Distributed tracing has become an essential part of any application's performance monitoring strategy. As businesses adopt distributed architectures, choosing the right tracing tool is crucial for efficient troubleshooting and performance monitoring. The two most prominent choices are AWS X-Ray and Jaeger, each offering unique features and advantages. AWS X-Ray, a managed service by Amazon, simplifies tracing for applications running on AWS.

Since the 2011 Scottish Digital Strategy, Scotland's political and economic commitment to the technology industry has been consistent and substantial. The 2020 Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review and the subsequent TechScaler startup programme are great examples of this dedication at work today. Edinburgh's vital role in these plans has been equally long-standing.

In the realm of business transactions, various documents play crucial roles in ensuring smooth operations and effective coordination. Among these essential documents are work orders and purchase orders, which often serve as the foundation for initiating and managing transactions within a company. While work orders and purchase orders might appear similar at first glance, it is imperative to grasp the distinctions between these two documents to avoid potential confusion and streamline the business process.

You want to monitor your infrastructure? Monitoring is essential to ensure system stability, security and optimal performance. Without proper monitoring, small issues can quickly escalate into major problems and affect productivity and service availability. While there is no fixed checklist for infrastructure monitoring and it depends on your setup, there are some key areas that are worth considering when building your own monitoring strategy that fits the needs of your own environment.

The difference between "Cloud Native" and "Cloud Hosted" products lies in their architecture, design philosophy, and how they leverage cloud infrastructure. Let’s break down the key distinctions.

Packages in Cloudsmith repository are so much more than just “bits on disk”, and treating them as such is really doing them a disservice!

We uncovered over $1.7 million of annualized cloud savings a few months ago. The key to getting here was understanding the whos, whats, and whys of our costs as they were. Well, that’s three things, but you get the idea. Now here’s the thing. The key to understanding your Amazon Web Services (AWS) costs is to know what you are paying for and why. To understand these two, you have first to understand what you’re paying, right?

As discussed in the first article in this series, a Center of Production Excellence (CoPE) is a more or less formal, provisional subsystem within an organization. Its purpose is to act from within to change that organization so that it’s more capable of achieving production excellence. The series has, to date, focused mainly on how best to construct such a subsystem and what activities it should pursue.

In today’s fast-paced, digitally-driven work environment, effective collaboration and content management are crucial for success. Microsoft offers two powerful tools to help you achieve these goals: Microsoft Teams and SharePoint. While both platforms are designed to enhance productivity, they serve distinct purposes. In this in-depth comparison, we’ll explore the strengths of each tool, examine real-world scenarios, and provide actionable tips to help you make informed decisions.

80% of decision-makers globally acknowledge that digital infrastructure is essential for reaching business goals. However, IT infrastructure is becoming increasingly distributed and complex. Organizations are managing hundreds—even thousands—of nodes across cloud, on-premise, and edge environments. This predicament makes effective monitoring across all systems more essential than ever.