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Server Backup: 5 Best Practices

There are plenty of disturbing data backup statistics everywhere you look. For instance, “60% of backups are incomplete and 50% of restores fail,” Ontech systems confirms. According to Invenio IT, “ 72% of all users had to recover from a data backup at least once in the past year, and 33% had to do so more than once.” All these statistics make one fact crystal clear: data backup software is essential for every organization.

Scaling Prometheus with Thanos for Long-Term Data

Prometheus, developed by SoundCloud, is a powerful open-source system for service monitoring and time series data storage. It collects metrics from configured targets, evaluates rule expressions, presents results, and triggers alerts based on defined conditions. Thanos, on the other hand, is a collection of components designed to create a highly available metric system with limitless storage capacity.

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Top 12 Microsoft 365 Metrics

Essential metrics for monitoring M365 environments When it comes to managing your Microsoft 365 environment, monitoring metrics are essential to ensure the health and performance of your systems. With so many different metrics to track, it can be challenging to know where to begin. In this post, we will discuss the top 12 Microsoft 365 monitoring metrics that every expert should be tracking.

Proxy server benefits for social media automation

In the XXI century, many companies and business-minded people had to follow and adapt to the revolutionary changes in the world of marketing. The emergence and rapid growth of the internet have slowly and surely shifted the attention from newspapers, radio, TV, and other forms of traditional media.

Maximizing Security and Compliance with Outsourced Back-End Development

Outsourcing backend development can make it very easy for any business to save time and resources. And that's where backend development outsourcing shines. Outsourcing can be the ideal way to save time and effort, while making sure every resource gets allocated in the best possible spot.

Predicting the Future of Digital Employee Experience: What to expect

Digital Employee Experience (DEX) is not just a trend, it’s an eventuality. Unsurprisingly, employees have embraced the convenience and flexibility of digital tools to navigate their work lives. Why? Well, it’s exactly what they have done to simplify their personal lives. Of course, the pandemic played a role as it pushed us into a virtual realm where we became Zoom superheroes, Slack aficionados, and Microsoft Teams maestros.

The Carbon Daemons: Graphite monitoring

Graphite is a powerful open-source time series database used for storing, retrieving, and visualizing changing numeric data points over time. With its robust monitoring system, Graphite can efficiently handle large data loads without compromising performance. In this article, we delve into the basics of Graphite, focusing on its primary component, Carbon.