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Introducing Rancher on NetApp HCI: Hybrid Cloud Multicluster Kubernetes Management with Push-Button Ease

If you’re like me and have been watching the odd purchasing trends due to the pandemic, you probably remember when all the hair clippers were sold out — and then flour and yeast. Most recently, you might have seen this headline: Tupperware profits and shares soar as more people are eating at home during the pandemic. Tupperware is finally having its day. But a Tupperware stacking strategy is probably not why you’re here.

Why SCOM needs SquaredUp: Performance monitoring reporting

As a SCOM admin, you’re probably heavily involved with alert analysis and performance monitoring. You probably also know then, that while SCOM is a great monitoring tool, it leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to reporting on performance monitoring. I’ve got good news for you. SquaredUp sits on top of SCOM and completely changes the game. How? Why? Read on for a comparison and break down of all the reasons you should do it with SquaredUp.

Provide instant support for employees using Virtual Agent within Microsoft Teams

Employees in an organization expect instant support and turnaround to their issues when they contact the internal helpdesk. To facilitate this, companies invest a significant amount of time and money to build and implement self-service portals. But this makes little or no impact on the self-service adoption numbers. This is because self-service portals are still external to employees. It’s difficult for employees to remember the tool or the access URL to reach out for help.

Alloy Software Wins Grand Trophy in the 10th Annual 2020 Consumer World Awards

BLOOMFIELD, N.J., November 17, 2020 (Newswire.com) – Alloy Software announced today that Consumer World Awards®, world’s top achievement awards program for the consumer industry, has named Alloy Software a Grand Trophy winner. Consumer World Awards is a premier awards program that recognizes consumer products, companies and people from all over the world.

The Technology Companies Think They Can Live Without (and Why They're Wrong)

When the value is obvious, most companies are willing to invest in tools to help employees get their job done better. But over the course of my career, I’ve noticed a few blind spots companies can’t seem to remember when writing out their tech team grocery list. These include things obvious to many, like training, antivirus for all devices, and comprehensive content management; or the more subtle ones like password managers or (yes) monitoring.

Full Steam Ahead! D2iQ Konvoy 1.6 and D2iQ Kommander 1.2 are GA!

The latest versions of Konvoy and Kommander are now available, continuing the rapid progress and relentless innovation that has characterized the D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP) from its inception. We are also updating our integrated GitOps capabilities, and streamlining their integration with DKP to improve both developer and operator experiences and remove friction from the development and deployment pipelines.

8 Tips For Server Monitoring Alerts

The last thing you want to happen is for your server to crash, so understanding alerts and knowing the next step to resolve any issues is key. As one of today’s leading network and server monitoring software, Pandora FMS wants to ensure that when it comes to your servers, you’ll have a smooth landing every time! That’s why below we’ve gathered some of the best practices for dealing with server alerts.

How we improved our Lighthouse score from 70 to 96.

We recently optimized the hell out of our Lighthouse score, and one of our landing pages went from a low 70s score to a cool 96 and above score. Below I describe what started as a quick lunch break peek into the Google Search Console. I recognized that our 'Pingdom alternative' landing page ranks surprisingly well with nearly no investment. BUT the competition was ranking even better. So, why? Common knowledge is that Google-Search is using hundreds of ranking factors.

How to deploy the Elastic Stack on Red Hat OpenShift with ECK

Managing hundreds or thousands of containers has quickly become the standard for many organizations. With infrastructures growing more complex, we want every user to find value with Elastic (regardless of where or how they operate). We created Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) — the official Operator — to simplify setup, upgrades, scaling, and more for running Elasticsearch and Kibana on Kubernetes.