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PHP 8.2 lays new ground on Platform.sh

Today is the official release of PHP 8.2. And you can already use it on all your Platform.sh projects, with a single code change in your.platform.app.yaml: type: php:8.2 Try it out today! PHP 8.2 introduces some pretty cool new features including: Here’s a quick breakdown of each new feature and how they ought to make things easier for you.

Kubernetes Observability 101: Tools, Best Practices, And More

Many companies are rapidly adopting cloud-native computing services, like containers, microservices, and serverless computing. Unlike monolithic applications, these technologies rely on distributed architectures. Whether you are running them in the cloud, on-premises, or both, distributed systems consist of thousands or millions of processes and components. The challenge now is to make these complex systems' inner workings visible, controllable, and improvable.

Highlights from AWS re:Invent 2022

Just like shopping on Black Friday, AWS re:Invent has become a post-Thanksgiving tradition for some of us at Datadog. We were excited to join tens of thousands of fellow AWS users and partners for this annual gathering that features new product announcements, technical sessions, networking, and fun. This year, we saw three themes emerge from the conference announcements and sessions.

Cloud Monitoring: Troubleshoot misfired alerts

Have you ever received an unexpected Cloud Alerting incident? Would you like to learn how to prevent unexpected alerts? In this video, we cover some key concepts related to Alert Policy configuring in Google Cloud Monitoring. We’ll show you how to troubleshoot two unexpected incidents one on Metric and one on Log based metric alerting policies and explore configuration improvements to prevent future false alerts.

The Economics Behind Cloud-First Data Protection

If you’re still reliant on legacy local-first backup, you may not fully realize the financial impact of old-school image backup on your business. In today’s cloud-first world, it’s time to take a look at a modern cloud-first approach to data protection as a service. This webinar will walk you through the hidden (and not so hidden) costs of continuing to manage backup using either an image-based software product (like Veeam) or an integrated appliance (like Datto). We’ll do the math to show you a more cost-effective alternative.

Serverless roundup at AWS re:Invent 2022

AWS re:Invent was back and BIG last week in Las Vegas. Approximately 50,000 AWS customers and partners got together in Las Vegas to learn, talk shop, and maybe attend a couple of parties here and there. Not only did Lumigo have a booth, but our own Saar Tochner, R&D Team Lead and AWS Community Builder gave a well-received talk on Lambda extensions.