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Platform Engineering Tools: 12 Types of Tools to Use in Your Platform

Platform engineering tools are the apps and services in an internal developer platform (IDP), like configuration management, provisioning, testing, automation, CI/CD, and more. Your actual IDP should comprise tools your team actually needs: Your choice of platform engineering tools matters because it defines what your dev team can do on their own.

No-Code, Low-Code, Bring-Your-Own-Code Platforms: Explained

No-code, low-code, and bring-your-own-code (BYOC) platforms refer to different types of software development approaches that cater to varying levels of technical expertise, allowing users to create applications, websites, and automate tasks with differing degrees of coding requirements.

The benefits of business automation

Automation is a widely reported topic, with new technological developments and applications cropping up in reports across the globe. Its use in business and commercial settings is becoming more and more common and it's already being used to support processes, whether people are aware or not. Many are understandably cautious with technology of this kind, highlighting that while it can be hugely beneficial in some areas, it should be handled with care.

Let your engineering team delegate toil to the robots with automated actions

If you want to make software engineering easy to improve, then automate actions in your development process. These simple yet high-impact “if this, then that” conditions pack a punch toward reducing toil and cognitive load. Your developers choose what’s important to improve and reap the benefits of an efficient and optimized development environment.

Simplicity Just One Click Away: Automating the Many IT Tasks of Employee Offboarding

There’s an unfortunate mistake that’s too often made when the relationship between an employee and their employer ends, and when the offboarding begins: processing the termination steps too quickly and disregarding the importance of the employee’s last few days, which can mean that behind-the-scenes procedures, like those in IT, aren’t carried out so well.

Comparing Power Automate, Logic Apps, and Azure Automation: Which Microsoft Automation Platform Can Replace Orchestrator?

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, automation has become a crucial aspect of streamlining business processes and improving efficiency. Microsoft offers a range of powerful automation platforms to meet diverse needs. From robotic process automation (RPA) to integration solutions and IT process automation, Microsoft has developed several SaaS automation options.

What is Event-Driven Automation? Event-Driven Automation Programming Examples

Event-driven automation can turn repetitive, manual, daily tasks into something that you set and forget. It’s a great way to trigger automatic events and prevent human error. In this blog, we'll explore a few event-driven automation programming examples, from sending an email to a certain group of users when a file has been uploaded to a server to generating reports.