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DevOps Security: Challenges and Best Practices

With the shift from traditional monolithic applications to the distributed microservices of DevOps, there is a need for a similar change in operational security policies. For example, how do you secure a disparate number of micro-systems operating with multiple access credentials across a multi-level organization? DevSecOps (Devops security) answers this question by integrating security at every level of your development process.

Unreadable Metrics: Why You Can't Find Anything in Your Monitoring Dashboards

Dashboards are powerful tools for monitoring and troubleshooting your system. Too often, however, we run into an incident, jump to the dashboard, just to find ourselves drowning in endless data and unable to find what we need. This could be caused not just by the data overload, but also due to seeing too many or too few colors, inconsistent conventions or the lack of visual cues.

The Optymyze CEO Explains 5 Ways To Automate Your DevOps Workflow

The phrase "time is money" couldn't be more accurate in the business. Increasing efficiency and productivity can considerably impact the bottom line for organizations that rely heavily on their development and operations teams. You can reduce manual steps, save time and money, and improve quality overall by automating specific tasks in your DevOps workflow. Here are five ways entrepreneurs like the Optymyze CEO use automation to enhance their DevOps workflow.

Python Syslog | Configuring Syslog in Python using syslog and logging module

Syslog is an important messaging protocol in computing systems where it is used to send system logs or event messages to a specific server. In Python, you can either use the syslog module or the logging module to collect and send syslogs to a central server. Logging is important to audit and debug your software. You can set logging to your running application to help monitor its behavior locally or system-wide. In this tutorial, we will learn how to configure logging to syslog in Python.

The 7 Best FinOps Blogs, Books, And Other Resources

There are almost as many reasons for learning FinOps practices as there are resources available to learn from. Maybe you operate a SaaS company, for example, or you're looking for a job in FinOps. The FinOps field grows in importance every time cloud services and their associated costs become more complex — which can feel like every single day. Regardless of your situation, you’ll need high-quality FinOps resources that offer up-to-date materials and in-depth information.

Hybrid cloud infrastructure modernisation

Public clouds enabled digital transformation at unprecedented speed. But their operational costs over time can be exacting as compute needs increase. Hybrid clouds emerged as an alternative to gain the benefits of both worlds: private infrastructure that allows for lower operational expenditures and tighter control, and public clouds that can scale with ease.

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SLA Vs SLO: Tutorial & Examples

Service level agreements (SLA) and service level objectives (SLO) are increasing in popularity because modern applications rely on a complex web of sub-services such as public cloud services and third-party APIs to operate, making service quality measurement an operational necessity for serving a demanding market. This article focuses on the similarities and differences between SLAs and SLOs, explains the intricacies involved in implementing them, presents a case study, and finally recommends industry best practices for implementing them.

From silos to synergy: Success stories from 2022

Time waits for no one, and the years just seem to fly by. For us at ManageEngine, this year was especially memorable as we turned 20. And, as the best birthday gift ever, you helped us hit the most coveted milestone that many can only dream of achieving. Zoho Corporation, the parent company of ManageEngine, hit $1 billion in revenue earlier this year—and we have only YOU to be thankful for. But, that’s not all.

ElastiCache Vs. Redis: How Do They Compare?

As technology improves and customer demands change, many companies must provide fast, engaging, and secure services. Developers rely on platforms that support sub-millisecond response times to power these capabilities in their applications. Amazon ElastiCache and Redis are two of the most popular platforms for building fast, highly available, and scalable data stores.