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Monitoring AWS RDS may require some observability strategy changes if you switched from a classic on-prem MySQL/PostgreSQL solution. AWS RDS is a great solution that helps you focus on the data, and forget about bare metal, patches, backups, etc. However, since you don’t have direct access to the machine, you’ll need to adapt your monitoring platform.

As we’ve hinted at before, 2021 will be a big year for CFEngine. In the summer, we will release CFEngine 3.18 LTS. This is the first LTS release with Compliance Reports , Custom Promise types , and all of the other improvements we’ve made over the past year .

SREs may have better long-term job prospects, but DevOps might be an easier career to pursue.

Here are the latest StatusHub updates for the last 3 months and news on the progress of our new control panel.

Rollbar is an error tracking product that monitors your applications for errors and helps you take action on them. Rollbar also integrates with other products so you can send the errors to project management tools, incident alerting tools etc. In this post, we will show you how to get started with error tracking using Rollbar.

Bugsnag is an error tracking tool that monitors exceptions in your applications and shows them in an easy-to-use dashboard. It also shows you the stability score to help you keep track of your application health. In this guide, we will learn how to use Bugsnag to monitor your software for errors.

Is your company losing out to your competition because your workforce is unable to be productive? Do your employees lack the right tools and IT support that they need to do their jobs?Is your IT team struggling to meet the pouring demands of your employee IT issues? Are your employees feeling frustrated waiting for their IT issues to be resolved?

Data is the backbone of any organization. Good data supports the business and helps ensure smart business decisions are made. Bad data, on the other hand… well, you don’t want bad data. But how do you make sure you have accurate and valid data? Data validation and testing are great places to start.

As the world grapples with the transition to a largely remote workforce, MSPs can shore up WFH security for customers with the right suite of tools. Because of the ongoing global impact of the coronavirus pandemic, more people are working from home today than ever before.

The term ‘patch’ triggers many familiar images – affixing a rubber patch to a blown bike tire, the ubiquitous duct tape repairs of myriad objects, and so on. While these temporary fixes won’t heal the underlying cause, they are a quick and easy solution. Our applications and software frequently need patches as well, to fix bugs, security flaws and add feature enhancements. However, in this case, patching is not a temporary band-aid, but rather a proactive planned strategy.