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How to Optimize the DevOps Pipeline Through Developer Workflows

The DevOps pipeline is a crucial part of software development, but it can often get mired in bottlenecks. Most problems are caused by the development and operations teams having different responsibilities are due to inefficiencies in the pipeline design. However, thanks to continuous observability, DevOps now gets a new lease of life since it is possible to tweak the pipeline to suit the developer’s workflow.

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Transcending Observability for a Cloud-Native Future

With digital transformations continuing apace and the popularity of cloud-native and microservice-based applications and architectures growing, Gartner sees investments in such technologies and services increasing, predicting that "cloud-native platforms will serve as the foundation for more than 95% of new digital initiatives by 2025 - up from less than 40% in 2021."

How to improve website performance with multi-dimensional data

Metrics, metrics everywhere... a gauge here, a counter there... milliseconds, percentages... a list of variables running into pages... what is fast, what is slow...? how on earth is one to know...? Today we have all manner of variables around us, of differing gravity, that each have their own individual purpose in the measurement of web performance. Some of these are atomic or independent metrics, whereas others are aggregated or dependent.

An Overview of Enterprise Patch Management

“Some things age better with time; unfortunately, the software is not one of them,” iLink Digital explains in their patch management review. Whenever software malfunctions or becomes outdated, enterprise patch management systems come to the rescue. In this overview, we’ll uncover the challenges, benefits, and case studies for enterprise patch management.

Driving Cost-Efficient Transformations Without Impacting Quality

The only constant in the technology industry is CHANGE. We all know that while change may be a constant and has the potential to bring enormous benefits to an organization, change can also be incredibly disruptive. Technology trends such as Cloud, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), virtual applications and desktops, and mobility have resulted in increased data volume, variety, velocity and complexity, and have turned IT operations management into an overwhelming challenge.

How flame graphs visualize continuous profiling data in Grafana Phlare

We recently announced a new open source project called Grafana Phlare. This highly available continuous profiling data source is built into Grafana core, allowing you to seamlessly monitor your profiling data. With continuous profiling, you can see which parts of your applications are consuming the most resources. You can then use that data to make any necessary tweaks to reduce consumption, which translates to lower costs.

Don't be held to ransom: Security awareness with Upsun

Ransomware is an ever-evolving type of malicious software (a.k.a malware) in which an attacker encrypts the files on a victim’s device, rendering it inaccessible and unusable. Then - you guessed it - they demand a ransom from the target before they’ll fix it. Not something any organization ever wants to deal with, and not something any organization has to deal with if they have the right measures in place to minimize the risk. Let’s talk about how!

How does Asset Management help in reducing asset downtime in the food service industry?

Food service outlet provides us with snacks & types of fast food, these firms are dedicated to serving food through their outlets. A lot of people come to enjoy food and they work continuously for a lot of orders they get from their customers. Machines and equipment work. What if one of your assets suddenly stops working? Asset downtime and disappointing customer maintenance expenses are a few of the consequences of sudden equipment failure. This type of scenario can be dangerous for businesses.

5 Things Dimensions Can Do That Regular Tagging Can't

“Perfect tagging” is a little bit like perfectly tuning a piano. It takes an enormous amount of manual effort to get right, it’s never truly perfect, and the slightest change in the surrounding environment can throw it out of harmony. The closer an organization wants to get to perfect tagging, the more engineering resources they have to invest in it — frequently at the expense of more impactful, innovation- and product-oriented projects.