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Testing Microservices at Scale: Using Ephemeral Environments

Today's article discusses how ephemeral environments can help in microservices testing. We will start by understanding the microservices testing challenges and will move to the solution. You will learn how to effectively test microservices at scale using ephemeral environments, ensuring the reliability of your distributed systems.

Internal Developer Platform vs. Internal Developer Portal: What to choose?

In the fast-paced world of software development, the need for effective tools that can streamline workflows is paramount. Yet, amidst a plethora of available options, engineering managers often face the conundrum of choosing between an Internal Developer Platform and an Internal Developer Portal. Both have their merits, but which one is the best fit for your organization? In this article, we'll delve into the core features, strengths, and limitations of each to help you make an informed decision.

Brocade switch configuration management with Network Configuration Manager

Brocade network switches encompass a variety of switch models that cater to diverse networking needs. In today’s intricate networking landscape, manually handling these switches with varying configurations and commands within a large network infrastructure can be a daunting task. This complexity often leads to human errors such as misconfigurations. How can you optimize your network environment effectively when utilizing a variety of Brocade switches and eliminate the need for manual management?

7 Strategies for Azure Cost Optimization

Struggling with Azure Cost Optimization? Tune into this insightful podcast with Twan Koot, a seasoned Microsoft Azure Cloud architect at Ordina, as he discusses strategies to help you achieve optimal Azure savings. Learn how to reduce Azure expenses and scale efficiently, along with the essential techniques for maximum cloud savings.

Azure Monitoring Tool: Here's What's New in Serverless360 for August 2023

Serverless360's - latest updates bring you a streamlined approach to managing your business application intricacies. In this video, see how Serverless360 - an advanced Azure Monitoring Tool can streamline your business operations, making tasks like API monitoring and Power Automate flow management more efficient. But that's not all. The updates include fine-tuned enhancements like monthly calendar views and cost optimization recommendations that can help save your organization's valuable time and resources.

How to monitor Python Applications with Prometheus

Prometheus is becoming a popular tool for monitoring Python applications despite the fact that it was originally designed for single-process multi-threaded applications, rather than multi-process. Prometheus was developed in the Soundcloud environment and was inspired by Google’s Borgmon. In its original environment, Borgmon relies on straightforward methods of service discovery - where Borg can easily find all jobs running on a cluster.

Monitoring Kubernetes with Graphite

In this article, we will be covering how to monitor Kubernetes using Graphite, and we’ll do the visualization with Grafana. The focus will be on monitoring and plotting essential metrics for monitoring Kubernetes clusters. We will download, implement and monitor custom dashboards for Kubernetes that can be downloaded from the Grafana dashboard resources. These dashboards have variables to allow drilling down into the data at a granular level.

The connection between incident management and problem management

Sometimes, two concepts overlap so much that it’s hard to view them in isolation. Today, incident management and problem management fit this description to a tee. This wasn’t always the case. For a long time, these two ITIL concepts were seen as distinct—with specialized roles overseeing each. Incident management existed in one corner and problem management in the other. Then came the DevOps movement and the lines suddenly became blurred. So where do they stand today?