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Google's outage on the UK's hottest day of the year

We’ve all heard the jokes about how us Brits can’t handle the hot weather but when the UK hit record highs in July this year, we have to admit that we really did struggle. No more so than our friends over at Google. Google isn’t a stranger to the occasional outage and website downtime, after seeing Google Maps go down in May earlier this year. But this time, the outage was apparently due to the soaring temperatures we were experiencing.

Websites that have suffered downtime in July

You might have heard us say it before but downtime really does happen to any website, anywhere. Website downtime essentially doesn’t discriminate; it doesn’t matter if you’re a huge multi-billion dollar company or if you’re a start-up finding your feet in the online world. Downtime happens to the best of us. So to really drive this point home, we’ve put together the websites that have suffered downtime this June and how they dealt with the issue.

5 Reasons to Add Network Monitoring to Your Budget

For many companies, the beginning of October is also the beginning of the fourth and final quarter of the fiscal year. In IT, it’s a time to prepare for the new year by defining our priorities and setting our budget. COVID-19 threw a wrench into all of our 2020 plans last year and a lot has changed since then. But one thing that hasn’t changed is the need for a network monitoring system in your software stack.

How Is Artificial Intelligence Changing Every Business? 6 Interesting Things You Should Know

While AI has connotations of futuristic societal takeovers, as depicted in sci-fi, the technology tends to enhance rather than replace human capabilities. Artificial intelligence refers to any computer software capable of problem-solving, planning, analyzing, and aggregating data in a human-like fashion. From cost efficiency to customer communication, businesses can use AI to streamline most aspects of company processes. Let's take a look at 6 interesting things you need to know about how artificial intelligence is changing businesses today.

What Are The Benefits Of Using Cloud Storage Services For Your Data

Are you looking for a place to store your data? When it comes to storing data, many different options are available. You can use external hard drives, USB sticks, or cloud storage services. Cloud storage services have become increasingly popular in recent years, and for good reason. They offer several benefits that other storage methods don't offer. This article will discuss the benefits of using cloud storage services for your data. Let's get to the list.

A practical approach to Active Directory Domain Services, Part 10: A study into Group Policies and AD

We have covered a plethora of topics on Active Directory (AD) in parts one to nine of this series on Active Directory Domain Services. In this final and 10th part, we will look at one other crucial aspect of AD—Group Policies and Group Policy Objects (GPOs). We will discuss what Group Policies are and what role GPOs play in the effective setup of any AD environment.

What Are the Best Revenue Models for Your Healthcare Mobile App?

The healthcare industry is one of the most significant sources of economic growth in the world. As a result, it has gained technological acceptance and continues to flourish at an unprecedented pace. COVID-19 has, however, led to more growth in the healthcare sector. Healthcare app downloads have increased by 25% as a result of the pandemic, according to a study. This blog discusses the top revenue models for healthcare mobile apps that you should consider in order to reap huge profits.

Kafka Cloud Service: Top 6 Alternatives for Enterprises 2022

Kafka is an open-source program for storing, reading, and analyzing streaming data. It is open-source, which means it’s free-to-use amongst a big community of users and developers contributing to new features, upgrades, and support on a regular basis. Kafka can run on multiple servers as a distributed system, allowing it to take advantage of each server’s processing power and storage capacity.

Why Preview Environments Are The New Thing in DevOps

Consider the scenario where a complex product is being developed by dozens of engineers working on different features of a product. Not only the development environment is the same, but the staging environment is also shared. As different features are merged into the shared environment, they break the code. So QA has to wait until this is fixed. A feature or bug fix may be working perfectly on the developer’s own machine, but there is no way for the QA team to test that one feature in isolation.