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Meet Elemental: Cloud Native OS Management in Kubernetes

Wouldn’t it be great if Rancher could provision and manage not only Kubernetes clusters but also the OS running on the cluster nodes? This is the goal we had in mind when we started working on Elemental. Elemental adds to Rancher the ability to install and manage a minimal OS based on SUSE Linux Enterprise technology, delivered and managed in a fully cloud native way. This simplifies the infrastructure (you only need a container registry) and day 2 operations.

From Monitoring to Action - Get Faster Incident Response with Change Forensics

In this post you’ll learn how Kosli’s Change Forensics gives DevOps, Platform, and Site Reliability Engineers the ability to rapidly pinpoint and understand changes and events in their infrastructure and applications, and get to the cause(s) of an incident quickly.

Carrier reduced MTTR and gained visibility across multiple IT environments

Hear Rich Johnston, Director of Hosting Platforms, describe Carrier’s observability goals to create a unified view of their IT environment for predictive monitoring. Rich describes Carrier’s desire to see issues before customer complaints, and how LogicMonitor implemented extensive visibility on a single platform, including multiple cloud platforms, networking, compute, storage, and more. LogicMonitor helped Carrier quickly and easily deploy dashboards to see how their technology performed, while reducing root cause analysis and shortening resolution time.

What is Hyper-V?

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor from Microsoft that allows users to create and manage virtual machines (VMs). It’s an integral part of Windows Server and provides a virtualized environment for running multiple operating systems on a single physical machine. This technology has revolutionized the way businesses operate by enabling them to maximize hardware usage, reduce costs, and improve disaster recovery processes.

Understanding VMware: A Comprehensive Guide

VMware, Inc., a subsidiary of Dell Technologies, is a leading provider of cloud computing and virtualization software and services. Since its establishment in 1998, VMware has been at the forefront of the IT industry, revolutionizing the way businesses operate with its innovative virtualization technology. This article aims to provide an in-depth understanding of VMware, its suite of products, and its transformative impact on the business landscape.

Adopt a "Release-first" Approach with Release Lifecycle Management in JFrog Artifactory

Every organization has a process for building and releasing software. Smaller organizations may run a few automated tests before releasing, while larger organizations may have 100s of scans, validations, and approvals spanning everything from technical to legal. Whatever the process is, the end goal is the same: software that’s mature enough for release. The challenge is that this process is complicated, messy, and often created in an ad hoc way, changing as organizations evolve.

Charmed Spark beta release is out - try it today

The Canonical Data Fabric team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Charmed Spark, our solution for Apache Spark. Apache Spark is a free, open source software framework for developing distributed, parallel processing jobs. It’s popular with data engineers and data scientists alike when building data pipelines for both batch and continuous data processing at scale.

Docker Compose Logs: Guide & Best Practices

Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. It allows developers to streamline the process of configuring, building, and running multiple containers as a single unit with a docker-compose.yml. This configuration file specifies the services, networks, and volumes required for an application, and their relationships and dependencies. The docker-compose logs command displays the logs of all services defined in the docker-compose.yml file.

Redcentric gained flexible monitoring capabilities across multiple cloud environments

Hear Paul Mardling, Chief Technology Officer, and Ed Jackson, OSS Manager, describe Redcentric’s complex hybrid infrastructure and their difficulties with monitoring tool sprawl when their cloud deployments expanded. Redcentric used LogicMonitor to gain flexible monitoring capabilities across multiple cloud environments to keep up with developer needs. Out-of-the-box data sources and fast, agentless monitoring helped them see everything across thousands of devices in their IT estate, with excellent customer support to help at a moment’s notice.

How Schneider Electric reduced MTTI and alert noise by consolidating monitoring tools

Hear Observability and Monitoring Strategist, Arun Mandayam, describe challenges that Schneider Electric faced around data interpretation and difficulties when using multiple monitoring tools. Arun describes how LogicMonitor helped consolidate monitoring tools, enabled them to onboard new cloud accounts, network devices, and on-prem systems on a unified platform, and helped significantly reduce MTTI and alert noise.