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Azure vs. AWS vs. GCP: A Direct Comparison

Ever since the pandemic hit the world in 2020, many businesses and institutions have begun to adopt cloud computing into their operations. With more employees working from home, companies have moved from on-site data centers and chosen cloud computing services. Although cloud computing is not new, its relevance has increased during the last year and has revolutionized how businesses and institutions are operating now.

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Speedscale Launches CLI: Free API Observability Tool

We are excited to announce the launch of Speedscale CLI, a free observability tool that inspects, detects and maps API calls on local applications or containers. The offering underscores the importance of continued and proactive API testing to quickly detect and debug defects within a shifting array of upstream and downstream interdependencies.

How frequently should you monitor your website?

Hopefully, you are consistently getting fresh leads and customers through your website. However, like an automobile that needs to be checked regularly for problems, you need to maintain your website for optimal performance. That's important for your search rankings, general user experience, and conversions. This guide will discuss how often you should monitor your website. We'll also look at some of the essential tasks you should take to ensure things progress nicely.

Easy Lambda Function Monitoring with the AWS Lambda InfluxDB Template

AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that allows you to run code without having to manage servers. Lambda provides autoscaling and bills only on compute time, so you aren’t paying for unused resources. Some common use cases are file processing, stream processing, and acting as a backend for web and mobile applications. AWS Lambda functions can be invoked with external HTTP requests as well as by events triggered by over 200 different AWS services.

Detecting and Preventing Log4J Attacks with Cribl LogStream

Shortly before the December holidays, a vulnerability in the ubiquitous Log4J library arrived like the Grinch, Scrooge, and Krampus rolled into one monstrous bundle of Christmas misery. Log4J maintainers went to work patching the exploit, and security teams scrambled to protect millions of exposed applications before they got owned. At Cribl, we put together multiple resources to help security teams detect and prevent the Log4J vulnerability using LogStream.

Detecting Log4J/Log4Shell exploits with LogStream

Shortly before the December holidays, a vulnerability in the ubiquitous Log4J library arrived like the Grinch, Scrooge, and Krampus rolled into one monstrous bundle of Christmas misery. Log4J maintainers went to work patching the exploit, and security teams scrambled to protect millions of exposed applications before they got owned. At Cribl, we put together multiple resources to help security teams detect and prevent the Log4J vulnerability using LogStream.

How the new k6 Cloud app plugin makes it easy to correlate QA data and system metrics in Grafana

One of the common challenges when doing performance testing is the difficulty of correlating the metrics of your application with your testing results. Having available QA, infrastructure, and application metrics together allows engineering teams to better understand the behavior of their systems during the testing, helping to detect and prevent potential issues in their applications.