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Website downtime: The one where Google Maps went down

March saw many of the big tech companies have technical issues with their products and services. But the biggest one was by far the colossal Google; Google Maps experienced the much dreaded website downtime impacting thousands of users across the globe. It was reported online that Google Maps had suffered a partial outage meaning that many couldn’t access the location tool, but why and more importantly, how?

Best Enterprise Password Managers According to IT Specialists

Even with advances in security practices and technologies, passwords continue to remain a weak point in an organization’s cyber security strategy. Strong passwords are still an essential part of security strategy for most organizations, and poor password hygiene can make their IT network vulnerable. According to the 2021 Verizon data breach investigation report, shared credentials and poor access management practices were among the top reasons for data breaches all over the globe.

Beyond Systems & Processes: ITIL Benefits to Individuals

The benefits of ITIL to a company or organization are widely discussed. This makes sense for the bigger picture, from the perspective of an organization. Smart organizations these days are adapting an ITIL framework to straighten out their IT service management and achieve business goals. However, it’s not so often you hear the question: what are the ITIL benefits to individuals?

Tigera: 5 compliance questions to ask security experts for cloud-native applications

Join our professional services leader to learn how to engage with a technology partner and ask right questions to get your cloud-native applications PCI or SOC2 compliant running regulated workloads. He will share real-world examples and a demo application to walk you through a successful compliance initiative within an organization. You should be able to answer the following questions as you start your compliance project.

Tigera: Rancher Hands-on Workshop: Security and observability with Calico for containerized workloads on RKE.

In this RKE-focused workshop for networking, security and observability on containers, Kubernetes and Calico, you will work with a Calico and RKE expert to learn how to design, deploy, and observe security and networking policies in an RKE environment. This 90-minute hands-on lab comes with your own provisioned Calico Cloud environment, designed to provide more complete knowledge on how to implement.

Elastic: Introduction to Elastic 8.2: Build it better, search it faster, solve it smarter

In this virtual event, we will walk through the exciting new capabilities and feature updates in Elastic 8.2 that enables you to build seamless search experiences faster and with greater flexibility, extend visibility into highly distributed, high-volume cloud-native services, and enhance security analysts' overall experience with more meaningful insights.

Elastic: Machine Learning innovations that deliver exceptional search relevance

When customers can't find information they need, frustration ensues. Your most motivated customers and employees search websites, mobile apps, and knowledge bases to get answers to simple questions. But when search doesn't deliver, it impacts customer and employee experience and your bottom line. This year, better search with exceptional relevance at its core will be driven by machine learning innovations across all use cases and industries: ecommerce, customer service, knowledge management, and many more.

How Important Is Visual Representation To A Business?

The visual identity of a business is something that can exist before even seeing the company name. The visual representation is vital for major companies so that customers can instantly recognize their presence, but tiny businesses need it even more to prosper. Here are some of the reasons why firms need to use visual representation.