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Platform Engineering Is the Future of Ops

Ops and DevOps roles as we know them are on their way to becoming extinct—the future is platform engineering. While DevOps engineers typically focus on the application layer, platform engineers focus on the underlying infrastructure layer. Without a solid and reliable platform, it can be challenging to deploy and maintain software applications effectively. This can result in downtime, poor performance, and security vulnerabilities. Platform engineering enables software applications and services to run effectively and efficiently and has a direct impact on the user experience and the success of the entire organization.

Avoid Downtime with Azure VM Disk Space Alerts: Best Practices

The emergence of cloud computing has led to the rise of independently deployable components that increase the availability of the application. As many organizations move their infrastructure to the cloud, it becomes essential for them to have an Azure VM monitoring tool to process, store, scale, and maintain their applications.

Avoid kubernetes security risks with hardening best practices

Hardening a system is synonymous with reducing its attack surface: remove unnecessary software packages, lock down default values to the tightest possible settings and configure the system to only run what you explicitly require. Why would you want to harden your infrastructure and systems to start with? Isn’t Linux secure enough already? A fully secure system is made up of many layers, from the hardware to the operating system and the application servers running your mission-critical code.

Cloud Storage Cost Calculator

The rapid advancement of cloud storage technology has revolutionized how businesses and individuals store and access data. With the proliferation of cloud storage services, understanding the cost implications has become increasingly important. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the key factors that impact cloud storage costs, focusing on three major providers: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Monitoring RabbitMQ performance with Datadog

In Part 2 of this series, we’ve seen how RabbitMQ ships with tools for monitoring different aspects of your application: how your queues handle message traffic, how your nodes consume memory, whether your consumers are operational, and so on. While RabbitMQ plugins and built-in tools give you a view of your messaging setup in isolation, RabbitMQ weaves through the very design of your applications.

Top DevOps Certifications to Earn in 2023

DevOps teams combine development and operations to boost productivity at work. For this to happen, the professionals must possess the right skills, knowledge of the right tools and the DevOps mindset. This makes it an interesting department to work in as, over time, you’ll be able to build a portfolio of soft and hard skills that will be useful in different spaces.

What is cloud repatriation?

Cloud repatriation is undoubtedly one of the hottest trends in the cloud infrastructure space as of 2023. It enables organisations to regain control of their cloud spend, workloads and data. According to a report on cloud repatriation by 451 Research group, 48% of IT decision makers confirmed that they had moved their applications away from hyperscalers to other venues in 2021.