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Reporting Incident Using Webforms I Creating Alerts from Outside the Squadcast Ecosystem I Squadcast

Webforms can help stakeholders & the customers of an organization easily report issues. This video explains how users from outside the Squadcast ecosystem can report incidents by filling out a simple form and extend customer support by empowering internal stakeholders and customers to report issues on the go.

The Ultimate Planning Checklist for Migrating Azure VMs to VMware

Migrating virtual machines from Microsoft Azure to VMware can be a complex and time-consuming process. But with the right planning and preparation, it can be a smooth and stress-free transition. In this blog post, we will be providing you with a comprehensive planning checklist to help guide you through the process of migrating Azure VMs to VMware. And with Carbon – the automated migration software – you can simplify and streamline the process even further.

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Testing Kubernetes Ingress with Production Traffic

Testing Kubernetes Ingress resources can be tricky, and can lead to frustration when bugs pop up in production that weren't caught during testing. This can happen for a variety of reasons, but with Ingress specifically, it often has to do with a misalignment between the data used in testing and the traffic generated in production. Tools like Postman can be a great way of generating traffic, but they have the drawback of being manually created. Not only is this unlikely to create all the needed variations for a single endpoint (different headers, different request bodies, etc.), it would be almost impossible to create all the needed variations, for all possible endpoints.

Why Migrate Azure VMs to VMware: The Benefits

As organizations transition to the cloud, they are faced with the question of which platform is best suited to their needs. While Microsoft Azure has been a popular choice for cloud computing, many organizations are finding that VMware is a better fit for their virtualized infrastructure needs. This article will explore the reasons why you should consider migrating your Azure VMs to VMware and the benefits that come with making this transition.

Exploring Azure Kubernetes Service and its monitoring capabilities

What is Azure Kubernetes Service? Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a fully managed open-source container orchestration service offered by Azure. Provisioning, scaling, and upgrading resources can be done without causing downtime with Azure Kubernetes Service. Container orchestration in Kubernetes enables deployed application components to be isolated in distinct containers that can scale independently. A cluster made up of these containers functions as a microservices-based software product.

Cloud repatriation drivers

With the looming macroeconomic uncertainties that are affecting growth, companies are trying to control their costs by downsizing their staff and reducing their infrastructure costs. One way to reduce infrastructure costs is repatriating workloads from public clouds, which we refer to by “cloud repatriation”. According to a 2021 survey by 451 Research, 48% of respondents repatriated some of their workloads from cloud providers.

Monitor your Argo CD clusters with Datadog

Argo CD is a declarative continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes developed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Argo CD automates your application deployment by continuously monitoring the live state of your containers and comparing it against the desired state in your Kubernetes manifest files, then pulling changes into your Kubernetes clusters as needed.

Introducing Netdata Paid Subscriptions

Read more about Netdata introducing paid subscriptions. All Netdata functionality is and will be available for free forever in the Community Plan. Paid tiers include features targeted for businesses and users who would need to customise their monitoring solution with different levels of user access, other notification mechanisms, etc.

In-House IT Support vs. Outsourcing: Which Is Better for Your Business

In-House IT Support vs. Outsourcing As companies grow, their need for IT-related tasks increases. Whether the company wants to offer a new service to customers, better understand their data, or streamline in-house communication, they are presented with two options: having an in-house IT expert or outsourcing their IT support to managed service providers (MSPs). The pros and cons of each of the approaches depend on many factors.