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Last Updated on 15 hours The recent outage caused by Crowdstrike on Jul 18, 2024 has proved how the fallout was unforeseen and unthinkable, across the globe. In this era of zero trust, the leading cyber security company Crowdstrike sent an update to its Falcon sensor agent and another IT leader Microsoft which had Crowdstrike sensors installed crashed with Blue Screen of Death(BSOD) as soon as the update was received caused by a null pointer issue.

The article covers the basic syntax of the MySQL INSERT statement and explains how to use the INSERT command in the MySQL table using dbForge Studio for MySQL.

Software testing plays a crucial role in ensuring that applications function correctly and meet user expectations. In this blog, we will explore the fundamental aspects of software testing, including its importance, types, and the lifecycle phases involved.

Imagine trying to navigate a new city without a map—you wouldn’t know where to go, how to get there, or what obstacles might be in your way. As a network administrator, understanding network topology is just as vital for navigating and maintaining a stable network. Without a detailed knowledge of the pathways of your network infrastructure, troubleshooting and network management become unnecessarily complex.

This article compares OpenTelemetry and traditional APM tools with their strengths, weaknesses, and ideal use cases to help you choose the right solution for your application performance monitoring needs.

The Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) service should provide high-performance block storage for Amazon EC2 instances. Yet, without careful management, Amazon EBS can become inefficient, leading to performance bottlenecks and cost overruns. For example, EBS volumes persist even after an EC2 instance has been terminated. The unused EBS volumes continue to incur costs.

One of our most commonly asked questions is when we will support Worker Groups in Azure. We’ve heard you loud and clear; some exciting news will make your data management much more straightforward. We’re introducing a Cribl-managed Cribl Stream data plane, also known as Worker Groups, in Microsoft Azure. These Worker Groups are oil to your engine—essential for data operations, handling everything from shaping and transforming to enriching and processing your data.

Cribl Search empowers users to explore and analyze data directly at its source. However, finding sample data for testing these queries can be time-consuming. To overcome this, Cribl Search provides $vt_dummy, a built-in virtual table designed to generate dummy events on demand.

About every two months, the Grafana k6 team releases a new version of the open source load testing tool to deliver new features and further enhance the user experience. In case you missed them, here’s a recap of recent k6 releases and some of the exciting updates they brought to our user base. Many of the features highlighted in this post relate to new web APIs that the community has been asking for, and that are widely used by JavaScript developers.