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In the early days of DevOps, building and maintaining infrastructure required a specialized team. DevOps engineers were essential for ensuring smooth development operations and bridging the gap between development and IT operations. Today, however, with mature markets and advanced tools becoming standard, the necessity of a dedicated DevOps team is being re-evaluated.

In recent years, we’ve significantly advanced how we think about and use topology within AIOps and Observability solutions from Broadcom, while solidly building on our innovative domain tools. We’re eager to share these innovations, advancements, and benefits for IT operations. In this blog post, we level-set on the topic of topology, clarify several important concepts, and discuss the decisive role topology plays in delivering powerful capabilities for AIOps and Observability from Broadcom.

HighRadius is a FinTech company that specializes in using automation to make financial management easier. So naturally, RamKishore Middela, assistant vice president of cloud engineering at HighRadius, recognizes more easily than most the benefits of automating his company’s cloud cost management with CloudZero.

BigQuery continuous queries enable the reverse ETL pattern. You can now stream your enriched data from BigQuery back to the operational data layer using Aiven for Apache Kafka. BigQuery enables customers to quickly generate insights about their data. Its native integration with AI tools allows organizations to transform row assets into valuable information that can be used to generate more accurate decisions, streamlining companies' growth.

Simplify cost management and drive cost reductions across all in-house and managed cloud services.

In the first part of this series, we saw that even if you just use AppSignal’s default application monitoring, you can get a lot of information about how your Phoenix application is running. Even so, there are many ways in which a Phoenix application may exhibit performance issues, such as slow database queries, poorly engineered LiveView components, views that are too heavy, or non-optimized assets.

Picture a well-oiled machine. Every cog and wheel has its role, working in harmony to ensure smooth operation. In the realm of IT, ITSM vs ITOM represents this harmony.I know: This analogy is a little bit lame. But ITSM vs ITOM is in fact a common discussion in IT circles, and understanding their differences and connections is vital for businesses aiming to optimize their IT strategies. So, any effort trying to be accurate is welcome.

Imagine this: your company’s website suddenly goes down during a peak sales hour, leaving customers frustrated and potential revenue lost. This situation calls for immediate action, which is where Incident Management comes into play. But what happens next? If this issue recurs, it signals the need for a deeper investigation—enter Problem Management.

HAProxy Enterprise now supports RADIUS load balancing with its new HAProxy Enterprise UDP Module. This blog post addresses some of the challenges with implementing RADIUS load balancing and how you can get started with the new module below.

As companies embrace cloud-native architectures and scale their operations, ensuring business continuity and minimizing downtime become paramount; even brief outages can result in substantial revenue loss and reputational damage. In July 2023, a flaw in CrowdStrike's software update caused widespread disruption across various industries. The air travel sector was particularly hard hit, with over 3,300 flights cancelled globally. Major airlines like United, Delta, American Airlines, British Airway.