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How a simple metric drives reliability culture at Slack

How do you track reliability in an organization with hundreds of engineers, dozens of daily production changes, and over 32 million monthly users? Even more, how do you do this in a way that's simple, presentable to executives, and doesn't dump a ton of extra work on to engineers' plates? Slack recently wrote about how they created the Service Delivery Index for Reliability (SDI-R), a simple yet comprehensive metric that became the basis for many of their reliability and performance indicators.

Automate Agent installation with the Datadog Ansible collection

Ansible is a configuration management tool that helps you automatically deploy, manage, and configure software on your hosts. By turning manual workflows into automated processes, you can quicken your deployment lifecycle and ensure that all hosts are equipped with the proper configurations and tools. The Datadog collection is now available in both Ansible Galaxy and Ansible Automation Hub.

Securing Open Source Dependencies on Public Cloud

Aaron Whitehouse, Senior Director of Public Cloud Enablement at Canonical, explains why you need to be thinking about open source dependencies in your software pipelines. He covers three main areas of software dependency management: ESM is part of Canonical's Ubuntu Pro offering and gives developers access to approximately 30,000 packages that they can build on, confident in the knowledge that Canonical will patch high and critical vulnerabilities for up to 10 years while preserving API stability -- regardless of the upstream project's support lifecycle.

How to Build an Internal Developer Platform: Everything You Need to Know

Enter into the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) world, a game-changing solution that empowers development teams to streamline workflows, optimize resource management, and enhance productivity. This article is your comprehensive guide to building an Internal Developer Platform, demystifying its components, benefits, and best practices.

What is Graphite Monitoring?

Today we are going to touch up on the topic of why Graphite monitoring is essential. In today’s current climate of extreme competition, service reliability is crucial to the success of a business. Any downtime or degraded user experience is simply not an option as dissatisfied customers will jump ship in an instant. Operations teams must be able to monitor their systems organically, paying particular attention to Service Level Indicators (SLIs) pertaining to the availability of the system.

The Role and Responsibilities of a Data Center Technician

A data center technician holds the responsibility of installing, maintaining, and monitoring the equipment and systems within a data center. They ensure the proper functioning and updated status of both hardware and software, playing a vital role in safeguarding data security and availability.