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The maturity of your alerting strategy has a direct impact on the reliability of your infrastructure and your applications. It can also have a big impact on engineering productivity. So whether you’re talking about resolving incidents faster or avoiding alerting fatigue, alerting should always be front and center.

Microservices have forever changed the way we build applications. Tools like Docker and Kubernetes made microservice-based architectures widely accessible to software developers, and cloud platforms like Amazon EKS made deploying containers fast and inexpensive. They've also enabled even small engineering teams to deploy code faster, leverage fault tolerance and redundancy, scale more efficiently, and take full ownership of their services from development all the way into production.

When surfing the web, your connection is linked to a unique identifier known as an IP address. Your IP address is like your digital identity card and can reveal the following information: Despite what you may see in films or TV shows, your IP address does not show the following information: While an IP address doesn't reveal much personal information, it can be used with other data to build a profile of your online activity. This is why you may ask yourself, what is my IP address?

SSL/TLS certificates are important for protecting online communication between websites and users. These digital certificates work as identity cards, checking the authenticity of a website and creating an encrypted connection to safeguard sensitive data. In this article, we will explain what SSL/TLS certificates are, how they function, and their role in maintaining online security and privacy.

Network monitoring is important for keeping any network healthy and working well. Linux has many powerful tools to help system administrators monitor network traffic and fix problems. This article looks at six of these tools: NetHogs, nload, netstat, iftop, speedometer, and NetFlow.

The latest release of SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) software includes table tuning and index advisors for PostgreSQL—building on DPA’s existing performance monitoring capabilities. Over the last thirty-five years, there’s been a steady rise in the role and evolution of open-source technology—including in the competitive world of database management software. Big names in the world of open-source tech for database management include MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL.

Virtualization is a powerful technology that allows businesses to run multiple operating systems and applications on a single physical server. Kubevirt is an open-source tool that makes it easy to deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs) on Kubernetes and Calico is an open-source networking and security tool that provides easy yet robust networking and security for Kubernetes workloads.

OpenTelemetry (OTel) is an open-source framework designed to standardize and automate telemetry data collection, enabling you to collect, process, and distribute telemetry data from your system across vendors. Telemetry data is traditionally in disparate formats, and OTel serves as a universal standard to support data management and portability.

Key disciplines include power, cooling, facilities, networks, data storage, and sustainability. Leveraging Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software can significantly aid in this process by offering comprehensive visibility and control over resources.

In technology, having “modern” capabilities is standard. Staying ahead of the curve is critical, and keeping outdated technology or processes going can be a recipe for disaster in a complex, ever-changing landscape. Ensuring the smooth functioning and performance of software systems is paramount. This is where modern observability—a sophisticated approach to monitoring and understanding the inner workings of applications and infrastructure—is required.