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5 Best RMM Software Tools to Use in 2022

As the world has shifted towards remote work in the wake of Covid-19, the need for remote management and monitoring tools has increased. Managed service providers (MSPs) use RMMs to provide off-site, automated and streamlined support to their clients for their IT needs. Having an efficient RMM can reduce workload and give MSPs a competitive edge over adversaries. So let’s take a more detailed look at what an RMM software can do and then a look at the best RMM software tools for MSPs in 2022.

mooving To...Stability

Join seasoned veteran, Jeff Atwood (yes, that Jeff Atwood of Stack Overflow and Discourse) as he discusses the role of catastrophic failure in software design. Users of modern apps require as close to 100% uptime as possible, which also means they require quick results. When these expectations aren't met, we need to learn from them to create better design. But what if your fault tolerance design ends up being the cause of your issues? Sean Molloy, and BJ Maldonado talk with Jeff about how you can learn from failure to improve your software.

New Year, New Features in Artifactory

Let’s start 2022 off the right with new features and updates that will extend JFrog Artifactory’s power and reach in addressing challenges with managing your binaries from development to production. Join JFrog’s Irena Guy Product Manager, Evgeny Karasik Senior Product Manager, Ben Ifrach Product Manager, and Eyal Ben Moshe Development Manager, Ecosystem. In this session, you'll learn about the new updates.

What to Know About Azure SQL Database Serverless Compute Tier

Over the past several years, I've helped numerous customers migrate SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL, including Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure SQL Virtual Machines. In this article, I'll explain some of the challenges of optimizing the compute cost for an Azure SQL Database deployment and review how the serverless compute tier can greatly simplify it.

CVE-2021-44521 - Exploiting Apache Cassandra User-Defined Functions for Remote Code Execution

JFrog’s Security Research team recently disclosed an RCE (remote code execution) issue in Apache Cassandra, which has been assigned to CVE-2021-44521 (CVSS 8.4). This Apache security vulnerability is easy to exploit and has the potential to wreak havoc on systems, but luckily only manifests in non-default configurations of Cassandra.

8 Issues With AWS Tags And How To Overcome Them For Good

AWS resource tagging is fundamental for effective cloud cost management. By creating and allocating cost-related tags in AWS, you can organize and manage your resources according to keys and values that make sense to you. This helps you better understand your cloud costs and manage your spending. But proper tagging isn't easy. While AWS provides several useful resources, you may still run into some issues that require more involved solutions.