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ConnectWise PSA and Exoprise Integration

With the increase in customers utilizing ConnectWise PSA (professional services automation) as their ticketing system, Exoprise has launched a new ConnectWise PSA integration. This integration, available for both Internal IT and Managed Service Providers (MSPs), enables automated ticket creation and resolution for Microsoft 365, cloud, UC and SaaS outage events into ConnectWise. Any network related event can be monitored and raised into ConnectWise in real-time.

When Your Open Source Turns to the Dark Side

Not that long ago, in a galaxy that isn’t remotely far away, a disturbance in the open source world was felt with wide-ranging reverberations. Imagine waking up one morning to find out that your beloved open source tool, which lies at the heart of your system, is being relicensed. What does it mean? Can you still use it as before? Could the new license be infectious and require you to open source your own business logic? This doom’s day nightmare scenario isn’t hypothetical.

Pipeline Talk: Between Two Fernders Edition

Cribl’s co-founders, Clint Sharp, Dritan Bitincka, and Ledion Bitincka, recently took time to host a Between two Fernders edition of Pipeline Talk at the Cribl offices to discuss a wide variety of topics, including Cribl Lake, the N-Gage, WWE aspirations, fishing poles, how CAT6 cabling is not named after actual cats, and wondering if Apple’s iPhone will be a consumer hit (Yes, we know what year it is, but the host clearly doesn’t).

Making Data Storage More Secure with Progress Flowmon and Veeam Backup and Replication

The new partnership between Progress and Veeam represents a significant step forward in cybersecurity. It marks a considerable advancement in data protection by merging the Flowmon AI-powered threat detection capabilities with the robust backup solution of Veeam. This empowers organizations to more effectively defend their invaluable digital assets.

Lightrun Panel Webinar with Google DORA and Priceline May2024

In this insightful webinar hosted by Lightrun and moderated by Eran Kinsbruner, global head of product marketing and best-selling author in the software development space we delved into the latest developments in software development and performance, focusing on the recent Google DORA report. In the first segment of the webinar, Nathen Harvey and Amanda Lewis from Google Cloud's DORA team provided a comprehensive overview of the latest report's findings, highlighting the emerging emphasis on Performance and Reliability in the industry.

The Best ELK Training Courses

The ELK Stack combines three tools, Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana into a complete solution that numerous organizations and teams utilize. Mastering a new tool or process can be challenging enough but learning three at once, including how these three tools interact with each other, is particularly difficult. However, to ease the learning process, there are numerous training courses and certifications for the ELK stack to help you deeply grasp how it operates and how it can be best utilized.

Setting up your Grafana k6 performance testing suite: JavaScript tools, shared libraries, and more

Editor’s note: This blog post is the second in a series of posts about organizing your performance testing suite with Grafana k6. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the first post in the series, which explores how to implement reusable test patterns and other best practices within your testing suite.

Demystifying Azure Container Instance Pricing

Since containers revolutionized resources utilization and their cost by significantly increasing VM densities, understanding Azure Container Instance Pricing is key for making informed decisions about your containerized apps. ACI is the serverless option within Azure, to provision additional compute for demanding and highly scalable workloads. Knowing the ACI pricing, you can optimize costs while efficiently deploying your containers in a managed service that will optimize your operations.