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Don't be held to ransom: Security awareness with Upsun

Ransomware is an ever-evolving type of malicious software (a.k.a malware) in which an attacker encrypts the files on a victim’s device, rendering it inaccessible and unusable. Then - you guessed it - they demand a ransom from the target before they’ll fix it. Not something any organization ever wants to deal with, and not something any organization has to deal with if they have the right measures in place to minimize the risk. Let’s talk about how!

5 Things Dimensions Can Do That Regular Tagging Can't

“Perfect tagging” is a little bit like perfectly tuning a piano. It takes an enormous amount of manual effort to get right, it’s never truly perfect, and the slightest change in the surrounding environment can throw it out of harmony. The closer an organization wants to get to perfect tagging, the more engineering resources they have to invest in it — frequently at the expense of more impactful, innovation- and product-oriented projects.

One Cloud 66, One Product

We started Cloud 66 with a single product to deploy any Rails application to any cloud. Then, in 2014, we introduced Cloud 66 for Node; in 2015, Cloud 66 Maestro v1, 2016 Cloud 66 Maestro v2 (Kubernetes), 2019 Cloud 66 Skycap, and finally, Cloud 66 Prepress (Static Sites) was released in 2022. All these products exist to serve a single purpose: deployment of any application to any cloud. Today we are making it easier to do that: we are consolidating all our products into one: Cloud 66!

AI retail solutions: Market basket analysis

Retail is being reinvented by Artificial intelligence, and Machine Learning and retailers are challenged to respond to customers’ needs and preferences. From personalised promotions to inventory management, there is a wide spectrum of ai use cases in retail that are addressed by technological innovations. It is an industry that is rich in data, and more than using it to connect dots, machine learning retail solutions needs to gather insights to offer a better experience and retain clients.

Solving the Top 3 IT Visibility Challenges in the Digital Workplace

Managing workplace technology is more complex now than ever before. The world as we see it has changed, leading to a burst of technological innovations aimed at creating efficient digital workplaces creating more flexibility for employees but are something of a monster for IT to manage. Managing the complexity of the digital workplace at an enterprise level requires visibility into every digital asset.

6 Key Factors for an Efficient DevOps Maturity Model

DevOps isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon without a finish line in sight. Developers and IT teams join forces throughout the product life cycle, even in production, to achieve and maintain high-quality software that users love. It’s simple, and it works. In fact, according to Statista, DevOps/DevSecOps is the most practiced software development methodology globally, used by 35.9% of software development teams.