Today, everyone lives in a hybrid, multi-cloud world. The combination of continuously changing business drivers and complex, heterogeneous tech stacks means that virtually every organization has production workloads on-prem, in co-lo facilities, in private clouds, and in multiple public clouds. Moreover, your stack is likely often in motion, which requires you to manage workload migrations from one environment to another (and sometimes back again) as your needs change.

Feeling the pressure to constantly deliver new features? The struggle is real. But what if there was a way to measure your DevOps performance and transform your team into a release machine? This blog is all about DORA metrics, a data-driven framework to unlock DevOps agility. We'll explore what these metrics tell you, how to implement them, and ultimately, how to use them to turn your team into a release champion.

What is an Edge Computing Platform and Why Your Business Needs It Edge computing is a vital part of today's business function. With more people choosing to work remotely and office spaces dispersed across the nation, having edge network compatibility is an essential component of any digital infrastructure. Edge allows users in remote locations to access and manage data from the network's Edge, ensuring security and integrity for your data no matter where people choose to use it.

In the world of DevOps, engineering organizations are constantly seeking solutions that can simplify operations, reduce overhead, and accelerate development. While a number of container orchestration platforms exist, their complexity and high maintenance demands often leave engineering leaders seeking alternatives. This is where Cycle comes in. Cycle’s LowOps container orchestration and infrastructure management platform is designed to get your team to 80% efficiency from day one.

Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAPs) represent a significant advancement in enterprise orchestration, integrating various applications and infrastructures. SOAPs enable Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) leaders to design and implement business services by combining workflow orchestration, workload automation, and resource provisioning across an organization’s hybrid digital infrastructure.

Aligning IT infrastructure with business processes is paramount in today's digital landscape. This article explores how organizations can elevate their architectural modeling by integrating ArchiMate's flow diagrams, which are initially manually created, with the dynamic, auto-discovered components from StackState's end-to-end observability.

London, 4 June 2024. Today, Canonical announced the general availability of Ubuntu Core 24, with a 12 year Long Term Support (LTS) commitment. This ‘immutable’ flavour of Ubuntu puts every system component, and the system itself, into a set of containers with strict kernel-enforced confinement, rich managed component integration, reliable over-the-air updates and failsafe rollbacks to enable intelligent edge and IoT applications.

While there are many advantages to using Amazon Web Services (AWS), cost management can be complicated because so many factors impact your AWS bill. Account setup, savings plans, and a number of other factors can all affect your AWS charges and usage. In this article, we’ll introduce 15 AWS cost management best practices that promote optimization and how you can go beyond AWS cost management by using an advanced cloud cost intelligence tool.

Testing Python applications is critical to ensuring they function as intended in real-world scenarios. Among the numerous testing frameworks available for Python, pytest stands out as a primary choice for many developers. Renowned for its straightforward yet powerful features, pytest makes writing and running tests efficient and effective. In this guide, we’ll explore how to get started with pytest, from installation to writing your first tests.