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Why Serverless Apps Fail and How to Design Resilient Architectures

We’ve been monitoring 100,000’s of serverless backend components for 2+ years at Dashbird. In our experience, Serverless infrastructure failures boil down to: These isolated faults become causes of failure due to dependencies in our cloud architectures (ref. Difference of Fault vs. Failure). If a serverless Lambda function relies on a database that is under stress, the entire API may start returning 5XX errors.

Complexity Debt: The Hidden Wrench In Enterprise Modernization

There is a dark side to digital transformation, but nobody wants to talk about it. I previously wrote about technical debt. But there’s also complexity debt. When a CIO decides to delay modernizing or upgrading systems, there are usually budget considerations and skills gaps that stand in the way. The IT leader’s job is one of continual evaluation of risk and opportunity amid rapid technology disruption.

Which is better to Create Web Apps: Laravel or CakePHP?

Laravel development services have been growing in popularity, with the Laravel framework often being compared to CakePHP. This article will show how to choose the best framework to meet specific business or solution requirements in the most effective way. Laravel and CakePHP are both very popular PHP frameworks. PHP is often used for creating dynamic websites or building high-end apps. PHP frameworks make it possible to create affordable websites with impressive UI/UX.

10 Most Common Mistakes to Avoid Before Starting Your Website

When it comes to building a website, there is so much to think about. And in this case, you can certainly learn from the mistakes of others. So, what are the common mistakes when planning a website, and how can you play it safe? Having analyzed dozens of websites, we've come up with ten most common mistakes to avoid before starting your website. Make sure to tune in, and let's get started.

Apache Arrow, Parquet, Flight and their ecosystem are a game changer for OLAP

Apache Arrow, a specification for an in memory columnar data format, and associated projects: Parquet for compressed on disk data, Flight for highly efficient RPC, and other projects for in-memory query processing will likely shape the future of OLAP and data warehousing systems. This will mostly be driven by the promise of interoperability between projects, paired with massive performance gains for pushing and pulling data in and out of big data systems.

Using observability tools to set SLOs for Kubernetes Applications

You deployed a service to your Kubernetes cluster. How do you it is working as expected? In this blog, Gigi Sayfan, author of “Mastering Kubernetes” talks about Kubernetes observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana and Jaeger, how to utilize them to set proper SLOs and make sure the service meets its objectives.

New AppSignal Feature: Graph Builder

Dashboards should be easy to build and provide powerful insights. Our magic dashboards are already created automatically, so you don’t have to spend any time setting up these dashboards yourself. Many developers started tracking custom metrics that were unique to their applications. From these metrics, you can create custom dashboards and add triggers to get notified if values go outside of your desired range.

Impact of COVID 19 on IT Infrastructure & Shift in Priorities

So many aspects of our business & lives are under pressure right now due to the global pandemic. In the middle of all this, IT infrastructure still remains the backbone of the smooth business operations. Motadata is committed to helping individuals like you & your organization to get through these tough times. We are in this together. We can do this together. People in IT are always busy. Now your firefighters are working from home, you would not want to bother them for redundant tasks.

Intelligently Monitor Your Work From Home Infrastructure for Business Continuity

Working remotely is becoming the norm for more and more businesses. Many companies have offices spread throughout the world, decentralized employees or contractors, or they simply have a flexible work from home (WFH) policy. Remote work is an aspect of digital transformation that is often left out of conversations when it comes to ensuring business continuity and driving growth.

How to visualize free disk space available in Azure via Microsoft and 3rd party technologies

We are delighted to have a guest blog from Cameron Fuller, System Center MVP for Cloud and Datacenter Management, Solution Director for Catapult Systems and automation evangelist. Today, Cameron shares how we can visualize free disk space in Azure using Microsoft tools and third party solutions. Scroll down to final section to see what he's got to say about SquaredUp!