One of our customers came to us asking for a way to easily log tickets created during the night shifts in order to allow team members to be up to date on any nightly occurrences even when the On-Call staff hadn’t been at the office yet. Our initial suggestion was to just send a broadcast message to the team members inboxes but due to concerns that such a setup would just add clutter we investigated alternate ways of providing this functionality.

This post by Manca Bizjak of XLAB Steampunk was originally published on the Ansible blog. In Getting Started With Ansible Content Collections, which presented the general idea behind what is becoming a new standard in the distribution of Ansible content, we learned about the what, the why and the how of Ansible Collections (and hopefully it got you excited about Ansible Collections!).

Hidden among your normal, everyday logs are any number of unexpected events and anomalies. These events can provide key insights when troubleshooting problems, tracing transactions, or monitoring performance and behavior. However, finding them can be challenging, especially if you’re unsure of what, or how, to look for them. Searching for unexpected events involves more than just searching for keywords like “error” or “critical”.

NiCE IT Management Solutions is proud to serve global key-players in advanced Microsoft Office 365 performance and health monitoring. Read the latest customer reference on how the NiCE Active 365 Management Pack is enabling an Investment Bank to stay on top of Microsoft Office 365 monitoring operations.

We are delighted to share that market research and advisory firm, IDC, has recognized Zoho/ManageEngine in the following three IDC MarketScape reports: Zoho/ManageEngine has also been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape. In these reports, the IDC MarketScape identified 18 providers and evaluated them in the capabilities, strategy, and market presence.

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we discuss the escalating significance of AI and machine learning in IT security space.

It’s 3 a.m. and you’re up again tossing and turning, a stampede of wild thoughts running through your head about your latest work issue. Maybe it’s a project gone south, a recurring problem rearing its head again, or a difficult relationship with a coworker. Get stories like this in your inbox Either way, it’s up to you to calm your mind, talk yourself through your worries, and get a good night’s sleep.

Looking back over 2019 it's been a huge time of change for us as a company. When I co-founded Civo four years ago we were aiming to be an IaaS (Infrastructure-As-A-Service) provider, focusing on small developers and teams rather than huge corporate hosting requirements. The developer experience was really important to us, but trying to carve out a niche in such a crowded market was really challenging.

I wrote a blog article back in 2017—Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 – the Old Battle of VDI Versus RDSH—wherein I discussed in depth the relationship between Windows 10 as a client OS and Windows Server with the Remote Desktop Session Host role installed. Since virtual desktops became a thing, this debate has continued pretty much in the form that I laid out there.

Today’s workforce is rapidly experiencing a cultural revolution. As businesses continue to adopt IT for their core operations and processes, it is more important than ever for IT applications to be reliable and to deliver great performance. Poor application performance results in a loss in business productivity, which in turn has a direct impact on revenues, affects customer satisfaction and tarnishes brand reputation.