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5 reasons why observability and security work well together

Site reliability engineers (SREs) and security analysts — despite having very different roles — share a lot of the same goals. They both employ proactive monitoring and incident response strategies to identify and address potential issues before they become service impacting. They also both prioritize organizational stability and resilience, aiming to minimize downtime and disruptions.

DCW 2024: DCIM Reinvented. Is it Ready for its iPhone Moment?

Jad will dig into the current hiccups and the huge potential of DCIM, and share how AI, AR, digital twin, and IoT could completely transform how data centers operate by ramping up efficiency and getting ahead of trends. Find out how your organization can be at the forefront of this shift. This interactive session is designed as a collaborative discussion with stories from the frontline and a Q&A session. The key takeaways you can expect from this session: Click here for more information.

Software quality metrics developers should track (and how to do it)

It's been a decade since Marc Andreessen declared that software is eating the world, and it is still hungry. Customers expect software solutions for every need, driving digital transformation in every analogue industry. Software quality is now fundamental to company reputation, directly affecting customer satisfaction, brand and overall business success.

The "Big 5" of Azure Infrastructure Optimization

Developing a successful Azure cloud operations (CloudOps) practice is the key to unlocking the full benefits of Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. But Azure users often struggle to take full advantage of Azure’s benefits once they’ve made the move to the cloud. While it might be easy to build infrastructure inside of Azure and start spending money, ensuring your cloud infrastructure continues to support your organization’s business objectives as you scale is hard work.

360° Observability: Enhancing Reliability Across the Board

As a manager, figuring out how to talk to your engineering teams about building a strong observability strategy can feel overwhelming. But don't worry! This post will help you navigate the challenges to unlock the full power of observability in your IT environment. Drawing on insights from over 40 discussions with larger enterprises, we've put together a strategy assessment that examines three key focus areas — what we’re calling aspects — each encompassing three actionable steps.

The truth about cloud data egress fees: They're not going away yet

It’s well understood that getting data into the cloud costs nothing. Depending on the route you take to engage with a cloud provider, there are dozens of free credits, allowances, and trial offers designed to make it easy to store your data with them. Getting your data out of the cloud is an entirely different matter. And not just when we’re talking about permanent extraction and closing accounts.

Sync Data from InfluxDB v2 to v3 With the Quix Template

If you’re an InfluxDB v2 user looking to use InfluxDB v3, you might be wondering how you can migrate data. We are still developing migration tooling. In the meantime, you can use the Quix Template to sync data from InfluxDB v2 to InfluxDB v3. Quix is a complete solution for building, deploying, and monitoring real-time applications and streaming data pipelines using Python abstracted over Kafka with DataFrames.

An MSP's Guide to Navigating Google and Yahoo's 2023 Email Changes

For MSPs wanting to market their businesses, understanding the shifting terrain of email deliverability is crucial. In the aftermath of Google and Yahoo’s fall 2023 updates, the effectiveness of email communication has been significantly impacted. In this blog I want to look at some actionable strategies you can implement to ensure your messages still reach their intended recipients.

Finding the Sweet Spot Between Innovation and Optimization

Balancing growth and performance optimization is a constant tension in all aspects of business. This is particularly true in DevOps, where there’s a drive to release more features faster to out-pace the competition and a need to stabilize and optimize existing system performance to deliver the best user experience. Yet most DevOps budgets and resources are shrinking. With each release, teams are forced to make difficult trade-off decisions.