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Why Gremlin: Today's complex applications need a different approach to reliability

Cloud-based distributed applications have changed how we need to approach reliability and resiliency. How do you make your applications reliable? Here’s Gremlin CEO Josh Leslie to tell you how. Today’s dynamic applications are too complex and constantly changing for humans to wrap their heads around. This means the reliability approaches that worked ten years ago simply won’t be enough. As a technology company (and these days, every company is a technology company), you need to take a different, programmatic approach to testing and improving the reliability of your applications.

Test for the common failures that cause 80% of outages with Gremlin

80% of failures at the infrastructure layer come from the same core gaps in reliability. Jeff Nickoloff, Gremlin Principal Engineer, goes over how Reliability Management test suites help improve reliability across your organization. Are you waiting for the other reliability shoe to drop and hoping that you actually fixed core resilience issues? Or do you know for sure that you’re resilient to common reliability issues?

3 Key Benefits of Integrating DevOps with Security Standards

Bringing DevOps and security standards together is no longer a nice-to-have; it's essential for building resilient, efficient workflows. When you weave security directly into every stage of the development cycle, you're improving collaboration and speeding up delivery. This integration helps overcome traditional barriers between teams while addressing compliance requirements with ease. Whether it's catching vulnerabilities early or maintaining trust through secure practices, this powerful combination delivers benefits at every level.

Practical Tips for Choosing the Right Virtualization Platform

Virtualization solutions have emerged as one of the defining elements of contemporary IT environments due to the efficiency, scalability, and flexibility they provide in terms of hardware utilization. Yet, choosing the correct virtualization platform can be challenging because many solutions are available on the market. Below is a checklist that will assist you in making the best decision for your organization.

How does OpenSearch work?

OpenSearch is an open source search and analytics suite that developers use to build solutions for search, data observability, data ingestion, security information and event management (SIEM), vector database, and more. It is designed for scalability, offering powerful full-text search capabilities and supporting various data types, including structured and unstructured data. OpenSearch has rapidly developed into a standalone platform with unique features and capabilities.

CloudFront Pricing: How To Manage And Optimize Your CDN Costs

The CDN market is projected to grow from $27.59 billion in 2024 to $127.13 billion by 2033. The surge in online content consumption, e-commerce expansion, and cloud adoption are some of the leading factors behind this growth. Amazon CloudFront is one of the leading CDN services that offers users efficient and rapid content delivery. However, its costs can be complex due to data transfer fees, request charges, region-specific pricing, and more.