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This is one of those things they don’t teach you in school. These days, it’s not only time-consuming to build everything from scratch, but also not wise. These days, it’s all about rapid prototyping, continuous integration and “moving fast and breaking things”. There’s no point in implementing a time and date Javascript library, as moment.js already does that job wonderfully.

One of the biggest challenges in a self-provisioned, public cloud environment like Amazon Web Services (AWS) is finding the right balance between resources, performance, and cost. With no initial visibility into usage stats, AWS customers tend to overprovision compute, storage, and database resources to cushion sudden spikes in demand. If users could see resource usage, they'd be able to determine if the numbers provisioned are really in line with the application workload.

This article strives to keep things as simple as possible using backwards-compatible freestyle jobs. The idea is to use the power and simplicity of Git rather than introduce complexity from - and coupling to - Jenkins. Get tips to refine the continuous delivery pipeline process with Git and Jenkins to make life easier.

We don’t need to tell you how important it is for vendors to communicate with their customers in ever engaging ways. We also don’t need to emphasize the criticality of understanding exactly what a potential customer is looking for when visiting your product website and presenting him with a range of choices from your services. But not every business can invest in a full-blown hundred (or so) member team to handle front-desk operations for their website.

AlarmsOne already has built-in integrations with SaaS-based help desk tools such as ServiceDesk Plus On-Demand, Zendesk, and Zoho Desk to help IT management and help desk teams stay on the same page.

We all like fast sites, especially in 2018. But how can we determine if a website is snappy enough? Are there any response time standards that we can refer to? Do search engines prefer fast-loading sites as well? This article will answer those questions.