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Building an economy on sustainability and innovation: the scale-up solution

Economically speaking, scale-ups deliver far greater value than their size suggests. Whilst they make up just 1% of SME firms, the ‘sub-sector’ accounts for 8% of SME employment and 22% of SME turnover. Nearly 1 million people are employed in scale-up companies and these businesses have a combined turnover of almost £500 billion. Scotland has just over 2,100 scale-ups, with a pipeline of another 1,000. The current turnover of these organisations totals just over £41bn.

What is a Log File? Types Explained with Examples

If you’ve ever spent hours trying to figure out what went wrong in your code, you know how frustrating it can be without a clear trail to follow. Logs give you that trail, showing the steps your system took before something broke. Think of stack traces, they’re helpful for showing you where an error occurred. But they don’t always explain how it occurred. That’s where logs come into place.

From Runbook to Service Orchestration & Automation: The Next Level of Operational Efficiency

Given the sophisticated nature of modern IT, today’s operations teams require more than simple step-by-step instructions—they need intelligent automation that boosts efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility throughout the organization. Runbook automation transforms traditional, manual processes into automated workflows, empowering operators to execute complex, multi-step tasks quickly and reliably.

Speed Up Async Developer Collaboration

When devs work async, dependency management can make or break your project. The key? Give your team the freedom to work in parallel streams. In this GitKon Rewind session, Joyce Lin & Ron Northcutt discuss how teams can keep things moving forward by decoupling tasks and using clear API connections. Discover new insights into dev-to-dev collaboration at - register today at GitKon.com.

AWS Biggest Customers In 2024 And How Enterprise Businesses Use AWS

In June 2024, Amazon hit an astounding $2 trillion valuation, joining the elite ranks of companies like Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia. This growth was largely driven by the success of its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), which holds one-third of the global cloud market share. That equals the combined market share of Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud! But who are AWS’s biggest contributors to this success?

Introducing Codefresh Steps for Octopus Deploy

We’re excited to announce the first set of official Codefresh steps for Octopus Deploy. This provides another way to streamline your processes by integrating your Codefresh builds with deployments in Octopus Deploy. In this post, we walk you through the process of creating a release and deploying it to an Octopus environment through Codefresh Pipelines.

GitLens 16: Evolving the Developer Experience with New Home View, Smart Workflows, and Enhanced Git Navigation

Hey developers! We’re excited to announce GitLens 16, our most significant update yet to enhance how developers work with Git in VS Code. Over 35 million developers around the world rely on GitLens for its seamless integration with VS Code, providing powerful Git visualizations like inline blame annotations, the Commit Graph, and Launchpad. GitLens continues to improve essential Git workflows, saving developers time and enhancing their coding experience within VS Code.

Linux Security: Keeping Linux Machines Secure with Less Tinkering

Every operating system has its quirks, and Linux security is no different. Whether you’re on Team Penguin or running mostly Windows boxes (or a bit of both), you’ll need to take different steps to manage security on different OSes. Like any OS, Linux security comes with its own peculiarities, pitfalls, and best practices.