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IPv6 was developed in the late 1990s as a successor to IPv4 in response to widespread concerns about the growth of the Internet and its potential impact on the existing IPv4 address protocol, in particular potential address exhaustion. It was assumed that after some time as a dual-stack solution, we would phase out IPv4 entirely. Almost twenty-five years later, however, we are approaching full-scale depletion of IPv4 addresses, in part because IPv6 adoption is still lagging.

Software deployment is a central task for IT teams in organizations of all sizes. The entire process of releasing software applications to end users can present a few challenges, as it encompasses a wide range of activities, that go from building and testing software, to packaging and deploying it. Effective software deployment is critical for ensuring that software applications are delivered securely, reliably, and efficiently.

Incident response has been the cornerstone of reliability for decades. From digging in the server logs to navigating modern observability dashboards, responding quickly to incidents and outages is a big part of minimizing downtime. And it should be! When something breaks, your team should move as quickly as possible to address and repair the problem.

Whether or not you take the oft-quoted statistic that 30% of companies’ cloud spend as gospel, one thing is for sure: Companies have been spending recklessly in the cloud ever since its inception. For (fairly) good reason — companies wanted to perfect their products and snatch up market share before an even more reckless spender did. But the chickens of overindulgence are finally coming home to roost.

From Robocars to Reliability — SRE with self-driving cars; mapping out where the Observability space is in conjunction with self-driving cars.

Companies are considering switching from Amazon S3 because of: Amazon S3 is seen as the safest choice due to the native integrations, but as object storage has become used for anything from being a cloud data lake, to storing thumbnails for blog posts, Amazon S3 can't be best-in-class in everything. The question remains, is making the switch worth it, and to whom should you switch? ‍

Twilio -- what? Sendgrid -- who? It can be an overwhelming choice with the multitude of SMS API services now available. Today, we’ll go in-depth into what an SMS API is, its benefits over email communication, and the key questions you’ll want to consider before choosing an SMS platform.

Banks are facing stiff competition from FinTech firms. When most people think of this head-to-head battle, they likely assume that the differentiator is technology. The banks have legacy solutions, while the FinTech firms have newer innovations. While this framing is accurate, it does not give the full picture. FinTech firms are not only turning to new technology for the sake of new technology – they are doing so in service of what matters the most in their industry: customer service.

Azure Storage Account Failover is a critical feature offered by Microsoft Azure that provides users with the ability to switch to an alternative instance of their storage account in case of a disaster or an outage. In simple terms, it is the act of transferring control of Azure storage account operations from one region to another, ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery.

So, you think you monitor your infra? As humanity increasingly relies on technology, the need for reliable and efficient infrastructure monitoring solutions has never been greater. However, most businesses don't take this seriously. They make poor choices that soon trap their best talent, the people who should be propelling them ahead of their competition.