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Fixing 403 auth errors when you replay traffic
Trigger warning: this one is about Java, authentication, and Docker Compose files. If that is not your thing, I am sorry, but they are part of life and they are honestly not that hard to work with. Everything here is open source on our GitHub repo, so you can follow along. Recording an authenticated Java flow, replaying it, hitting the dreaded 403, and fixing it with a proxymock recommendation.
Capture once, test forever
We’ve gotten used to understanding our applications through signals, summaries, and traces. Tiny little bits of information about how the app really works. Not because that’s the best way to do it, but because it’s been too hard to get the real thing. The real information exists. It’s on the network. How people called your app and what your code did. What other systems it called, the database queries it made, and the result sets that came back.
Excel Add-Ins 3.0 Updates: Excel 2024 Compatibility, Expanded Database and Cloud Coverage, and Modern Security Enhancements
We are pleased to announce the release of Excel Add-ins 3.0, a major update to our Excel Add-ins for databases and cloud applications. The new version adds support for Microsoft Excel 2024 across all products. It also includes new database versions, expanded object and report support, improved data type handling, and enhanced connection security.
Monitoring Multi-Hypervisor Environments
A multi-hypervisor environment is an infrastructure in which multiple virtualization technologies coexist. Common drivers include mergers and acquisitions, hybrid cloud strategies, workload-specific optimization, and the avoidance of vendor lock-in.
Shadow AI: Your Newest Employee?
Shadow AI sounds harmless... Until nobody knows what your AI agents are accessing. In this week's Zero Ticket Minute, we’re sharing why Shadow AI is growing inside enterprises and why AI needs guardrails, not just speed.
How AI is Reshaping IT Operations Management
AI is transforming IT operations through automated incident response, intelligent event correlation, predictive analytics, and agentic AI. But while technology is evolving rapidly, human judgment and strategic decision-making remain essential. In this video, explore what's changing in IT operations, what isn't, and how IT leaders can prepare for an AI-driven future with AIOps, observability, and automation. Learn how Motadata helps organizations build smarter, more proactive IT operations.
Building More Resilient Multi-Cloud Operations
The last post in this series looked at how disconnected alerts can slow incident response and how stronger correlation helps teams investigate issues with more clarity. That same operational context has value beyond triage. It also plays an important role in resilience, service assurance, and the ability to maintain confidence across increasingly complex multi-cloud environments. Resilience depends on more than reacting well during an outage.
dbForge - AI-Powered Database Ecosystem for Developers & DBAs
Managing different databases, tools, and environments can slow down your workflow… but dbForge brings everything together. Work with SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and cloud databases Use AI to generate, explain, fix, and optimize SQL queries Design, develop, test, manage, and automate databases Choose from dbForge Edge, dedicated Studios, standalone tools, and SSMS/Visual Studio add-ins.