Cron jobs are tasks set to run by themselves at certain times or intervals. They help with doing repetitive tasks automatically, like backing up data, sending emails, and updating systems. In Node.js, cron jobs can make tasks in applications run by themselves, making things more efficient and reliable. Node.js gives a good way to set these tasks through different libraries and tools.

SharePoint, a product of Microsoft’s suite of office tools, has revolutionized the way organizations collaborate and manage documents. At its core, SharePoint is designed to facilitate the seamless sharing of information, both within an organization and with external partners. The ability to share documents externally is particularly valuable in today’s global business environment, where collaboration with vendors, clients, and contractors across geographical boundaries is commonplace.

Monitoring your ClickHouse database is a proactive measure that helps maintain its health and ensure that it continues to meet the needs of your applications and users efficiently. It allows you to address issues before they become critical, ensuring that your database environment is secure, reliable, and performing optimally. In this article, we'll detail how to use the Telegraf agent to collect performance metrics from your ClickHouse clusters, and forward them to a datasource.

Hosted Graphite is a time-series metrics monitoring tool used for application, systems, infrastructure and network monitoring. HostedGraphite is a Hosted Graphite service that offers the full capabilities and benefits of Graphite, without any of the hassle of trying to set up your own open-source Graphite installation.

Automation adoption can sometimes feel like trying to teach a goldfish to tap dance – a bit daunting and a whole lot of “wait, what?!” Read on about some of those trials in the world of process automation.

Cloudsmith now supports upstream proxying and caching for CRAN's R packages. That means simpler, more reliable integration of third-party packages into your organization's development process. Better software, faster!

In the wide ocean of tech companies, we watched a giant shark get consumed by a megalodon.

Today, incident management is a core part of organizations both big and small. But what if you don't have a program in place...where do you start? Or what if incident management is already a key part of your org, but you're looking to optimize it—where do you kick things off in that case? Consider another situation: What if you're an established organization with years of incident management experience—what are some things that you can do to take things to the next level?

In the complex and fast-paced world of application deployment, getting a handle on the tangle of services and resources can sometimes feel like trying to find your way through a maze without a map. And if something goes wrong, trying to find out what's happening where is even more difficult. With alert emails flooding in and questions flying left and right, identifying the glitch that's causing issues can seem like a Herculean feat.

FireHydrant is mission-critical infrastructure for thousands of engineers. It’s our job to be up – even when everything else is down. Here's a technical look at how we tested Signals alerting and on-call to ensure high availability and speed.