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How to perform end-to-end message failure tracking in Azure?

When an application is built with distributed Azure Integration services, it becomes essential to end-to-end track message request flow to detect failures and isolate faulty services. Traditionally, this is done manually by going through hundreds of failure logs in Log Analytics by the developers, which kills their productivity. Also, the Application Map feature in Application Insights provides an oversimplified version of the topology map of the application. For instance, tracking the complete data flow in Azure Durable Functions is impossible.

Shifting Left Stateful Applications In Kubernetes - Civo Navigate NA 2023

In this talk, Viktor Farcic from Upbound demonstrates how to shift left stateful applications, avoid the pitfalls of Jira ticketing system, and implement a more efficient and self-sufficient system. Plus, see a live demo of building a database in a Kubernetes cluster and deploying an application.

Managing Users and User Groups: A Guide to OKTA and Cloudsmith Integration

Explore Cloudsmith’s powerful OKTA integration for user and user group management. Dive into the benefits, security considerations, and best practices to optimize user access, streamline workflows, and bolster security in your software operations. User management is the backbone of secure and efficient software operations. As businesses grow and evolve, the tools they use must keep pace. Enter OKTA and Cloudsmith.

Observability and the DORA metrics

The Accelerate State of Devops Report highlights four key metrics (known as the DORA metrics, for DevOps Research & Assessment) that distinguish high-performing software organizations: deployment frequency, lead time for changes, time-to-restore, and change fail rate. Observability can kickstart a virtuous cycle that improves all the DORA metrics.

What causes Azure costs to increase?

As the adoption of cloud computing continues to surge, Microsoft Azure remains one of the leading platforms for businesses seeking scalable and efficient cloud solutions. I have been using Azure for a couple of years now; it provides a wide range of services and features, allowing organizations to host applications, store data, and deploy various workloads on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Top 5 Preview Environments Products to Consider in 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of modern software development, where speed, quality, and collaboration are paramount, the concept of preview environments has gained significant traction. These virtual sandboxes serve as vital tools that empower developers to thoroughly test their code changes in isolated environments before integrating them into the main codebase. The advantages are multifaceted, ranging from reduced bugs to enhanced collaboration and accelerated software delivery.

Grafana vs. SolarWinds - The Dashboards

Dashboards are great ways to visualize different KPIs in a single place. Metrics from all over your system can be framed together and viewed on a single screen, helping to correlate them and reducing the overall effort of analysis. But when it comes to Grafana vs. SolarWinds, which one is better? It is often difficult to choose between their dashboarding capabilities. Both tools provide their own visualizations and help bring out interactive dashboards for users to use.

The Top FP&A KPIs And How To Choose Yours

You know this by now. You can only improve an area of your business if you measure its health and performance. Yet, rather than collecting every general finance metric possible, you’ll want to plan, collect, and analyze the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that’ll drive strategic decision-making. That means KPIs are a subset of metrics that are most relevant to your goals as a team. Here’s how to leverage the right KPIs as an FP&A team.