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This article covers questions such as what are MTTF, MTBF, MTTD, and MTTR, their differences, how to adopt them, and their use cases.

Hardware Asset Management (HAM) is an essential component of IT Asset Management. Done well, it can reduce costs and ensure the correct equipment is available at the right time for the right stakeholders, and that IT hardware assets are always tracked. In this article we will introduce HAM, describe some of its main benefits, and look into the stages of the HAM lifecycle. Plus, we will explore some of the best ways to get started. Ready to get excited about HAM? Let's get started!

Microsoft announced in September 2022 that they will be deprecating Azure Unmanaged Disks on September 30, 2025. This means that customers will no longer be able to create or use unmanaged disks after this date. Unmanaged disks are a type of storage that is not managed by Microsoft. This means that customers are responsible for managing all aspects of the disk, including provisioning, backups, and security. Managed disks, on the other hand, are a type of storage that is managed by Microsoft.

Node.js is a popular choice for creating a scalable and highly performant web app. Its event-driven, non-blocking I/O model makes it well-suited for building real-time, data-intensive applications. Maintaining the health of your Node.js app includes monitoring and tracking several metrics over time to better understand how your app is performing. Monitoring your application's health is important to ensure its smooth operation and a good user experience.

In recent years, data science, AI and software development have become a key focus area for organisations operating in every sector of the economy. This creates a pressing need to adopt Linux desktops in the enterprise, as research clearly shows a growing number of data scientists and developers prefer operating systems like Ubuntu.

Welcome to our monthly product newsletter - SigNal 23! Last month, our team worked on improving the search capabilities across multiple tabs. We also made the logs tab more intuitive by adding color coding in the logs view. We presented SigNoz at an observability-focused meetup and crossed 12,000+ GitHub stars. Let’s dive in to see what humans at SigNoz were up to in the month of March 2023.

We often see questions about how to template alerts. In Grafana, you can template information about your alerts with custom labels and annotations, and you can also template how notifications look and what information they contain with notification templates. Many users confuse the two, despite being separate features with different use cases.