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Azure Logic Apps 101 - Developer tools: what are my options (Part I)

In this three-part blog postseason, we will describe the different development tools that are available or the different development approaches that we can use to create how Logic Apps. And for each approach/tool, we will describe: First of all, and rephrase Microsoft description: Azure Logic Apps is a cloud service that automates the execution of your business processes or workflows (sequence of tasks that produce a specific outcome).

Server Monitoring 101 - A Detailed Insight

It makes it easier to validate any server’s status without flipping between program and tools if you have one platform to track the servers. Besides, every server with remote server monitoring from a single application viewing window is provided with an accurate and real-time status. You will have the option of simplicity to decide what sort of services you want to track on each server. For instance, only a network storage server used for data backups could control a drive storage area.

VictorOps and Relay for Incident Response

VictorOps is an incident response tool whose mission is straightforward: “To make being on call suck less.” It enables teams to quickly detect and respond to problems like a service degredation or outage. VictorOps supports a wide range of external integrations to extend its capabilities by connecting different parts of your DevOps toolchain.

Bringing Latin America Closer To The Cloud

Latin America’s cloud ecosystem stands on the brink of change. Traditionally, businesses in the region have relied on access to cloud infrastructure and services hosted in the US. But the acceleration of cloud adoption in Latin American markets, such as Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico, is attracting the attention of hyper-scale cloud providers and leading to new investment in data centres.

Hashicorp Waypoint vs Heroku: What is the best PaaS for your team?

This week, Hashicorp announced the launch of their new product - Waypoint - aiming to simplify the way developers build and run apps in the Cloud and on any platform (like Kubernetes). The project is open source and is well adopted by the dev community. As CEO and co-founder of Qovery, I am enthusiastic to see this product live. At Qovery, we believe in making the developer’s life easier, and seeing big Open Source companies moving in this direction is a good thing for all of us.

New Gartner Report: How to lead digital disruption with programmable infrastructure

A hybrid infrastructure strategy is integral in creating a successful digital transformation in your enterprise. Programmable infrastructure (PI), or Infrastructure as Code, makes these strategies work in the real world. This blog will cover some highlights from the Gartner Report on why I&O leaders must adopt programmable infrastructure to enhance customer-focused agility.

AWS And Azure Dedicated Hosts Monitoring With VirtualMetric

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure do not need any formal introduction. They are two major players in the cloud computing and virtualization industry. AWS leads with about 32% market share. On the other hand, Azure is the next closest with about 17% market share. Both the tech giants, AWS and Azure, have been on an onward growth trajectory with revenue boosts coming in every quarter.

Managing Datadog with Terraform

Terraform is an increasingly popular infrastructure-as-code tool for teams that manage cloud environments spanning many service providers. New users are often drawn to Terraform’s ability to quickly provision compute instances and similar resources from infrastructure providers, but Terraform can also manage platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-service resources.

Dangers of Console-Driven Development

AWS offers the ability to login to a web UI dashboard. In this dashboard, you can add, edit, and deploy various cloud resources. When I was first getting started with AWS, this is where I began for two reasons: My very first full-time job as a Software Engineer was on a small enough team that all of our infrastructure was setup using the AWS console in a single AWS account.