In this article, we will explain how you can monitor all your cloud service status pages in Datadog with the help of IsDown.

We started Cloud 66 with a single product to deploy any Rails application to any cloud. Then, in 2014, we introduced Cloud 66 for Node; in 2015, Cloud 66 Maestro v1, 2016 Cloud 66 Maestro v2 (Kubernetes), 2019 Cloud 66 Skycap, and finally, Cloud 66 Prepress (Static Sites) was released in 2022. All these products exist to serve a single purpose: deployment of any application to any cloud. Today we are making it easier to do that: we are consolidating all our products into one: Cloud 66!

Ransomware is an ever-evolving type of malicious software (a.k.a malware) in which an attacker encrypts the files on a victim’s device, rendering it inaccessible and unusable. Then - you guessed it - they demand a ransom from the target before they’ll fix it. Not something any organization ever wants to deal with, and not something any organization has to deal with if they have the right measures in place to minimize the risk. Let’s talk about how!

In today’s digital landscape, application demands such as scalability, performance, and reliability push many IT organizations toward cloud-based networks. Initially, cloud providers’ main offering was managed, virtualized data storage and services, or cloud computing. As cloud ecosystems have matured, so have the tools, services, and use cases available to their customers.

StackStorm is a powerful automation engine, but has a lot of moving pieces, configuration details, corner cases, and a steep learning curve. Many compare st2 with K8s and, indeed, you can spend weeks stitching things together to make the StackStorm installation and configuration pipeline fit your specific needs. Then you start benefiting from automation!