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Where does Jackpocket take DORA metrics from here?

Where does Jackpocket take DORA metrics from here? Find out how Sleuth filled a software development hole to help Jacpocket put what they learned from the "Accelerate" book into practice. Give Sleuth a try and see how we empower software teams to build faster by making engineering efficiency easy to improve and measurable — in a way that both managers and developers love.

Mattermost-JumpCloud Integration: A Step-by-Step Guide to SAML Authentication

Are you a Mattermost administrator looking to integrate JumpCloud as your SAML provider? Navigating this process can seem daunting, but not to worry: We've got you covered. This detailed, step-by-step guide (just under 9 minutes) will walk you through the intricacies of configuring JumpCloud as a SAML provider for Mattermost. This tutorial was created to simplify the process and ensure your success in the integration. We've identified and addressed the common challenges that many Mattermost admins face with JumpCloud-SAML integration.

Build vs buy: Choosing the right CI/CD solution for your team

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) has become an essential part of modern software development, allowing teams to deliver high-quality code at a faster pace. Teams can either build or buy their CI/CD system. In this blog post, we will compare both options - exploring the advantages and disadvantages of each - and why CircleCI may be the better choice.

Best Practices for Monitoring Kubernetes with Grafana

There are tons of tools to choose from when it comes to visualizing data, but Grafana has become one of the best ways for organizations to visualize information and get notified about events happening within their infrastructure or data. According to Kubernetes: In this article, we will take a look at the best practices for monitoring Kubernetes using Grafana.

Thank you, sysadmins, as always!

Happy World Sysadmin Day 2023 Sysadmins are often the last resort when your office system crashes or when the network slows to a trickle. Every July, on the last Friday, professionals worldwide express their gratitude and celebrate our IT heroes, our sysadmins. On July 28, 2023, we thank sysadmins for what they do best: monitoring our IT systems and ensuring they are constantly up, fast, and secure.

Continuous Observability: Shedding Light on CI/CD Pipelines

DevOps is not just about operating software in production, but also releasing that software to production. Well-functioning continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines are critical for the business, and this calls for quality observability to ensure that Lead Time for Changes is kept short and that broken and flaky pipelines are quickly identified and remediated.

Partnership at the edge: selecting the right colocation provider

Long before a business addresses ‘who’ it will choose to deliver the benefits of colocation, it needs to understand ‘why’. This is especially important if that decision is being made in the context of a choice between edge architectures, or alternatives such as hyper-scale cloud. Typically, the main order of motivation is performance, cost and control.

Exciting Times for Monitoring as Code: A Nod from TWO Gartner Hype Cycles

Earlier this week we shared some exciting news. Checkly has made its mark in not one, but two Gartner Hype Cycles reports. We're being recognized for something we're super passionate about - Monitoring as Code (MaC). This recognition comes in the Hype Cycle for Monitoring and Observability and the first ever Hype Cycle for Site Reliability Engineering. It's a big deal for us, and here's why it should matter to you, too.