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How To Build A Successful Cloud Strategy in 2024

Businesses move to the cloud for several reasons. For some, moving to the cloud means gaining access to the best enterprise-level technology without the associated costs of handling, maintaining, and managing the underlying infrastructure. For others (like startups), the ability to scale quickly and respond faster to market demands is at the top of the list.

How Ubuntu keeps you secure with KEV prioritisation

The Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (KEV) is a database published by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that serves as a reference to help organisations better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity. Since its first publication in 2021, it has gone beyond its US federal agency scope and has been adopted by various organisations across the globe as guidance for their vulnerability management prioritisation frameworks.

How To Identify Requests as Part of an End-To-End Tracing Strategy

Tracing follows requests as they move through an entire network, from the initial client request to the final response. In financial services, end-to-end tracing is essential for maintaining robust security, ensuring comprehensive observability of system operations, and understanding chains of events in case of issues or anomalies.

Software Deployment Best Practices for Modern Engineering Teams

Adopting best practices for software deployment is essential to maintaining a high standard of quality, minimizing downtime, and ensuring that your applications meet user expectations. Here are five best practices to help you deploy your software more securely and reliably.

DevFinOps: What it is and why it matters

DevFinOps presents a paradigm where cost responsibility is linked with development and operations. This system is particularly good if you work in Cloud environments. Introducing of FinOps or the Finance + DevOps practices into the development cycle could supply your business with hidden cost-saving possibilities.

SD-WAN: Dead or Different?

The rapid evolution of work models and security requirements has prompted questions about the relevance of Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology. In their insightful report, ‘Is SD-WAN Dead?’ Jonathan Forest and Andrew Lerner of Gartner explore these dynamics, concluding that while SD-WAN is far from obsolete, its role is shifting.

Four key benefits of configuration templates in network automation

Configuration templates consist of small pieces of code that allow administrators to implement changes across numerous devices as many times as necessary. These templates, often referred to as configlets, expedite system setup and make it more resistant to errors.

How to Create Indexes in PostgreSQL for Optimal Database Performance

An index in a database is a special data structure that speeds up the search and retrieval of records from a table. It works similarly to an index in a book, where you can quickly find the needed page by topic or word without having to flip through the entire thing. In this article, we are going to talk about different types of indexes and how to create and use them in both command-line and GUI tools like dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL.