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Why should an Enterprise Invest in Containerization of Applications Instead of Lift-and-Shift

In our series of blog posts based on Automated Containerization, here is another quick read on why Enterprises should invest in containerization of applications instead of Lift-and-Shift approach. Legacy applications can be slow and expensive to maintain. If you use the Lift-and-Shift approach to migrate applications to cloud is relatively inexpensive, but ongoing operating costs can be exactly the opposite. The contention is that applications perform and evolve relative to their environments.

Monitoring 101: Collecting the Right Data

When it comes to business, data is everything. Whether it’s sales, supply, marketing, or your I.T. systems, every day is a constant stream of decisions to be made. To make the right decisions, you need enough knowledge. To have enough knowledge, you need the right data. What’s the best way to collect all this data? In the information age, there’s so much data out there, all the time.

Upgrading Kubernetes the Easy Way with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service for vSphere

Lifecycle management is one of the most complicated components of Kubernetes. In a past article, we showed how to modify a cluster to change the type and size of its nodes. In this post, we will explain how to upgrade the Kubernetes version of a Tanzu Kubernetes cluster when there is a new release. And the best part is that it’s all done in just a few easy steps using the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service for vSphere.

Real User Monitoring vs. APM: What's the difference?

As modern development practices evolve at rapid rates we must stay focused on what makes for a great experience; fast, flawless software. In the pursuit of building fast, performant software, you’ve likely come across performance monitoring products like Real User Monitoring (RUM) and Application Performance Monitoring (APM). In this article, we go deeper into how using RUM and APM can help you and your team build better software experiences.

Telecommunications giant reveals an Active Directory server breach. What can we learn from it?

We’ve always been vocal about the imminent threat of breaches and propagated the message that irrespective of the size of your business, the industry you’re in, or your geography, you can be subject to a security breach. And unfortunately, history repeats itself often. On May 11, 2020, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT), a large telecommunications company, revealed that attackers may have stolen data from its internal systems, affecting over 600 customers.

SolarWinds Gives IT Pros New Levels of Hybrid IT Support With Enhanced IT Operations Management Portfolio

Introduces new and improved software-defined solutions support, AWS and Azure workload troubleshooting and visibility, and full-stack application and infrastructure monitoring capabilities

Google Cloud OnAir with CEO Ashar Rizqi: Benefits of Cloud Infrastructure

CEO Ashar Rizqi had the pleasure of being a guest on Google Cloud OnAir, a Google Cloud Customer Interview Series. Ashar and interviewer Jimmy Sopko discussed how Blameless has extended our runway using Google Cloud and Google Kubernetes Engine and how the team cultivates a culture of site reliability in a changing world.

How AppSignal Monitors Their Own Kafka Brokers

Today, we dip our toes into collecting custom metrics with a standalone agent. We’ll be taking our own Kafka brokers and using the StatsD protocol to get the metrics into AppSignal. This post is for those with some experience in using monitoring tools, and who want to take monitoring to every corner of their architecture, or want to add their own metrics to their monitoring setup.