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How Real-Time Asset Tracking Transforms Data Center Operations

Using real-time asset tracking, data centers can identify the exact location of any given asset at any given time. This can be extremely useful in ensuring that available resources are optimally utilized. For instance, understanding the current status and location of servers, racks, and other hardware can streamline maintenance operations and reduce downtime.

Azure Blob Storage Versioning: A Step-by-Step Guide

In the multifaceted world of cloud computing, managing and safeguarding data becomes paramount. Azure Blob Storage Versioning serves as a pivotal feature within the Microsoft Azure platform, providing the essential capacity to control and maintain various versions of data. Whether you’re a small business owner worried about accidental deletions or a large corporation dealing with regulatory compliance, understanding Azure Blob Storage Versioning is crucial.

How Much Does Twitter Spend On AWS And Google Cloud?

It's been a rollercoaster ride at Twitter recently. News of layoffs with "50% higher than legally required" severance pay has dominated the news. But Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk is also trying to optimize cloud infrastructure costs. Some of the tactics used include refusing to pay a $70 million AWS bill and $8 million to a software services company. More on that below.

The importance of a network backup tool

Configurations are regarded as the core of networks due to their importance. With businesses continually advancing and relying on networks for storing, processing, and transmitting critical data, the complexity of network management has increased, leading to difficulties and human errors that can cause significant network downtime.

eCommerce Load Testing (Step 2): Capture Traffic

In this webinar clip from "Ensuring performance: How major retailers leverage user traffic to validate code changes", Speedscale Co-founder, Nate Lee, explains what comes next after selecting the business-critical APIs to test first: capturing traffic. Capturing traffic for the service can be done through tools like Speedscale, GoReplay, VCR, K6, and JMeter.

Exploring the Intelligence Gap: Robocop and Cyber Criminals

As technology professionals, we must consider the evolution of security and its connection to literature, such as George Orwell’s “1984” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The digital threats we face are often unseen, lying dormant until they can be weaponized for both good and evil purposes. Advancements in machine learning and algorithms have revolutionized data analysis, allowing us to observe and analyze behavioral patterns both online and offline.

But It's Not Our Fault! When Third-party Incidents Affect Your Service

Very few SaaS products exist completely independently. Between cloud service providers, payment processors, content delivery networks, and more, chances are you rely on external systems to keep your product working. When these systems fail, it can leave you feeling pretty helpless. In some cases you might have fallback options, but oftentimes all you can do is wait for recovery and clean up the fallout.

Managing Cloud Cost Integration During A Merger Or Acquisition

Merging two companies into one comes with several challenges. One of the most formidable endeavors is maintaining control over cloud costs while a cloud-to-cloud integration — essentially, taking the cloud environments of two companies and combining them into one — is taking place. One or both companies may not be tracking cost data, and even if they are, it’s highly unlikely that their cost-tracking strategies line up well enough to merge seamlessly.

GitKraken Client is Migrating From Libgit2 to Git Executable

In a world where companies pivot for breakfast, lunch and dinner – it’s rare to see a tech house commit to a large, time intensive project. Big projects take a long time to implement. Sometimes too long. But we asked ourselves, “Can we give users an early look at some of the stuff we’re working on?” We wanted something that was in-between a public beta and our own GitKraken preview states.