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Building On-call: Continually testing with smoke tests

With the release of On-call, our system’s reliability had to be solid from the outset. Our customers have high expectations of a paging product—and internally, we would not be comfortable with releasing something that we weren’t sure would perform under pressure. While our earlier product, Response, was the core of a customer’s incident response process after an incident was detected, we’re now the first notification an engineer gets when something’s wrong.

Virtualization vs Cloud Computing: What's the Difference?

What’s the difference between virtualization vs cloud computing? The server virtualization market is growing, driven by the need to modernize procurement procedures and manage compliance policies. Fortune Business Insights states that in 2023, 66% of businesses reported increased agility due to virtualization implementation. They also found that companies with over 100 computers have already adopted virtualization, and smaller industries with fewer than 100 workstations are quickly following suit.

How AWS Regions Affect Cloud Costs (And How To Reduce Fees)

AWS is the most popular cloud service provider partly due to its global data center network. The distribution enables organizations to configure their workloads to meet the needs of their global clients. The thing is AWS Regions charge different rates for almost everything, from compute and storage to data backup and retrieval services. And these cost variances can add up quickly.

Control Plane's Tamper-Proof, Immutable Audit Trail

Control Plane's audit trail service provides an immutable record of all resource mutations, whether initiated by the API, CLI, UI, Terraform, or other means. Users can leverage a user-friendly interface to search, filter, and review these actions, gaining visibility into timestamps, resource details, user information, and raw event data. Apply filters to refine the displayed actions based on resource type, audit context, resource name or ID, subject name, and date range, streamlining the audit review process and ensuring compliance with ease.

Control Plane's Aggregated Metrics

Metrics play a fundamental role in cloud computing, enabling the monitoring, optimization, and cost-effective operation of resources. They contribute to performance enhancement, efficient resource utilization, and overall operational excellence in the dynamic and scalable cloud environment. The Control Plane platform facilitates the collection of custom metrics from workloads, allowing applications to emit Prometheus-formatted metrics at a specified path and port. This configuration option extends to each container in a workload, providing flexibility in metrics management.

Seamless Quality: Integrating Quality Control into Your CI/CD Pipeline

Integrating quality control into your Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline is essential, especially with inspection software for quality control. This integration ensures that code changes meet high-quality standards before they reach production. Businesses can deliver robust software more efficiently by embedding quality control processes and utilizing inspection software within the CI/CD pipeline.

Optimizing Business Performance With Flexible IT Infrastructure

Is your business struggling to keep up with the ever-changing business landscape? Well, many companies find it challenging to adapt quickly to new technologies and market changes. But here's the good news: a flexible Information Technology (IT) infrastructure could be the key to boosting your business performance. With that said, here are a few tips on optimizing business performance with flexible IT infrastructure.

ROI of Reducing MTTR: Real-World Benefits and Savings

Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) stands as a critical metric when it comes to IT Operations and Incident Management. Reducing MTTR is not just a technical goal but a strategic business imperative, driving significant Return on Investment (ROI) through various tangible and intangible benefits. This blog delves into the real-world benefits and savings achieved by reducing MTTR, emphasizing its importance in contemporary business environments.

How to fix network latency with network traffic monitoring tools: Use cases and examples

Seamless network performance is the cornerstone of business success. However, network latency—the delay in data transfer initiation—can greatly hinder user experiences, decrease productivity, and even incur financial losses. For businesses aspiring to thrive, it is crucial to address and resolve network latency issues. In this context, network traffic monitoring tools emerge as pivotal solutions.