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What Does it Take to Run a Smart City?

From smart lighting, to waste management, to air quality, IoT devices and other “smart city technologies” are rapidly changing life in urban areas. And with a recent MarketsandMarkets research report projecting spending in the market for smart city solutions will nearly double to over $873 billion by 2026, the trend is only set to accelerate.

The best maintenance pages for website downtime throughout the years

You might think that a customer seeing a maintenance page message when they land on your website is a bad thing but think again. If you’re clever with your branding, you can really show off your personality, and make website visitors feel better about not being able to access your website. Never thought that could happen, right? Well I’ve put together the best maintenance pages across the years to show you exactly how you can make planned website downtime look like a breeze.

Open sourcing our pay calculator

We all know that pay is just as hard as it is important. Having a team distributed over 11+ countries makes pay even harder than in a traditional setup. I joined Checkly in mid-2021 with the promise of a fair and transparent culture in a remote tech startup and my goal was clear: make Checkly one of the best employers in our industry. A topic that I wanted to tackle early on was pay. How can we make pay less nebulous and more transparent, fair, and predictable?

Kubernetes vs. Docker

Container technology is changing the way we think about building, shipping, and running applications. Containers are lightweight packages of software that include everything it needs to run an application. This includes operating system components as well as libraries and other dependencies. Emerging technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes empowers organizations to deliver quality software with speed and ease.

What is Malware & How to Protect Ourselves From Computer Viruses

Do you remember when viruses used to be funny and not such a big deal? Maybe a cat would constantly pop up on your desktop or you’d get spammed with hundreds of ads for male enhancement pills? Well, the early 2000s are over (yes, it’s depressing) and malware has advanced far beyond its somewhat quirky origins. Today, viruses have become extremely sophisticated and it’s difficult to know for sure if your files have been infected or not. So what is malware exactly?

Significance Of Ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions

In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) development has increased rapidly. Technology has steadily been integrated into the economic and industrial worlds and everyday life in South Africa and worldwide to make our daily activities more convenient and straightforward. Chatbots are becoming increasingly popular for agents to provide better customer care. At the same time, AI in marketing may help determine the optimal moment to engage with a customer via email or social media.

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The Best Kubernetes Monitoring Tools

In this article, you'll learn about the best Kubernetes performance monitoring tools that are currently on the market. Although there are a number of application performance monitoring solutions out there, this article covers the best options in terms of their key features, functionalities, ease of setup, and the support garnered from each of their respective communities.

Updated: Cogent and Lumen curtail operations in Russia

Reader’s note: On Friday, March 4, we published this blog post to comment on Cogent’s decision to terminate their commercial relationships with their Russian customers. Today, March 7, another international telecom, Lumen, announced that it will also take action. We’ve updated this blog post to reflect the latest information we have.

Don't pay the price for not automating SAP operations

At Avantra, we always comment that the customers who need us most are too busy to meet with us. It is so common that SAP operations professionals turn up to meetings late, reschedule at short notice, or are not really present - instead, working on their laptop to solve problems. What is curious is that this is normalized, and has been going on for decades without change. How can this be? Let’s dive into this.