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Top tips: 5 lessons learned from the recent Microsoft Azure disruption to survive the next cloud outage

The recent Microsoft Azure outage had a profound impact, disrupted services for countless businesses and individuals around the globe, and exposed the risks of relying exclusively on cloud solutions. This incident, triggered by a mix of technical failures and unexpected complications, resulted in substantial downtime, access issues, and operational interruptions across multiple industries.

10 best practices for mastering Azure monitoring

A large percentage of enterprises are redefining their businesses around hybrid cloud ecosystems. The benefits include increased scalability and flexibility, improved collaboration, and cost efficiency. Microsoft Azure, one of the leading cloud computing platforms with a 23% market share in 2023, plays a key role in enabling hybrid cloud environments for organizations.
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Cisco Live 2024: Top 10 Announcements & Highlights | CloudFabrix

It’s great to be back at another action and innovation-packed Cisco Live 2024. Continuing our tradition of posting Cisco Live announcements and highlights (catch Cisco Live 2023 Highlights here), I am putting together my thoughts and perspective on the Top-10 Cisco Live 2024 Announcements and Highlights. This year, I also had the pleasure of representing CloudFabrix at the event, which helped gain deeper insights on customer needs and expectations on Observability, Asset Insights and AIOps.
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How to Monitor Your Email Services

Verifying email performance is more than the basic understanding of message flow. Outbound mail in the form of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and inbound mail through MAPI or Microsoft's Graph API only parts of email systems to monitor, usually through pings or basic delivery confirmations. Often, once email is moved to Exchange Online, even basic visibility of mail flow and reliable delivery is lost. Many subsystems go into efficient email deliverability, especially once multiple email hygiene providers are added to the mix.

NetApp Monitoring on Microsoft SCOM

Keeping your storage systems performing at their best is essential for smooth business operations. That’s why it’s crucial to integrate NetApp into Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) for a comprehensive monitoring solution. Many clients already use tools like Active IQ and System Manager, but the real magic happens when these tools work together seamlessly.

MySQL Performance Monitoring Tools and the Most Important Metrics to Monitor

This article covers some of the most popular MySQL performance monitoring tools alongside the key performance metrics that can help improve and optimize query performance in MySQL databases. MySQL is an open-source relational database that a lot of users prefer to utilize in their work and daily operations due to the variety of storage engines it supports, its flexibility and high performance, strong data security, cost-effectiveness, easy management, and reliability.

Comprehensive SharePoint Glossary

Welcome to the comprehensive SharePoint glossary. This resource is designed to help you understand the various terms and concepts associated with SharePoint, a powerful platform used for collaboration, document management, and business processes. Whether you are new to SharePoint or looking to deepen your existing knowledge, this glossary provides clear and detailed explanations to guide you through the complexities of the platform.

Kubernetes Security: The Essential Role of Guardrails

In today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape, Kubernetes has become essential for deploying and managing containerized applications. As organizations increasingly rely on Kubernetes to scale their operations, the need for robust guardrails becomes paramount. In this context, guardrails refer to the policies and mechanisms that ensure the safe and efficient operation of Kubernetes environments.

Unlocking Business Insights with Telemetry Pipelines

Imagine running a large company where data-driven decisions give you a competitive edge. You use a lot of business intelligence tools that tap into vast amounts of data, such as sales figures, inventories, and expenses. This analysis tells you how your company is performing. However, it does not reveal how your "company infrastructure" is performing. This crucial information comes from your systems in the form of telemetry data, such as logs and events.

8 Key Insights for My Clients from the OpsRamp State of Observability Report

The OpsRamp State of Observability 2024 report not only presents fascinating data from a strong sample of IT leaders, but also outlines many highly actionable findings. As an independent analyst and advisor, I appreciate how this report outlines a powerful action plan for any CIO, CTO, or other IT leader who has not yet adopted or achieved success with observability.