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Kubernetes Master Class Security & Observability feat. Tigera

In this RKE-focused workshop for networking, security, and observability on containers, Kubernetes, and Calico, you will work with a Calico and RKE expert to learn how to design, deploy, and observe security and networking policies in an RKE environment. This 90-minute hands-on lab comes with your own provisioned Calico Cloud environment, designed to provide more complete knowledge on how to implement:– Workload access controls– Compliance and reporting– Run-time visualization of traffic flow and security policies– Service-level observability– Anomaly detection and live troubleshooting You will come away from this workshop with an understanding of how others in your industry are doing Kubernetes, container and cloud security, and observability in RKE, and how you can implement it in your own organization.

ARM vs Intel: What Are They? What is the Difference Between Them?

Most computing devices today are likely to have an Intel processor, or an ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) processor, such as the CPU in your smartphone or tablet. Both chip architectures are optimised for low-power operation in order to provide mobile devices with the long battery life they require. However, they reflect different mindsets from a technical standpoint.

VirtualMetric's Heatmaps

Within just a couple of seconds, you can see your entire server infrastructure’s status in a visual format in VirtualMetric's Heatmaps. All hardware and performance-related issues will be highlighted in the form of visual cues in neatly organized heat maps. The information is also updated in real-time, thus allowing you to catch errors before they pass the threshold. 👉 Flexible and scalable option VirtualMetric, being cloud-based, can quickly adapt to changing server requirements and infrastructure setups.

Announcing support for Graviton2-powered AWS Fargate deployments

AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine that allows you to deploy containerized applications on services like Amazon ECS without needing to provision or manage compute resources. Now, Datadog is proud to be a launch partner with Amazon for their support of AWS Fargate workloads running on Graviton2, Amazon’s proprietary ARM64 processor.

DevOps State of Mind Podcast Episode 2: Giving People the Power to Participate

‍Sean Tierney is the DevOps lead at Athos, a company that's building better athletes through smart clothing and AI. Sean reinforces a DevOps state of mind across the organization by building empathy between hardware and software teams and putting the systems in place to allow them to move faster as a single unit.

Cloud-optimized Linux kernels - what makes Ubuntu the top OS across the clouds

Ubuntu is the platform of choice for deploying and running workloads on public clouds. No other operating system gives you better performance and consistency of experience across public clouds, including Amazon, Azure, Google, IBM and Oracle. There is a reason behind this exceptional experience. By design, Ubuntu images in public clouds include an optimized Linux kernel for each cloud, giving you the best performance and functionality across all instance types and services.

Observability vs. monitoring debate: An irreverent view

In the past few years, the word “observability” has steadily gained traction in the discussions around monitoring, DevOps, and, especially, cloud-native computing. However, there is significant confusion about the overlap or difference between observability and monitoring.

ServiceNow acquires DotWalk to increase speed, agility in upgrading applications

Delivering both constant innovation and consistently great experiences with software offerings is becoming a critical business imperative in the new world of hybrid work. As a result, more companies are transforming to become software companies—creating the need to quickly and continuously upgrade software applications and technology foundations. Easier said than done? Not anymore.