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Inclusive Engineering at Redgate

In mid 2024, one of Redgate’s coaches, Clare, pulled together a team to focus on improving inclusivity within Redgate’s Engineering organisation. This group was designed to work alongside the wider company initiatives, under the guidance of Engineering leadership. Inclusivity is a very broad topic, and the group wanted to avoid becoming overwhelmed with all the possible options.
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The Perfect Guide to IT Alerting Tools: Ensuring Proactive Monitoring and Swift Incident Response

Every second counts when it comes to managing IT infrastructure and handling incidents. The stakes are high, and organizations require tools that ensure no issue goes unnoticed. This comprehensive guide to IT alerting dives into everything you need to know to maintain proactive monitoring and swift incident response. We'll discuss the best practices, core features, and review the Top 10 IT alerting tools and IT alerting software that can drive performance and resilience.

When to Use CHAR, VARCHAR, and VARCHAR(MAX) in SQL

A data type is a particular kind of data item that is defined by the values it can take and the operations that can be performed on it. SQL supports various data types, including numeric, date and time, character and string, binary, and more. The choice of data type affects data integrity, storage, and performance; the choice of the optimal data type is not always all that obvious.

The Shift Left Movement In DevOps: Empowering Developers and Responders to Secure Code Early

The demand for faster, secure software delivery has given rise to a critical transformation in the software development lifecycle (SDLC): the Shift Left in DevOps. This approach, which integrates security and testing early in the development process, is becoming essential for organizations striving to stay competitive.

Routing between AWS Local Zones with Megaport featuring Kevin Dresser

AWS Local Zones are game-changers for boosting performance and resiliency, but did you know connecting them efficiently is key? Here's what you need to know: The Problem: Local Zones in the same metro connect via their parent region, causing latency spikes (up to 80ms in some cases!). The Solution: Use Megaport’s Cloud Router (MCR) and AWS Direct Connect to build a private, low-latency interconnect – cutting latency by 10x (down to 8ms).

Building India's Digital Future with Cloud Computing

With India projected to become a US$ 26 trillion GDP economic superpower by 2047, the demand for scalable, secure, and compliant digital infrastructure has never been more urgent. As home to the world’s largest, youngest, and most digitally adept population, India's digital economy is expanding rapidly, driven by a wave of innovation and public cloud adoption.

#032 - Kubernetes for Humans Podcast with Solomon Hykes (Dagger.io)

Solomon Hykes began his career as a System Administrator at Fairgame in 1999 and later worked as a Junior Software Engineer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center in 2002. In 2003, he became self-employed and worked as a Tech Mentor & Instructor until 2004. Solomon then joined CEIS as a Trusted Infrastructure Engineer from 2004 to 2006. Solomon Hykes then joined SmartJog as a Solutions Engineer from 2006 to 2007.

How we page ourselves if incident.io goes down

Picture this: your alerting system needs to tell you it's broken. Sounds like a paradox, right? Yet that’s exactly the situation we face as an incident management company. We believe strongly in using our own products - after all, if we don’t trust ourselves to be there when it matters most, why should the thousands of engineers who rely on us every day? However, this poses an obvious challenge.