There are different positions on whether observability and monitoring are two sides of the same coin. We will analyze and explain what the observability of a system is, what it has to do with monitoring and why it is important to understand the differences between the two.
In today’s world of flexible work, technology has to be one thing above all else: versatile. A decade ago, virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) wouldn’t have been able to meet this moment – VDI used to be too narrow and restricted in terms of what use cases it could service. Fortunately, VDI has evolved dramatically since those days. Now, with the right resources, there’s very little you can’t accomplish through virtual desktops.
Apple once ran, and caught a reasonable amount of flak for, an ad that implied Macs didn’t get viruses. The PC (John Hodgman) in the ad says there were “114,000 known viruses” for PCs in 2006, to which the Mac (Justin Long) replies, “PCs. Not Macs.” While misleading, it’s technically correct, which may have been sufficient to avoid truth-in-advertising lawsuits.
ARM processors become more popular and more cost-effective according to many benchmarks. One of them was made by Percona for MySQL. Some of our users reported issues with VictoriaMetrics at AWS Graviton instances. The main concerns were higher CPU and disk IO usage compared to x86 instances of the same size and for the same workload. By that time, we verified that VictoriaMetrics works fine for raspberry and IoT devices, but didn’t do any optimizations for ARM builds.
A configuration management database or CMDB can be a game changer in terms of service delivery. Done well, a CMDB benefits incident resolution, speeds up request fulfillment and makes change assessment safer. Implementing a CMDB is a significant task and it’s something that many IT departments struggle with. It’s very easy to make things complicated or difficult to maintain.
IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) is a platform that helps you quickly and easily integrate your hybrid cloud applications with the systems and applications that are important for running your business. It can help to collaborate between the different application teams and businesses that exist in your organization and ensure that they are working together at maximum efficiency.
Broken forms can have a massive impact on businesses. Detecting problems as fast as possible is essential in ensuring you are providing the best service to your users and preventing major company issues. Does your website rely on forms in order to process payments, capture lead data or provide search capabilities? Do you have an ordering system trusted by hundreds of people to complete their daily jobs?
Script automation allows IT professionals to use automation software to leverage scripts in a managed framework to optimize various mundane tasks. With automation being the key to running a swift and responsive IT department, scripts are essential for any network administration arsenal.
SaaS (software as a service) is the common model for many businesses today. Even longstanding behemoths such as Cisco and Microsoft have been strategically shifting their software products to SaaS and recurring revenue models (just think Office365 shift from licensed Office). These SaaS businesses need agility to move fast and remain competitive. This means agility in the IT stack, but also agility in the business models to support bottom-up GTM and product-led growth (PLG).
