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Priority-Based Escalation Policies: Because Not All Notifications Burn the Same

Let's face it – not all notifications are created equal. That paper cut of a CSS bug probably doesn't need the same response as your production database doing its best impression of a black hole. Today, we're thrilled to announce Priority-Based Escalation Policies, a powerful new way to ensure your team's response matches the notification severity.

Proactive Monitoring: How Engineers Use CloudWatch to Save Customers Money

At MetricFire, we love talking with engineers about their tech stacks, SRE challenges, and how they approach infrastructure monitoring. Recently, we had a great chat with Yoimer Roman from a Latin American cloud consulting company, that helps clients make smarter business decisions by leveraging AWS CloudWatch monitoring. Yoimer wears many hats: mentoring his team on all things AWS, designing custom cloud environments, and bridging the gap between technical challenges and non-technical stakeholders.

Accelerating AI with open source machine learning infrastructure

The landscape of artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving, demanding robust and scalable infrastructure. To meet these challenges, we’ve developed a comprehensive reference architecture (RA) that leverages the power of open-source tools and cutting-edge hardware.

Anbox Cloud 1.25.0: new features, improvements and updates

In this video, Anbox team covers new features and changes in Anbox Cloud 1.25.0 release: What is Anbox Cloud? Anbox Cloud lets you run virtualized Android environments securely, at any scale, to any device letting you focus on your use case. Run Android in system containers, not emulators, on AWS, OCI, Azure, GCP or your private cloud with ultra low streaming latency. Chapters for Easy Navigation.

Demo Roundups! Zero Trust Security + Runbook Automation

The shift to zero trust security requires a model that is identity-based, centrally managed, widely encrypted, and always authenticated and authorized. PagerDuty Runbook Automation enables users to automate, orchestrate, and accelerate issue resolution with best practice security guardrails, reducing human error and saving time. Host: Sid Verma (Senior Developer Advocate at PagerDuty) Guests: Christopher Hills (Chief Security Strategist at BeyondTrust); Jake Cohen (Senior Product Manager at PagerDuty)

Set App Time Limits for Kids (No Parent's End Install!) | AirDroid Parental Control Web Guide

Key Features Covered: Easy Setup – Pair devices remotely and customize schedules in minutes. Block Apps/Categories during specific hours or set daily screen time limits. Instant Notifications when your child requests extra usage time, approve/deny effortlessly. Say goodbye to digital addiction and hello to balanced screen time! Perfect for busy parents who want to protect their kids while respecting their independence.

How we implemented a release/promotion workflow with a single approval, using Kosli

A feature we often get asked about at Kosli is whether we can help support a release/promotion workflow: a workflow that deploys a known set of Artifacts from one runtime environment (eg beta/staging) into another runtime environment (eg production), typically in parallel. The simple answer is we can help, and in this blog we show the release workflow in the Kosli cyber-dojo demo project (an open sourced application for practising TDD from your browser).

2025 OneDrive Licensing Changes

Microsoft recently announced significant changes to its OneDrive licensing and storage policies, affecting organizations that heavily rely on cloud storage solutions. Starting January 27, 2025, unlicensed OneDrive accounts—those without assigned user licenses—will be automatically archived after 93 days, rendering them inaccessible unless covered by retention policies or legal holds.

Q&A with Waseem Aslam, Pulsant Data Centre Manager

With ten years at Pulsant, Waseem Aslam, Data Centre Manager, has climbed the ranks from engineer to leader, embracing challenges and innovation along the way. In this Q&A, he shares insights into his journey, the supportive Pulsant culture that kept him motivated, and the opportunities that have shaped his career.