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With a range of network and computing capabilities now offered via the cloud, it can be tricky to keep up. We explain the four core “as a service” offerings and their use cases.

Performance monitoring has become increasingly important for operations teams in today’s rapidly changing digital landscape. The DORA metrics are essential tools used to measure the performance of a DevOps team and ensure that all members work efficiently and collaboratively toward their goals. Here, we’ll explore what exactly DORA metrics are, how they work, and why companies should be paying attention to them if they want to set up an effective DevOps environment.

Version control systems are valuable tools for tracking and managing changes to software projects. They record every modification to software code and store the complete project history in a database, enabling developers to collaborate, experiment with new features, and roll back changes when necessary. Git is the most widely used version control system today.

Release notes provide essential documentation when a new software version is released. For release notes to be most effective, dev teams must consolidate all of the work that has been done since the previous release. It is a hectic task that requires a lot of effort and time sorting through weeks or even months of software issues and pull requests. Why not make the life of the release team easier by automating the creation of release notes?

With drift and other issues putting your desired state at risk every day, you may wonder: What is configuration management? And how does it work? Every organization needs to define the ideal configuration of its systems. That ideal configuration, or desired state, is the state in which systems and resources are aligned to support development, network performance, and efficiency. In short, you want your environment to keep running in a desired state. Configuration management helps you do that.

What's the difference between SLAs vs SLOs vs SLIs. Understanding these little nuances are critical for DevOps folks. Here's a simple reckoner on what each of these mean.

As a cloud administrator or developer, you may have accidentally deleted a storage account containing critical data. Losing important information can be a frustrating and costly experience. Fortunately, Azure provides several ways to recover a deleted storage account. In this article, we will discuss the steps involved in recovering a deleted storage account in Azure.

Cloud technology is growing rapidly, and we see a new cloud service almost every day. Deploying your product releases rapidly and efficiently is crucial for any business. AWS, being the market leader in the cloud world, has a lot of tools and services which facilitate deployments. Last year, we discussed different deployment options on AWS. Now that AWS has launched some new features, we will present the 2023 version of our previous article on the best AWS deployment options in 2022.