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Best Practices for Using JIT Access as Part of Developer Observability

JIT Access, sometimes referred to as just-in-time provisioning or just-in-time privileged access management (JIT PAM), is a security strategy that grants users access privileges for limited time periods. Access is granted on an “as-needed” basis. For example, if a developer requires access to a specific platform for a week or as part of an on-call access to production duty, a JIT Access system can provide that access and automatically revoke it after the time period ends.

Celebrating Nexthink's Leadership in Gartner's First Magic Quadrant on DEX

In any significant journey, there are milestones that prompt reflection—moments that make you pause and consider how far you've come and where you began. This week, the release of Gartner’s first-ever Magic Quadrant for Digital Employee Experience Tools, naming Nexthink as a Leader, is one such moment for all of us here.

Effective Release Management in DevOps: Best Practices & Tools

Release management is critical in software development, guiding how new features, updates, and bug fixes move from development teams through various stages of testing and deployment into production. In a DevOps framework, release management isn’t just about deploying code—it’s about ensuring reliable, timely, and stable software releases that meet business goals and satisfy end-users.

Server-side JavaScript logging

In web application development, server-side logging is an important concept to get right. Great server logging helps developers quickly fix bugs and tends to enhance an application's overall reliability. This contributes to application observability, something that software teams are often working to improve. JavaScript logging is a crucial component of modern web application development and enables developers to create more reliable and secure applications.

AWS Vs. Azure Vs. Google Cloud: Which Is Right For Your Organization?

Here is the thing. You don’t need more than one cloud service provider unless you are considering a multi-cloud strategy. And even if you plan to work with all three cloud vendors, you’ll want to know which one is right for specific services. To help you decide, we’ll share the strengths, pricing, and other differences between Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) below. Let’s start from the very beginning.

Browser Automation: A Primer For Beginners

Browser automation refers to the process of automating the control of a web browser to perform tasks such as interacting with websites, filling out forms, and most importantly, extracting data. This article serves as a guide for those starting with browser automation, highlighting its components, the advantages of using cloud-based browsers, and the challenges that modern web security poses.

The Importance of Social Media Monitoring: Strategies, Benefits, and Best Practices

Customers often refer to your brand using variations of your name, specific products, and hashtags, rather than just your official handle. Tracking these mentions across numerous conversations on multiple social channels can be incredibly time-consuming. However, effectively leveraging social media requires managing these mentions. If you find yourself spending more time on complex manual searches for brand mentions than engaging with customers, you need a social media monitoring strategy.

Roommate Finders: The Future of Roommate Living

In an era where technology continues to reshape every aspect of our lives, the way we find and choose our roommates is no exception. Gone are the days when people had to rely on word-of-mouth, bulletin board ads, or awkward interviews with strangers who responded to a newspaper listing. Today, online roommate finders like SpareRoom have revolutionized the roommate living landscape, offering a streamlined, safe, and efficient way to connect with compatible living partners. Let's explore how these platforms are changing the game and what the future of roommate living might look like.

How to Build a Proactive Security Strategy Using Threat Intelligence

Proactive and reactive cybersecurity methods work hand in hand to shield your organization from various threat actors. Both protect your sensitive information from malicious parties. However, you must pay extra attention to your proactive security strategy. The devil you don't know is more dangerous than the devil you know. Concentrating on discovering unknown threats and stopping attacks before they happen can spare you from potentially eye-watering data breaches. To ensure your proactive cybersecurity strategy works like a charm, maximize threat intelligence.

Realistic Strategies for FinOps Driven K8s Optimization

Reduce node counts to drive down infrastructure costs (on-prem and in the cloud). Get an overview of common issues that drive excess cost and understanding the 3 core strategies for tackling them. Done right, you can reduce node counts, which in turn impacts infrastructure cost and potentially reduces expensive software licenses such as OpenShift. In this 20-min session we cover the 3 core strategies.