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Unlocking new serverless use cases with EFS and Lambda

Today, the AWS Lambda platform has added a new arrow to its quiver – the ability to integrate with Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) natively. Until now, a Lambda function was limited to 512MB of /tmp directory storage. While this is sufficient for most use cases, it’s often prohibitive for use cases such as Machine Learning, as Tensorflow models are often GBs in size and cannot fit into the limited /tmp storage.

A (Lobster) Tale of Two Systems aka the ServiceNow Chronicles

Hi Yangsters, I hope everyone is staying safe during these unpredictable times. As a fellow professional in technology, I’m guessing your workload has either remained the same or you’re now extra busy since more people are moving to doing everything online. I’ve been so busy that I haven’t been able to provide a proper update on the ongoings of Bikini Bottom—until now. But don’t worry! We’ll get through this together!

Optimize MariaDB: tips to deal with load spikes

This 2020 is perfect to check our beloved Pandora FMS server and precisely a very important component is the database (BD). As our loyal readers already know (and if you visit us for the first time you can read the introduction to architecture on our Wiki), MariaDB is one of the databases chosen by Pandora FMS to keep all your information about your device monitoring: Let’s see how to optimize MariaDB!

I Can See Securely Now

Pretty much every organization of any size is paying close attention to the adoption of security practices in order to manage and protect their most sensitive data, including personal identifiable information (PII), personal health information (PHI), or other customer and financial data. For any team using SaaS tools, data protection is a table-stakes requirement. For compliance regulated industries — banking, financial services, healthcare.

Orchestration and Automation Helps Defense, Intelligence Personnel Tackle Higher-Level Tasks

What if you could get your hands on a force multiplier that got rid of the repetitive, routine work that was tying down your team, got more productivity out of your assembled work force, and gave everyone a more challenging, meaningful to-do list that made better use of their knowledge, experience, and passion?

Calculating ingest lag and storing ingest time in Elasticsearch to improve observability

When viewing and analysing data with Elasticsearch, it is not uncommon to see visualizations and monitoring and alerting solutions that make use of timestamps that have been generated on remote/monitored systems. However, using remote-generated timestamps may be risky.

OpsRamp Achieves Certification to Monitor and Manage Nutanix HCI

We’re excited to announce that OpsRamp is now officially Nutanix Ready Certified as an AHV Integrated Technology Alliance Partner in the Nutanix Elevate Program. Our certified solution lets customers confidently discover, monitor, and automate not only their Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) but also their broader hybrid IT environment.

4 Time Management Strategies to Boost Your IT Team's Productivity

When you work in IT, there’s never a shortage of things to do. For folks who like to be busy, IT is a great place to be. But the workload can quickly become overwhelming, and it may often feel like you and your team are putting out fires and not productively working on other tasks that move the needle for your team or company. The trick is managing your team’s time effectively so the excessive pile of work gets done. These four time management strategies can help. Let’s get started.

LaunchDarkly Improves Incident Response with FireHydrant

Headquartered in Oakland, California, LaunchDarkly is a feature management platform that empowers all teams to safely deliver and control software through feature flags. By separating code deployments from feature releases, LaunchDarkly enables teams to deploy faster, reduce risk, and iterate continuously. Over 1000 organizations use LaunchDarkly to build, operate, and learn from their software.