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Shift Left Monitoring: A Pathway to Optimized Cloud Applications

I recently worked on a customer project to migrate an in-house application to the cloud, using a shift-left monitoring and testing strategy. The original application was developed with LAMP architecture and was being migrated to Spring Boot to modernize it and then run it on the cloud. I was fortunate to be part of the conversation during the day-0 talks. Not all IT managers do this.

Azure Service Bus Dead-Letter Queue Monitoring

Azure Service Bus, a cloud-based messaging service, facilitates communication between applications and services. Within Azure Service Bus queues and topic subscriptions, there exists an additional sub-queue known as a Azure Service Bus dead-letter queue (DLQ). The Dead-Letter Queue (DLQ) serves as a storage area for messages that the receiving application from the main queue cannot deliver or process successfully. These messages are referred to as “dead-lettered” messages.

Getting started with RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ is an open-source message broker software that facilitates communication and data exchange between various components of distributed applications. Acting as an intermediary, RabbitMQ enables different software systems, services, and devices to exchange information in a seamless and efficient manner. It follows the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP), a standardized communication protocol designed for robust and scalable messaging.

How Pepperdata Capacity Optimizer Next Gen Can Save 30% Off Your Cloud Bill

Pepperdata Capacity Optimizer Next Gen is the only cost optimization solution for both Apache Spark and microservices that can save you between 30–47% on your cloud bill. No matter if you try to manually tune your applications on your own, an estimated one-third of what is spent every day on cloud computing resources is wasted. While you might have cost-optimized your infrastructure with things like savings plans, spot and reserved instances, that doesn’t address the waste inherent in your applications. Pepperdata is the only cost optimization solution that.

How Technology Empowers Engineering Companies for Success

With engineering projects becoming more and more complex, companies in the engineering industry are having to adapt and innovate quickly to remain competitive. Thankfully, by leveraging technology advancements such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), digital toolsets, and automated processes, many have been able to succeed.

Data at the edge: Meet modern data processing demands with edge computing

We’ve all experienced latency in some form. It’s unfortunately something we’re all too familiar with. We’ve even gone so far as to accept it as a regular albeit undesirable part of the user experience. Yet despite various steps taken over the years, it still exists and is as disruptive as ever.

Azure Files: Latest Enhancements and Features

The Azure Files update in 2023 introduced Azure Active Directory support for REST API, enabling SMB file share access with OAuth authentication. This advancement improved the scalability of Azure Virtual Desktop by increasing the root directory handle limit from 2,000 to 10,000. Additionally, the public preview of geo-redundant storage for large file shares enhanced capacity and performance, while the Premium Tier now guarantees a 99.99% uptime SLA for all premium shares.

Tech Trends: Discover 5 Cutting Edge Technologies Shaping Our Future

The modern technologies we live with perform tasks that once seemed impossible and were meant only for science fiction movies. New inventions are constantly emerging, so with such an abundance of technologies, how will these affect our future online privacy? Today, we will discuss modern technologies that will seriously impact the shaping of our future. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize how our societies function.