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How to Monitor Kafka Producer Metrics

Jun 10, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Your Kafka producer pushed a million messages yesterday. Nice. But can you tell if they all made it? Or why did latency spike at 2 PM? Producer metrics help you determine that. They expose how long messages take to send, whether messages are getting stuck, and whether retries are piling up. Let’s go over which ones help while debugging and how to monitor them.
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The Future of IT Is Human + Agentic: How Zero Ticket IT Is Reshaping Tech Careers

Jun 10, 2025 By Mor Peter In Resolve
Automation has always stirred up fears of job loss. For IT professionals, the conversation has only grown louder with the rise of AI. But the truth is that the future of IT is not about replacement—it’s about reinvention. For decades, IT has been defined by its firefighting: manually resolving tickets, managing endless alerts, and fielding repetitive service requests. These tasks are ripe for automation, but automation doesn’t eliminate the need for IT talent.
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Apache Spark security: start with a solid foundation

Jun 10, 2025 By Giulia Lanzafame In Canonical
Everyone agrees security matters – yet when it comes to big data analytics with Apache Spark, it’s not just another checkbox. Spark’s open source Java architecture introduces special security concerns that, if neglected, can quietly reveal sensitive information and interrupt vital functions.
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OWASP CI/CD Part 6: Insufficient Credential Hygiene

Jun 10, 2025 By Nigel Douglas In Cloudsmith
This post, part six of our OWASP CI/CD Top 10 series, looks at some of the common risks associated with Insufficient Credential Hygiene. By better understanding the flaws that affect credential hygiene, we can better understand how even the most sophisticated pipelines were compromised.
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Azure Budget Planning: Simplify Cost Management and Forecasting

Jun 10, 2025 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
The video introduces the new Turbo 360 feature designed to simplify Azure budget planning for teams. It highlights how team managers can easily manage and project costs, input monthly records, and adjust budgets based on upcoming projects, all while minimizing reliance on technical resources. The focus is on enhancing productivity and making financial management more accessible.
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A Roadmap To AWS Savings Plans Vs. Reserved Instances

Jun 10, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
A decade after launching Reserved Instances (RIs), Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced Savings Plans as a more flexible alternative to RIs. AWS Savings Plans are not meant to replace Reserved Instances; they are complementary. SPs and RIs have some significant differences that make each better suited to specific uses. For example, while Savings Plans apply to both EC2 and Fargate instances, RIs only apply to EC2 instances. Let’s break down AWS Savings Plans vs.
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A Complete Guide to Linux Log File Locations and Their Usage

Jun 9, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Linux log files are text-based records that capture system events, application activities, and user actions. They're stored primarily in the /var/log directory and provide essential information for debugging issues, monitoring system health, and maintaining security. This guide covers the most important Linux log files and a few detailed techniques for reading and analyzing them.
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Steve Owens of Verizon Discusses TDM Switch Decommissioning at Ribbon Insights 2024

Jun 9, 2025 By Ribbon In Ribbon
The video discusses Verizon’s strategic approach to accelerating the decommissioning (decom) of legacy Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) switches. The speaker emphasizes the importance of TDM switch decom in reducing power consumption, cutting expenses, complying with regional climate regulations, and reclaiming valuable technical space. A key driver for Verizon is the steep costs associated with maintaining aging infrastructure under increasingly stringent local carbon emission laws, particularly in the Northeast Corridor.
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How to Integrate OpenTelemetry Collector with Prometheus

Jun 9, 2025 By Prathamesh Sonpatki In Last9
Pulling observability data together is rarely clean. Metrics come from everywhere, formats vary, and making sense of it takes some work. OpenTelemetry Collector and Prometheus fit perfectly here. The Collector handles ingestion and processing from different sources, while Prometheus stores and queries the data. Simple, effective, and no vendor lock-in. In this blog, we cover how to integrate the Collector with Prometheus, common pitfalls, and ways to control costs.
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Making the Case for Creating a Digital Twin of All Your Technical Spaces

Jun 9, 2025 By Sunbird In Sunbird
Technology assets are no longer confined to the walls of a traditional data center. They now span a range of environments from core facilities and labs to distributed sites like IDF closets, manufacturing sites, and retail branches. Yet many organizations still rely on fragmented tools and manual processes to manage these distributed environments. This can result in gaps in visibility, inconsistent documentation, and higher operational risk.
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