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The neglected tech arctic winter - Internal SaaS expenses

The current tech winter has a number of glaring stories — cyclical as they may be, there’s one truth that’s been gleaned over more than the rest; the money spent on internal software tools to support tech infrastructure is bloated. And there’s nothing cyclical about this infrastructure spending.

What are Azure Managed Disks?

Azure Managed Disks are an essential component of the Azure cloud computing platform, offering a simple, scalable, and secure storage solution for Virtual Machines (VMs). This article provides a comprehensive analysis of Azure Managed Disks, including their types, benefits, and key factors to consider when making decisions about their usage.

Announcing HAProxy Enterprise 2.7 & HAProxy ALOHA 15

HAProxy Enterprise 2.7 and HAProxy ALOHA 15 are now available. Users of our enterprise-class software load balancer and hardware/virtual load balancer appliance who upgrade to the latest versions will benefit from all the features announced in the community version, HAProxy 2.7, plus the ability to serve applications using HTTP/3 over QUIC. If you want to start the upgrade procedure straight away, go to the upgrade instructions for HAProxy Enterprise and HAProxy ALOHA.

Best Practices for Effective Monitoring and Observability - Civo.com

In the first talk, "You're doing Observability wrong, breaking down the 3 pillars of observability," Matt Gibiec, Sr. Solutions Engineer at Dynatrace, will discuss the common misconceptions around observability and the importance of going beyond metrics, traces, and logs. He will break down the three pillars of observability and provide actionable insights into what is required to truly achieve observability in your systems.

The 7 IT Automations for Highly Effective Organizations: Resource Provisioning

There is no doubt that automation done right and applied to the right use cases can be a game changer. It can bring in efficiencies, streamline IT processes, and allow for greater visibility and governance. In this LinkedIn live, The 7 IT Automations for Highly Effective Organizations - Resource Provisioning, we explore one real world use case with our own internal subject matter experts (SMEs). Whether you are in IT operations, a network professional, or in the ITSM arm of your organization, learn how you can automate with Resolve.

How to Become a Faster and More Efficient Developer?

Nir Shtein, Software Engineer 6 min read March 30th, 2023 Komodor Tutorials As software developers, we always want to improve ourselves continuously. It can be through writing cleaner and more efficient code, using new design patterns, expanding our stack, or deep-diving into a specific technology. We strive to improve; we’re encouraged to do post-mortems with action items and to keep asking what went right and what went wrong.

What is PostgreSQL, and why do businesses need to know more about it?

For the last five years and more, there’s been an elephant in the room when it comes to the way businesses and organizations collect, manage, store and analyze data: PostgreSQL. An open source relational database that offers the kind of enterprise advantages that have already attracted businesses like Netflix, Instagram and Spotify according to the tech stack intelligence platform, StackShare.

Containerization 102 Security Optimization and Speed

We continue our series on containerization in this session, diving a bit deeper to discuss the key areas to ensure container optimization and speed, such as: What are the security ramifications of containers? How have platforms enabled the rise of containers and microservices? What challenges have been introduced by containers and platforms? What are some of the enhancements to networking, and why this improves the speed of delivery