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What Is a Feature Flag? Best Practices and Use Cases

Do you want to build software faster and release it more often without the risks of negatively impacting your user experience? Imagine a world where there is not only less fear around testing and releasing in production, but one where it becomes routine. That is the world of feature flags. A feature flag lets you deliver different functionality to different users without maintaining feature branches and running different binary artifacts.

State of DevOps: Takeaways on the 2023 DORA Report

It's that time of year! The 2023 Accelerate State of DevOps Report is about to be released, so we're teaming up with DORA and Google Cloud to give you the lowdown on key findings. Join us October 19 at 9 a.m. PT / Noon ET to hear straight from DORA researcher Eric Maxwell about: Give Sleuth a try and see how we empower software teams to build faster by making engineering efficiency easy to improve and measurable — in a way that both managers and developers love.

Telco Operations: More Powerful and Efficient, One IT Automation at a Time

Technological advancements in telecommunications are keeping everyone on their toes, as communication service providers (CSPs) obsess over the next big thing to roll out and change the way the world communicates, stays informed, manages its daily lives, and more.

What is Apache Tomcat server and how does it work?

Apache Tomcat, developed by Sun Systems way back in the late 1990s, is a popular choice for developers who need to build and deploy Java-based web applications. It’s a collaboratively created platform that, since 2005, has become an accredited top-level Apache project with highly experienced developers volunteering support and resources for it. A 2022 survey shows that 48% of developers now utilize Apache Tomcat for deploying Java web applications.

The CEO Pocket Guide to Internal Developer Portals

In the current macroeconomic climate, it’s more important than ever for executive teams and CEOs to make the most of their resources. Organizations are expected to continually deliver innovative products and services in a rapidly changing environment, often with reduced engineering budgets. 75% of tech leaders fear displacement from competitors beating them to market, so speed and efficiency are top of mind.

Serverless Microservices on Azure

Serverless Microservices combines both Serverless and Micro-Service Architectures, which gives the advantage of scalable Loosely coupled services without managing physical servers. In this episode of "Azure on Air" podcast, learn how serverless microservices in Azure offer reduced complexity, cost savings, and faster innovation. Discover Azure's core serverless service, Azure Functions, and other managed services that enable full-fledged serverless applications.

Microsoft Fabric Explained: All you need to know

What is Microsoft Fabric? Microsoft Fabric is an end-to-end analytics solution with full-service capabilities including data movement, data lakes, data engineering, data integration, data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence—all backed by a shared platform providing robust data security, governance, and compliance.

Deploy or defer the latest macOS 14 Sonoma update with Endpoint Central

The wait for the latest macOS 14 update is finally over. The newest macOS Sonoma update comes with a plethora of security and privacy features intended to make your computing environment safer. Apple users can now explore new video conferencing features and advanced game mode, enable password and passkey sharing, and so much more. While there’s plenty of excitement that comes with an update like this, it’s important to proceed with caution.