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Platform Engineering: The Bedrock of Modern Development with Eddie Wassef

Join Eddie Wassef, VP and Chief Architect at Vonage, as he takes you through his journey from the early days of software development to the forefront of platform engineering. Eddie discusses the evolution of software, the impact of open-source, and how modern developers can build efficiently. Perfect for tech enthusiasts, developers, and anyone interested in the history and future of software.

How to Find Opportunities and Thrive in a Saturated Managed Services Market

According to the TSIA ‘State of Managed Services 2023 Report’, managed services was cited as one of the top three growth engines for the technology industry, with a revenue growth rate that was up 23% from 2022. And according to businesswire.com, the global managed services market is expected to reach $311 Billion by 2027.

What is UDP Packet Loss & How to Monitor It

Have you ever found yourself scratching your head over UDP packet loss? You're not alone. UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a go-to for streaming, gaming, and VoIP, but when packets start going AWOL, it can spell trouble for your network's performance. Imagine you're in the middle of an important VoIP call, a critical online gaming session, or a live video stream, and suddenly things get choppy or laggy—that's UDP packet loss rearing its ugly head.

VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection: What's New in H1 2024?

With this blog post, we are excited to introduce a quarterly “What’s New” series to inform a broader audience about the latest features and improvements made to VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection (or simply vmanomaly). This first post will cover both Q1 and Q2 of 2024. Stay tuned for the next content on anomaly detection.

Explore Logs - A new queryless experience for Loki | Grafana

Mat Ryer takes you through the new way to explore your logs using a queryless, click-based user experience for Grafana Loki. Grafana Cloud is the easiest way to get started with Grafana dashboards, metrics, logs, and traces. Our forever-free tier includes access to 10k metrics, 50GB logs, 50GB traces and more. We also have plans for every use case.

How Data Profiling Can Reduce Burnout

One of the most common sentiments across the industry, let alone this world, is burnout. Burnout is prevalent, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates it costs the global economy $1 trillion dollars a year. A Gallup poll equated that to $3,400 lost for every $10,000 of salary due to lack of productivity. This problem isn’t ending anytime soon either, with the global Cybersecurity industry alone having a talent shortage of 4 Million people.

The Impact of On-Call on Mental Health

Lately, I have been thinking about the mental health effects that stem from working in the cybersecurity industry. And in my research, I came across an Afternoon Cyber Tea podcast that sparked my interest. During their talk, host Ann Johnson and Dr. Ryan Louie, MD, PhD, dissect parallels between those who work in cybersecurity and those who work in healthcare, and uncover how these types of jobs affect mental health.

GEO vs SEO - What to Know

Since the landmark rollout of Chat GPT by Open AI in fall of 2022, SEO professionals have been doing their best to make sense of the future of search. The content generating capabilities of AI-powered engines offered a variety of immediate questions for SEO pros: The questions only multiplied when Google rolled out the news that generative AI search results would become a normal part of search in spring of 2024.