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Introducing Custom Metrics

In 2024, there’s no shortage of tools to help engineering teams track team health, productivity, or efficiency. But the problem with those solutions has been two-fold. First, most only track “output” metrics, with no insight into what’s causing teams to ship slower, or resolve fewer incidents. Second, these tools lack flexibility in data inputs and metric definitions, preventing teams from building their own unique measures of excellence.

DevOps Best Practices to Transform Your Development Process

Businesses are under constant pressure to deliver software faster and more reliably. Yet, the real challenge lies in maintaining quality standards without sacrificing speed. Traditional software development methods often lead to silos between teams, slower release cycles, and more frequent errors. These inefficiencies impact the speed of software delivery, risk system downtime, and customer satisfaction. The solution? Implementing DevOps best practices.

Migration Announcement: Transitioning from Legacy Flows to Flows with Trails

We are excited to announce that we will be migrating your Kosli Flows data to Flows with Trails. This transition will unlock access to our latest features, such as the first-class Sonar integration, as well as upcoming ones like environment compliance policies and custom attestation types. Legacy Flows have served us well in the early stages, where they were designed to map the value stream of producing a single software artifact.

Mastering Cybersecurity: From Integration to Real-World Threats and AI

In this episode of Azure on Air, Nino Crudele dives into the world of cybersecurity, revealing critical insights on safeguarding digital data. Drawing from personal experiences and real-world hacking stories, Nino unpacks how threats like social engineering and the dark web operate. He also explores the role of artificial intelligence, showing both its potential to strengthen and undermine security efforts. This episode is a must-listen for anyone wanting to stay informed about emerging cyber risks and learn best practices for protecting their online presence.

Cloud Financial Operations: Strategies for Cost Management

This episode of FinOps on Azure delves into financial operations within cloud infrastructure management, featuring host Michael Stephenson, A FinOps certified practitioner, and Andrew Matveychuk, Information Technology Architect. They discuss the critical importance of cost management in cloud environments, highlighting the expectations versus reality of cloud migration costs.

How VirtualMetric significantly reduces SIEM ingest costs

Ever wondered how you can massively reduce SIEM data ingestion costs? In this video, Yusuf walks you through how VirtualMetric makes it happen. We’ve found a way to reduce SIEM ingestion costs by up to 90% using smart data pipelines, real-time data processing, and 99% compression rate for long term storage. If you’re dealing with large amounts of log data and looking for a way to save on costs while improving your cybersecurity operations, this might be what you need!