your backup requirements is likely to expand as the business and products scale. There's a considerable chance you'll find yourself hosting your own databases or stateful services, a task that can seem daunting in its demand for precision and reliability.
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resolve

From Reaction to Action: Accelerating Incident Response through Automation

Apr 9, 2024 By Brinda Sreedhar In Resolve
In the Digital Age, IT incidents are an unavoidable aspect of business operations. From hardware failures to security breaches, these disruptions can wreak havoc on business continuity and user experience. Managing these incidents effectively requires a timely, systematic approach encompassing detection, prioritization, resolution, and communication. Traditional incident response methods often fall short, resulting in costly delays and inefficiencies.
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gremlin

Where to automate resilience testing in your SDLC

Apr 9, 2024 By Ryan Detwiller In Gremlin
When organizations begin to deploy resilience testing or Chaos Engineering, there’s a natural question: can we integrate this with our CI/CD pipeline or release automation tools? After all, you’re likely running unit, performance, and integration tests already—is resiliency different? The short answer is yes—to both. Integration is possible, but resiliency is different, so automation is a nuanced conversation.
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cloudzero

An Expert Guide On GCP Cost Monitoring

Apr 9, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Research firm, IDC, published a study in early February 2024 predicting that Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers break even after just 10 months. Moreover, the study, The Business Value of Google Cloud IaaS, reported that after migrating to GCP, the participants were on track to achieve a 318% ROI in five years. Here’s the thing. Achieving these milestones requires a robust GCP cost monitoring and optimization plan.
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Ep. 17: The Code that Connects: Infrastructure, Innovation and How Community Impacts Them

Apr 9, 2024 By Spot In Spot
In this episode, Shon sits down with Marino Wijay, a trailblazer in open-source community engineering. Marino, with his rich expertise in Kubernetes, Istio, EBPF, and more, delves into the evolution of networking, infrastructure automation, and the cloud-native landscape. Join us as we uncover the secrets of full-stack networking, CI/CD pipelines, and the principles of infrastructure as code, all while navigating the dynamic challenges and opportunities within the tech industry.
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Azure Cost Monitoring: Anomaly Detection

Apr 9, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
In this video, Michael Stephenson demonstrates the anomaly detection feature in Turbo360, focusing on enhancements in cost monitoring. This feature allows users to easily identify deviations in Azure costs and receive alerts when anomalies occur. It simplifies configuration, enabling daily monitoring with alerts sent to specified channels. Anomalies can be detected at both high-level and granular levels, aiding in overall Azure cost management.
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Can Wing Redefine Cloud Development? Exploring the New Open Source Language with Chris Rybicki

Apr 9, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Dive into the future of cloud development with Wing, a pioneering open-source programming language, with Chris Rybicki, a seasoned engineer with deep roots in creating developer tools. This session at Navigate North America 24 will shed light on how Wing is poised to transform cloud programming by addressing the complexities and inefficiencies faced by developers today.
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spot

The "Big 5" of Azure Infrastructure Optimization

Apr 8, 2024 By Lauren Dyer In Spot
Developing a successful Azure cloud operations (CloudOps) practice is the key to unlocking the full benefits of Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. But Azure users often struggle to take full advantage of Azure’s benefits once they’ve made the move to the cloud. While it might be easy to build infrastructure inside of Azure and start spending money, ensuring your cloud infrastructure continues to support your organization’s business objectives as you scale is hard work.
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console connect

The truth about cloud data egress fees: They're not going away yet

Apr 8, 2024 By Alex Hawkes In Console Connect
It’s well understood that getting data into the cloud costs nothing. Depending on the route you take to engage with a cloud provider, there are dozens of free credits, allowances, and trial offers designed to make it easy to store your data with them. Getting your data out of the cloud is an entirely different matter. And not just when we’re talking about permanent extraction and closing accounts.
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hyperview

DCW 2024: DCIM Reinvented. Is it Ready for its iPhone Moment?

Apr 8, 2024 By Rajan Sodhi In Hyperview
Jad will dig into the current hiccups and the huge potential of DCIM, and share how AI, AR, digital twin, and IoT could completely transform how data centers operate by ramping up efficiency and getting ahead of trends. Find out how your organization can be at the forefront of this shift. This interactive session is designed as a collaborative discussion with stories from the frontline and a Q&A session. The key takeaways you can expect from this session: Click here for more information.
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cloudzero

FinOps Automation Tips And Best Practices - Part 2

Apr 8, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
The first installment of our FinOps Automation Tips and Best Practices series focused on what FinOps is and why automating it can be a game-changer for your business. Now we’re back for part two, which will guide you on how to choose your optimal outcome and select the best automation options to suit your needs. Enjoy the full video for an in-depth explanation, or see the brief summary below if you’re just here for the highlights.
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cortex

Software quality metrics developers should track (and how to do it)

Apr 8, 2024 By Cortex In Cortex
It's been a decade since Marc Andreessen declared that software is eating the world, and it is still hungry. Customers expect software solutions for every need, driving digital transformation in every analogue industry. Software quality is now fundamental to company reputation, directly affecting customer satisfaction, brand and overall business success.
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Tech Talk: Why Enterprises Need To Invest in Immersive Tech Next

Apr 8, 2024 By Spiceworks In Spiceworks
Charlton Monsanto, EVP Digital CX, Capgemini joins Neha Kulkarni for a little serious and light-hearted conversation on why organizations need to get bigger on immersive tech and how to navigate the challenges that lay ahead. In this edition of Tech Talk, Charlton discusses the state of the immersive technology industry and what it means for the average techie, how businesses can harness immersive tech to streamline their ops, and how immersive tech will shape the enterprise’s future.
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stackstate

360° Observability: Enhancing Reliability Across the Board

Apr 8, 2024 By Andreas Prins In StackState
As a manager, figuring out how to talk to your engineering teams about building a strong observability strategy can feel overwhelming. But don't worry! This post will help you navigate the challenges to unlock the full power of observability in your IT environment. Drawing on insights from over 40 discussions with larger enterprises, we've put together a strategy assessment that examines three key focus areas — what we’re calling aspects — each encompassing three actionable steps.
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razorops

Maximizing ROI The Business Value of Investing in Automation Solutions

Apr 8, 2024 By Shyam Mohan In Razorops
Business environment, maximizing return on investment (ROI) is crucial for staying competitive and achieving sustainable growth. One area that has proven to be highly effective in driving ROI is investing in automation solutions. Automation not only streamlines processes and increases efficiency but also brings tangible business value across various aspects of an organization. Let’s delve into the key reasons why investing in automation solutions is essential for maximizing ROI.
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Incident.io

Shifting left on incident management

Apr 7, 2024 By Norberto Lopes In Incident.io
In the fast-paced world of software development and product delivery, incidents are often viewed as unwanted disruptions. Traditionally, incident management might only trigger for critical issues, like complete system outages, data loss of some kind, or security-related ones - you don’t need to go back that far for a few that were very serious: Heartbleed, xz utils, and more.
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canonical

Introducing Netplan v1.0 - stable, declarative network management

Apr 5, 2024 By Lukas Märdian In Canonical
As the maintainer and lead developer of Netplan, I’m proud to announce the general availability of Netplan v1.0 after more than 7 years of development efforts. Over the years, we’ve had approximately 80 individual contributors from around the globe. This includes many contributions from our Netplan core-team at Canonical as well as organisations like Microsoft and Deutsche Telekom.
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Rancher Prime with Peter Smails

Apr 5, 2024 By Rancher In Rancher
At KubeCon EU 2024, we announced the release of the newest version of our Rancher Prime platform. It empowers teams to seamlessly navigate the complexities of #kubernetes and delivers everything #platformengineering teams need to deploy, run, and manage their containerized workloads anywhere—from the data center to the hybrid cloud to the edge. Divya Mohan, our Principal Technology Advocate, caught up with Peter Smails, GM of Enterprise Container Management, to delve into the capabilities of the newest version and what lies ahead for our customers.
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gitkraken

Best Jira Plugins for Development Teams in 2024

Apr 5, 2024 By Allison Wheeler In GitKraken
To-do lists. Time tracking. Automation. Scripting. Making your cup of coffee in the morning. These are just a few of the hundreds of add-ons available for teams using Jira on the Atlassian marketplace (okay, maybe not the coffee one yet. Get on it, AI). With such a vast array of tools at their disposal, development teams can customize their Jira experience to fit their unique needs, enhancing productivity and efficiency.
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The Future of AI: Infra to Scale Your GenAI Apps to Success [Live Webinar]

Apr 5, 2024 By Control Plane In Control Plane
Gain invaluable insights from industry experts on how to ensure performance, security, and cost-efficiency in your Generative AI application infrastructure. Enjoy this live webinar replay with Chiru Bhavansikar, Chief AI Officer of Arhasi, and Doron Grinstein, CEO of Control Plane. Their combined expertise provides a comprehensive guide to scaling GenAI to success. Highlights include: There's never been a better time to set up your AI infrastructure for success. Ready to get started?
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razorops

Role and responsibelities of DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, and Cloud Engineering

Apr 5, 2024 By Shyam Mohan In Razorops
Role: DevOps (Development and Operations) is a cultural and professional movement that focuses on collaboration between software development and IT operations teams, aiming to automate and streamline the software delivery process.
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qovery

Announcement: New Qovery Support Plans

Apr 5, 2024 By Romaric Philogène In Qovery
Providing the best support for our customers has always been at the core of our company since day one, and it is something that will never change. In the infrastructure space, one downtime can be critical and have a huge business impact. Having the best support is key to running a business with confidence. Today, we are glad to introduce our new support plans, allowing us to provide best-in-class support and scale with the increasing number of clients using our product.
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speedscale

The Ultimate Guide to Performance Regression Testing

Apr 4, 2024 By Kasper Siig In Speedscale
Regression testing is not a new concept. However, historically, it has been limited to functional testing due to the setup, configuration, and maintenance required to simulate a production environment accurately. Many teams have found the cost outweighs the benefits, but with the advent of production traffic replication (PTR), it’s become a viable option to regression test performance, especially for those running applications in Kubernetes.
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civo

The egress fee trap: How hyperscalers hurt customers and stifle innovation

Apr 4, 2024 By Mark Boost In Civo
Today, at Civo, we announced the complete removal of all egress fees, without caveats. Regardless of whether you stay with Civo, or look to move to another provider. Why have we done this? Our decision to remove egress fees is rooted from the original promise of cloud computing: flexibility and freedom. It embodies the ability to tap into virtually limitless computing resources on demand, without being tethered to rigid, on-premises infrastructure.
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Are you VM-wary? A fast exit route for service providers in 60 seconds - Civo.com

Apr 4, 2024 By Civo In Civo
Are you a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) feeling stranded after the recent VMware contract terminations by Broadcom? You're not alone. In December 2023, a seismic shift occurred, leaving over 4,500 VCSP partners in a challenging position. A select few have transitioned to Pinnacle and Premier partnerships, but what about the rest? Over 4,000 partners find themselves as "registered partners" without direct support or contracts, facing uncertain futures and potential business risks.
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How to set up Azure budget alerts - A Step-by-Step Guide

Apr 4, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
Azure cost monitoring - Create and manage budgets When it comes to managing costs in the Azure cloud, it is essential to have a reliable system that can help you keep track of your spending and alert you when you are getting close to exceeding your budget. This is where Turbo360's Budgets monitoring feature comes in. The Azure Budgets monitoring feature in Turbo360 is designed specifically for Azure cost monitoring. It allows you to create budgets for your Azure resources, monitor your spending, and receive alerts when you are approaching or exceeding your budgeted amount.
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Introducing Squadcast and ServiceNow Bidirectional Integration For Enhanced Operational Efficiency

Apr 4, 2024 By Squadcast In Squadcast
Discover everything about the powerful ServiceNow Squadcast bidirectional integration, its key features and benefits, designed to streamline incident resolution and enhance collaboration within your DevOps and IT teams. Key takeaways:​Accelerate Incident Response: Streamline incident response and accelerate resolution directly through Squadcast and ServiceNow ​Enhanced Learning and Retrospectives: Simplify tracking, retrospectives, and learning for your engineering team, ensuring a more efficient and productive incident management process.
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Platform.sh

Platform.sh Reveals Upsun, Its New PaaS Offering Designed to Support the Growth of Startups and Scaleups

Apr 3, 2024 By Platform.sh In Platform.sh
Founded in 2015 and a leading Platform-as-a-Service player, Platform.sh has more than 7,000 customers and is used by more than 17,000 active developers worldwide. Upsun, its new PaaS offering, provides automated DevOps tools and managed cloud services to empower startups and scaleups to build, deploy, and scale their applications and data backends with simplicity and flexibility. Based on proven foundations, Upsun combines security, compliance, and reliability to support startups and scaleups as they consolidate and expand.
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#023 - Kubernetes for Humans Podcast with Liz Rice (Isovalent)

Apr 3, 2024 By Komodor In Komodor
Special KubeCon EU 2024 Episode! She has a wealth of software development, team, and product management experience from working on network protocols and distributed systems, and in digital technology sectors such as VOD, music, and VoIP. When not writing code, or talking about it, Liz loves riding bikes in places with better weather than her native London, competing in virtual races on Zwift, and making music under the pseudonym Insider Nine..
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2bcloud

2bcloud Achieves AWS Graviton Service Delivery Program Designation

Apr 3, 2024 By Ilanit Tseyrefman Parnas In 2bcloud
In an exciting development for cloud optimization and service delivery, 2bcloud proudly announces its recent recognition as part of the esteemed AWS Graviton Service Delivery Program. This notable achievement distinguishes 2bcloud as a leading cloud Managed Service Provider (MSP) with proven expertise and success in leveraging AWS Graviton for delivering superior cloud solutions.
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turbo360

Elevating Azure Management Solutions Together - Turbo360 Joins Forces with TwoConnect

Apr 3, 2024 By Mohan Nagaraj In Turbo360
We are delighted to share with you an exciting development that underscores our ongoing commitment to providing exceptional Azure management solutions. Turbo360 and TwoConnect, trusted partners in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, are joining forces to elevate your cloud journey to new heights. Our partnership with TwoConnect isn’t merely a recent collaboration; it’s a testament to the enduring bond forged over time.
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cloudzero

What Is AWS Fargate? Here's What You Need To Know

Apr 3, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Whether you are a developer, an IT professional, or a tech leader in your organization, AWS Fargate promises to make provisioning, configuring, and managing your containers’ servers easier. AWS Fargate is like that cool gadget you didn’t know you needed – it’s nifty, powerful, and a bit mysterious. In this post, we’re unraveling the mystery, including what Fargate is, its key features, and how it stacks up in terms of pricing and performance for serverless computing.
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qovery

10 Best AWS Elastic Beanstalk Alternatives in 2024

Apr 3, 2024 By Morgan Perry In Qovery
AWS Elastic Beanstalk streamlines the deployment and management of applications in the cloud, offering developers an easy way to deploy services without worrying about the underlying infrastructure. However, while it simplifies many aspects of cloud deployment, it also presents challenges, including limited customization and potential vendor lock-in, which might not suit all project needs or scalability requirements.
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canonical

OpenStack with Sunbeam as an on-prem extension of the OpenStack public cloud

Apr 3, 2024 By Tytus Kurek In Canonical
One of the biggest challenges that cloud service providers (CSPs) face these days is to deliver an extension of the public cloud they host to a small-scale piece of infrastructure that runs on customers’ premises. While the world’s tech giants, such as Amazon or Azure, have developed their own solutions for this purpose, many smaller, regional CSPs rely on open source projects like OpenStack instead.=
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smikar

SharePoint Document Sets

Apr 3, 2024 By Mark In SmiKar Software
In the digital age, efficient document management is more than a convenience—it’s a necessity. SharePoint, a product of Microsoft, stands out as a premier tool for organizing, storing, and retrieving documents. But the real game-changer within SharePoint is the feature known as “Document Sets.” Document Sets in SharePoint serve as a method to group related documents together, allowing them to be managed as a single unit.
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spot

Empowering organizations with reliable continuous delivery for Kubernetes applications

Apr 3, 2024 By Tzvika Zaiffer In Spot
Managing application updates in production and ensuring the reliability of software releases in Kubernetes environments can be challenging. Small changes can sometimes lead to unforeseen issues in production. These unexpected problems, combined with the lack of scalability and the high costs associated with managing complex solutions, can be daunting.
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resolve

The AIOPs and Automation Handshake: Managing the Modern IT Stack

Apr 3, 2024 By Ari Stowe In Resolve
To increase business agility, IT organizations are deploying dynamic, modern architectures enabled by virtualization technologies. That includes containers, elastic clouds, microservices, and virtual machines. If you are rethinking your IT stack, you must also reconsider its management. IT operational silos limit business velocity.
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cortex

Beyond Microservices: Miniservices, Macroservices, and the in between

Apr 3, 2024 By Cortex In Cortex
Containerized microservices have been the gold standard for cloud computing since they replaced the monolith architecture over a decade ago. The flexibility, scalability, and velocity they enable for teams make them an obvious choice. Yet, a strict interpretation of one service for one function doesn’t quite serve everyone, especially when architectures get large. We’ll discuss how flexibility in service architecture might be the way to go.
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Optimizing Kubernetes Infrastructure: Minimizing Idle Resources | DevOps Tutorial

Apr 3, 2024 By Spot In Spot
Welcome to our comprehensive DevOps tutorial on optimizing Kubernetes infrastructure! In this video, we will delve into the challenges faced by DevOps professionals when managing complex and dynamic Kubernetes environments. Specifically, we'll focus on the issue of idle resources and provide you with four effective techniques to minimize them with Spot Ocean.
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AI on Public Cloud with Open Source

Apr 3, 2024 By Canonical In Canonical
AI is at the heart of a revolution in the technology space. Organisations from all industries are looking for ways to put AI to work. Once they have finalised use case assessment, their next question is typically related to the environment they will use to develop and deploy their AI initiatives. They often prefer the public clouds as an initial environment, because of the computing power and ability to scale as projects mature. In addition to the infrastructure, enterprises need software where they can develop and deploy the machine learning models.
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rootly

How Incidents Foster Leadership

Apr 3, 2024 By Zhuang (Strong) Liang In Rootly
To become battle-tested, you need to go through battles, not just read books or mentor newcomers. Both are helpful but the stakes are low. On the other hand, high stake jobs, such as running a big project or managing a team, are hard to get when you lack experience. So how can we solve this dilemma? Enter incident response.
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Galileo

Client Testimonial - MEDHOST

Apr 2, 2024 By Galileo In Galileo
In the fast-paced world of healthcare, efficiency and reliability are paramount. For forty years, MEDHOST has been a trusted provider of Electronic Health Record (EHR) solutions, serving hospitals with cutting-edge software for clinical, Emergency Department Information Systems (EDIS), and emergency services. However, as the demands on their infrastructure grew, they faced the challenge of ensuring seamless performance monitoring across their vast network of clients.
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turbo360

Tailored Azure cost savings notification and alerts

Apr 2, 2024 By Nadeem Ahamed In Turbo360
When an organization attempts to reduce costs immediately, one of its go-to options is to look into the Azure advisor recommendations and take action on them. However, the biggest challenge for many customers is that they often do not know there are saving insights available to take advantage of and reduce thousands of dollars per year in Azure bills. This is because of a few reasons, as defined below;
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site24x7

Ensure continuous delivery by monitoring Jenkins pipeline performance

Apr 2, 2024 By Sinjan Ballav In Site24x7
Jenkins pipelines play a pivotal role in achieving continuous delivery in software development processes. Continuous delivery (CD) is a software delivery approach aimed at ensuring that code changes are systematically and automatically prepared for release to production. In modern software development practices, CD pipelines streamline the process of building, testing, and deploying software, enabling organizations to accelerate software delivery and provide value to its customers.
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InvGate

Introduction to Endpoint Management: Definition, Benefits, and Tools

Apr 2, 2024 By Kimberly Yánez In InvGate
Endpoint Management is so inherent to IT that it is canon in this industry, especially now that remote work is the new normal. Setting a robust system is paramount for any organization that relies on digital devices. These devices are connected to the corporate network and can access its resources, so the goal is to ensure that these devices are secure, compliant with company policies, and operating efficiently.
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civo

How to overcome common challenges in machine learning deployments

Apr 2, 2024 By Josh Mesout In Civo
🚨 To read the full findings from this research, visit The Machine Learning State of Play 2024 white paper. Are the challenges of deploying machine learning (ML) overshadowing its true potential in the modern workplace? Through our recent white paper , we spoke to 500+ developers who have experience working with ML systems to gain an understanding of the pain points faced by developers when using ML solutions.
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spot

Fresh from Paris: Platform engineering wisdom from KubeCon

Apr 2, 2024 By Li-Or Amir In Spot
Last week in Paris, at KubeCon EU 2024, platform engineering was the talk of the event. The topic had a full-day co-located event and also a dedicated track during KubeCon itself. Here’s what I’ve learned from sitting in keynote rooms and then standing at the Spot and NetApp booth till my knees hurt. (Spoiler: It was well worth it.)
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gremlin

Resiliency is different on AWS: Here's how to manage it

Apr 2, 2024 By Andre Newman In Gremlin
There’s a common misconception about running workloads in the cloud: the cloud provider is responsible for reliability. After all, they’re hosting the infrastructure, services, and APIs. That leaves little else for their customers to manage, other than the workloads themselves…right?
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atlassian

Upcoming changes to pull requests and merge check configuration

Apr 2, 2024 By Edmund Munday In Atlassian
As part of the graduation of custom merge checks from open-beta to general availability (GA) that is planned for late-April 2024, we're making a range of changes to several areas of the core Bitbucket Cloud workflow. This includes changes to the core pull request review and authoring experience, as well as changes to how merge checks are configured within a repository. Different changes will be relevant to different audiences, so feel free to use the navigation shortcuts below.
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atlassian

Uplevel your DevOps automation with new Bitbucket Cloud extensibility

Apr 2, 2024 By Edmund Munday In Atlassian
Today, modern software organizations’ requirements for DevOps tooling has become more sophisticated and bespoke. We hear from many customers that they are building large, complex systems to augment and extend their DevOps workflows in ways that don't work well with the tools they're using. This is why Bitbucket Cloud is on a mission to become the world's most extensible cloud SCM and CI/CD product.
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hyperview

Guide to New CSRD Regulation for Data Center Operators

Apr 2, 2024 By Rajan Sodhi In Hyperview
The CSRD marks a paradigm shift from preceding directives, introducing stringent reporting standards aimed at enhancing the quality, comprehensiveness, and consistency of sustainability reporting. Unlike its predecessors, the CSRD mandates specific disclosure formats and standards, emphasizing the concept of “double materiality” – requiring companies to address both their environmental impacts and climate-related risks comprehensively.
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Incident.io

incident.io is leading the charge in incident management for G2's Spring report

Apr 2, 2024 By incident.io In Incident.io
We’re ecstatic to announce that we’ve been ranked #1 in G2’s Relationship Index for Spring 2024. G2's Relationship Index is a measure of several factors, including: This award means a lot to us as it’s a direct result of the partnerships we’ve built with customers—and it’s a recognition we’re very proud of. From the beginning, we’ve been laser-focused on being the single place you turn to when things go wrong.
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raygun

JS Toolbox 2024: Runtime environments & package management

Apr 1, 2024 By Ollie Bannister In Raygun
JavaScript remains the world's leading programming language, and with TypeScript now ascending to third most popular, JavaScript is bigger than ever! As a result, there's a bewildering range of tools on offer for JavaScript developers. And just as any durable structure needs a solid foundation, successful JavaScript projects rely heavily on starting with the right tools. This post, the first in our JS Toolbox 2024 series, explores the core pillars of the JavaScript & TypeScript ecosystem: Runtime environments, package management, and development servers.
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Komodor

Do We Still Need to "Observe"? The Future of AI & O11y

Apr 1, 2024 By Guy Menachem In Komodor
AI has had a massive impact on every part of our lives, but mainly on how we consume large data sets easily. The observability world is based on collecting enormous amounts of data and consuming it by observing dashboards built on monitoring tools. Most of the o11y tasks like writing complex queries, creating dashboards & defining alerts, have been done much in the same way for the last decade & AI models are well-positioned to disrupt this modus operandi.
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cortex

Why and how to use site reliability golden signals

Apr 1, 2024 By Cortex In Cortex
Software complexity makes it harder for teams to rapidly identify and resolve issues. IT service management has evolved from an afterthought to a central part of DevOps. Microservices architectures are prone to delay or missed identification of such concerns. Monitoring mechanisms need to keep up with these complex infrastructures. Maintaining reliability and performance while harnessing this complexity requires a considered, data-driven approach.
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cloudzero

The Evolution Of Cloud Cost Optimization Over The Last Decade

Apr 1, 2024 By Alexander Ospina In CloudZero
Over the past decade, the cloud computing landscape has transformed remarkably, evolving from a nascent technology into a fundamental component of modern digital infrastructure. As the technology has evolved, so too has the need to develop complex cost optimization strategies. A decade ago, businesses grappled with the complexities of brand-new cloud services, often facing challenges in managing costs due to opaque pricing models and a limited understanding of cloud economics.
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Future-Proofing IT Operations: Charter's Journey to Enhanced Reliability with Squadcast

Apr 1, 2024 By Squadcast In Squadcast
Discover the transformative journey of Charter, a leader in global IT services, towards achieving unmatched operational reliability through the strategic use of Squadcast in this insightful webinar recording. Chris Ardagh from Charter shares valuable insights and experiences, highlighting how advanced incident management practices with Squadcast have allowed the organization to redefine benchmarks in reliability engineering.
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GitKraken Workshop: A More Perfect Handoff in your Development Workflow

Apr 1, 2024 By GitKraken In GitKraken
Want better ways to keep your workflow efficient? GitKraken can help developers and their teams reduce context switching, manage multiple repositories, perform batch commands, and much more. Discover how to integrate pull requests and issues from GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket/Azure DevOps and GitLens or GitKraken Client into one unified view.
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Collaborate on code earlier, faster, BETTER #GitKraken #shorts

Apr 1, 2024 By GitKraken In GitKraken
PR's can feel like a drag, especially when there's 5 million lines of code to look over (okay, not actually 5 million. �� But it feels that way.) Cloud Patches let you sync up earlier in the development process so you spend less time waiting on PRs and more time coding – no commits needed!
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puppet

xz Backdoor: What to Know + What to Do About the XZ Utils Vulnerability

Apr 1, 2024 By Robin Tatam In Puppet
The xz backdoor is a vulnerability in XZ Utils, a popular data compression library. The xz backdoor can let unauthorized users gain admin-level access to systems, endangering data security and much more. Read on to learn more about the xz backdoor, who’s affected, and what you can do now to find out if your systems are at risk.
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netdata

SafetyDetectives: An Interview-With-Costa-Tsaousis

Apr 1, 2024 By Netdata Team In netdata
In a recent conversation with SafetyDetectives, Costa Tsaousis, CEO and founder of Netdata, shares insights into the inception and evolution of Netdata, a game-changing monitoring solution. With a background in fintech and a passion for real-time data processing, Tsaousis was driven to create Netdata in response to the significant gaps he identified in traditional monitoring tools.
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