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Xamarin is based on Mono, the open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Standard. It allows us to create apps that easily run in multiple devices like phones and smart watches. It solves the difficulties many developers face when they’re developing cross-platform apps like different coding languages and UI paradigms. With Xamarin, you can use C# as a single language for iOS, Android, and Universal Windows apps.

One difficult task for the AWS account administrator is to keep track of used and unused resources. That’s why we’re adding more actions to help track down unused resources. Today, we’re happy to announce a new action: Delete Unused Elastic IP Addresses.

This tutorial walks through using Rancher to deploy Elasticsearch into a Kubernetes cluster. At the end of this article, you will have a fully functional 2-node Elasticsearch cluster, complete with sample data and examples of successful queries.

Today we are announcing the release of StackStorm v2.9.2 and StackStorm v2.10.1. Those two patch releases fix a security issue which has been reported to us this week by one of our users (Alexandre Juma – thanks!).

Mattermost dot release 5.6.1 for Team Edition (TE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) is now available for download. If your deployment is affected by issues this dot release fixes, upgrading is recommended. Otherwise, you can upgrade to the next monthly release which also includes these fixes.

At Honeycomb, we are frequently asked how we compare to what else is out there. Do these other tools offer observability? Do I need them all? What’s important? Metrics? Logs? What’s the best way to monitor application performance?

Although technology continues to evolve, the processes that support Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) have remained relatively unchanged for several decades. One of the main challenges to delivering high-quality IT services in this long-established approach is reactivity – that is, focusing on incident management as a means to resolve something that should never have happened in the first place.

Dotcom-Monitor continues to add advanced features and functionality to its unparalleled monitoring and testing platforms. The most recent enhancement to announce is console logging, a boost to the EveryStep Web Recorder.

A massive data breach at Marriott and Starwood Hotels and Resorts has put the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) back in the spotlight. As the hotel chain faces record fines under the GDPR, privacy experts are again extolling the importance of secure log management practices to avoid suffering a similar fate as Starwood.