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Azure Logic Apps Consumption: The Ultimate Tool for Business Data Tracking

In the latest release of Turbo360, significant improvements have been made to the Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) module. This module is designed to shift support “left,” meaning it empowers support operators to identify and address issues earlier in the process by providing them with a business-friendly view of the underlying complex infrastructure.

Introducing shadow IT controls for workspace admins

Shadow IT is defined as the use of IT-related hardware or software by an individual without the knowledge of the IT admin. For example, if a user creates a new Bitbucket Cloud workspace within your organization without the knowledge of the organization admin, it can lead to potentially sensitive data being exposed.

What is DORA and how will it affect me?

The Digital Finance Strategy is a European directive that aims to support and develop digital finance in Europe while maintaining financial stability and consumer protection. There are three main components to the package: In this blog post, we’ll attempt to summarize the 113-page DORA proposal, highlighting how it will apply to incident management at financial entities. Side note: we also wrote a blog post about the other DORA, also known as the DevOps Research and Assessments.

How NaaS and APIs are reshaping enterprise connectivity

As enterprises continue to migrate workloads to cloud environments, they are reaping significant benefits, such as scalability, agility, and the ability to deploy applications in near real-time. However, these advantages are often undermined by the limitations of legacy networks. Traditional networks, restricted by long-term contracts and inflexible delivery timelines, are no longer fit for purpose in a cloud-driven world.

Best Practices for Testing Zone Redundancy

The way the story goes is that in the old days Amazon used to cut power to data centers so they could see if their services were actually redundant across different data centers; and that they only abandoned this practice when EC2 customers started to complain (no matter how many times they were warned their instances might disappear without notice). This story may be apocryphal, but you don’t need to be worried about power loss outages in order to have a given data center go down.

Three serverless reliability risks you can solve today using Failure Flags

Serverless platforms make it incredibly easy to deploy applications. You can take raw code, push it up to a service like AWS Lambda, and have a running application in just a few seconds. The serverless platform provider assumes responsibility for hosting and operating the platform, freeing you up to focus on your application. Naturally, this raises a question: if something goes wrong, who’s responsible?

AWS vs GCP vs Azure: Which Cloud Platform is Best for your Business?

Are you a startup struggling to choose the right cloud platform for your business? With so many options available, it can be overwhelming to determine which vendor best suits your needs. This article will compare AWS, GCP, and Azure based on key factors such as pricing, compliance, security, scalability, ease of use, and their specific benefits for startups. After you have gone through this article, you will have a clearer understanding of which cloud platform is the best fit for your business.

Deterministic Data Masking in Redgate Test Data Manager | The Tony and Tonie Show

Struggling with inconsistent and unrealistic test data? Tony and Tonie discuss a new article by Khang Chan, a developer at Redgate, explaining how deterministic data masking ensures sensitive data stays protected while maintaining data integrity and reproducibility — critical for reliable testing and development work.

Stop Infrastructure Delays - Supercharge Your Workloads Now!

Are your developers waiting too long for environments? Do they spend excessive time grappling with infrastructure? In this session from Civo Navigate Europe 2024, Will Stewart, co-founder and CEO North Flank, explains how redirecting focus to workloads allows developers to abstract away the complexities of the underlying infrastructure, enabling them to concentrate on writing code and building features.