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Three Ways to Maintain IT Productivity During Difficult Times

As IT leaders, we are facing an era of unprecedented events. Not only are IT teams still adapting to working and living from home — with many companies now announcing their support for a remote workforce indefinitely — but they’re also facing a novel combination of heightened external pressures from family, friends and colleagues.

Adaptable Incident Response With Splunk Phantom Modular Workbooks

Splunk Phantom is a security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) technology that lets customers automate repetitive security tasks, accelerate alert triage, and improve SOC efficiency. Case management features are also built into Phantom, including “workbooks,” that allow you to codify your security standard operating procedures into reusable templates.

The Complete AWS Lambda Handbook for Beginners (Part 1)

Welcome to the Serverless world. One of the first things you’ll hear about is AWS Lambda - and you’ll continue to keep hearing about it! While architecture can be serverless without Lambdas involved, it’s very often the key component within a serverless application. In the first post of this 3-part AWS Lambda Handbook series, we run through what is AWS Lambda, dialling back to basics with the various terminology, how to create a Lambda function and how to run it.

Virtana Offers Cost-Effective, Plug-and-Play Alternative as NetApp Sunsets OCI Monitoring and Optimization Platform

San Jose, CA, September 15, 2020 —OnCommand Insight (OCI) users worried about ongoing support, updates, and upgrades for NetApp’s legacy tool now have an alternative platform to migrate to that is operational in 250+ of the largest enterprises as a future-proofing multi-cloud solution, proven to avoid disruption. OCI users can immediately transition to VirtualWisdom by Virtana with plug-and-play ease and financial incentives.

Repository Webhooks: Notifications for DevOps

Webhooks, so what are they good for? Well, quite a lot as it turns out! Webhooks are great for integrating Cloudsmith with other systems that you use, by sending data or notifications to other tools in your stack and helping to enable automation across your workflows. I know what you’re thinking, this sounds a lot like an API right? Well, not quite. Webhooks are almost like a sibling of an API call. So, what’s the real difference?

An Introduction to Testing Robot Code

The myriad of different fields that make up robotics makes QA practices difficult to settle on. Field testing is the go-to, since a functioning robot is often proof enough that a system is working. But online tests are slow. The physical environment must be set up. The entire system has to be in a workable state. Multiple runs are needed to build confidence. This grinds development to a halt.

7 Best Software Options for Managing Customers

All businesses have some key goals in common: they must be able to help their clients and to generate profits by helping them. However, even if you do your best to focus on your customers’ needs and wishes, it can be easy to prioritize your business goals instead. The thing is that tracking your communication with customers can be very difficult. This is one of the main reasons why organizations need to have effective client management.

Webinar Highlights: How Texas Instruments Uses InfluxDB

It’s back to school season, and oftentimes, that means people are purchasing TI-84 calculators for their kids. But did you know that Texas Instruments makes so much more than calculators? 😁 Michael Hinkle, a Probe Engineering and Manufacturing Supervisor at Texas Instruments, recently presented on “How Texas Instruments Uses InfluxDB to Upload Product Standards and to Improve Efficiencies”.

The State of Robotics - August 2020

So that’s the summer gone (hopefully, that heat was awful). Or winter if that’s where you are. Seasons change and so does the state of robotics. Fortunately, that’s what we’re here for. Before we get into it, as ever, If you’re working on any robotics projects that you’d like us to talk about, be sure to get in touch.

Network Monitoring: More Dashboards Lead to More Clutter. Here is What the Experts Do.

Cloud and digital transformation have made business operations more efficient than ever. However, with more connected tools, devices, and platforms, monitoring has become a major challenge for IT professionals. Here is a simple analogy – imagine, you are the captain of a ship with thousands of passengers. The entire ship’s control rests in your hands. To better understand what is going on in your ship, you have installed various tools.