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How To Recover a Cribl Stream Instance Without GitOps/GitHub

When Cribl Stream becomes the center of your data universe, your individual settings, routes, pipelines, and packs become a critical aspect of your work. What happens if you lose access to the UI? If you are on a licensed version of Cribl Stream backing up the work that you are in Sources, Destinations, Routes, Pipelines, and Packs would be done easily using the GitOps remote repo.

Network Security In an Age of Remote Work

While remote work and hybrid work have always been a thing, they've recently become more popular, and that’s created new challenges for network security. Some companies embrace remote work and/or hybrid work; some try to limit or reverse the trends. For some internal teams, remote work is easily achieved and often preferred. In other cases, in more hands-on and collaborative efforts, being physically onsite can be important.

What is IT Asset Management (ITAM)?

Organizations collect technologies like kids collecting baseball cards. As a company’s IT strategy matures, it adds new technologies to supplement previously existing ones, just like kids add new rookie cards to their collections of classics. While kids can leave their baseball cards randomly piled in a shoebox, organizations need to carefully identify and track their IT assets so that they can appropriately manage digital performance and cybersecurity.

Eliminate scaling lag without overprovisioning Kubernetes

Let’s get right to the point: most Kubernetes workloads are underutilizing CPU and memory, with 49% of containers using less CPU than their defined requests. Although Kubernetes provides users with the ability to define resource guidelines for containers based on CPU and memory needs, it can be difficult to define and maintain these resource requirements for dynamic applications, especially in fast scaling scenarios.

What is an internal developer portal?

An Internal Developer Portal (IDP) is the engineering system of record for tracking, improving, and building high-quality software. From services and APIs to Kubernetes clusters and data pipelines—IDPs abstract away the complexities of ensuring software security, maturity, production readiness, and more—all using data from your existing tools.

Security in DevOps Best Practices to Keep Your Pipeline Secure

Software development, DevOps practices have become a cornerstone for organizations looking to streamline their processes and deliver high-quality software. While the agility and efficiency DevOps brings to the table are undeniable, it’s essential to remember that security should never be compromised in the pursuit of speed. In fact, it should be an integral part of the entire DevOps lifecycle.

There's an app for that: How low-code tools boost finance productivity

It’s no secret that finance organizations are ripe for disruption. Managing money has always been a manual process, from securing payment orders to renewing licenses, and everything in between. That's why ServiceNow Chief Financial Officer Gina Mastantuono invested in a formal citizen development program. She wanted to encourage all finance employees to lean into no- or low-code tools, such as App Engine Studio, to build applications.

Logic App Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks: #37 How to get distinct values from an array?

Welcome again to another Logic Apps Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks. In my previous blog posts, I discussed some of the essential best practices you should have while working with the Azure Logic App. Today, I will speak about another helpful Best Practice, Tips, and Tricks that you must consider while designing your business processes (Logic Apps): How do we get distinct values from an array or repeating structure?

Choosing the Right PDU for Your Data Center

There are two main categories of PDUs: Basic PDUs and Intelligent PDUs. Basic PDUs are simple devices that provide power outlets from an input source, such as a wall socket or a UPS. They do not have any intelligence or monitoring capabilities, and they are usually mounted on racks or cabinets. Basic PDUs are suitable for low-density and low-complexity applications that do not require advanced power management features.

ESM vs. Traditional ITSM: Differentiating Between the Two to Leverage the Best Option for Your Business

Enterprise Service Management (ESM) and traditional Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) are two approaches to service management within an organization. ESM serves as an extension of ITSM, bringing ITSM characteristics and capabilities to non-IT teams and departments.