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Status Pages 101: How to Create a Status Page You and Your Customers Will Actually Want to Use

This blog post is adapted from my talk at SRECon EMEA 2023 - original slides are available here! Status pages are a simple yet underutilized element of incident communication. Done well, they’re a low-lift way to keep your customers and stakeholders informed when incidents impact them. But without a solid approach, updating status pages can easily become a tedious and often neglected task during incidents. In this post, we’ll cover some tips to get your status page right.

Upcoming changes to Netdata Cloud plans

For full details on the plans and prices, check out the FAQ section of the pricing page. We continue to look for ways to make Infrastructure monitoring a reality for teams and organizations of all sizes. For users to get started with monitoring, relatively small infrastructure for Home labs, students and Non profit organizations with no investment, Netdata offers the Free Community Plan.

Enterprise Collaboration with Advanced Workflows

As a secure collaboration hub built for technical and operational teams, Mattermost is filled with features designed to help employees do their best work every day. Organizations looking to unlock even more value from Mattermost may be best off investing in Mattermost Enterprise Edition, which offers advanced functionality for enterprises with strict security and compliance requirements.

Building AI bots on your private data with an open source stack

Join Andrew Zigler, Developer Advocate at Mattermost, in this virtual presentation from AI DevWorld 2023 and learn how you can leverage open source tools to create intelligent bots that help you and your team get ahead in collaboration tasks, without compromising on the security and privacy of your data. We'll cover the ins and outs of working with AI, the importance of data privacy, and explore pathways to safely experiment with AI bots and revolutionize collaborative efforts at your organization.

Chiselled Ubuntu Containers

For a long time, developers have loved the experience of working with Ubuntu-based containers. In this video, Mark Lewis, VP of Application Services at Canonical, takes us on a journey into the power of Chiselled Ubuntu Containers. These containers are inspired by the Distroless concept, which means they offer ultra-small OCI images tailored to your specific application needs. Whether you're a developer looking to streamline your containers or an organization seeking to optimize your cloud infrastructure, Chiselled Ubuntu Containers offer a powerful solution.

How to Share App Manager Permissions in Git Integration for Jira

Jira Admins have a lot responsibility when it comes to managing 3rd-party marketplace apps. We wanted to make their lives' easier. In Git Integration for Jira, Admins can use Groups and Global Permissions to enable selected Jira users to manage app settings, repository integrations, and more. This lets Admins share responsibility with users who are closer to the problems Git Integration for Jira solves.