Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Latest News

When should you use out-of-band communications?

How would your team stay connected if your primary communication network failed? To keep lines of communication open during emergencies, today’s leading organizations deploy out-of-band communication solutions alongside their main channels. An out-of-band (OOB) communication system exists outside an organization’s primary network. As a result, it enables team members to stay connected when main lines are compromised, corrupted, or otherwise unavailable.

Kosli Achieves SOC 2 Type 2 Compliance: Strengthening Our Commitment to Security

We are thrilled to announce that Kosli has successfully completed a SOC 2 Type 2 audit, demonstrating our commitment to the security, quality, and operational excellence our customers expect. This achievement builds upon our existing SOC 2 Type 1 compliance, further solidifying our dedication to robust security practices.

Best Method to Monitor Kibana Using Telegraf and MetricFire

Monitoring Kibana instances is crucial to ensure optimal performance, identify potential bottlenecks, and promptly address issues that may impact the accessibility and functionality of the platform. Regular monitoring allows for proactive maintenance, enabling organizations to deliver a seamless and responsive user experience while ensuring the stability and reliability of their ELK stack.

The Role of APM in DevOps and SRE Practices

As the software development world becomes faster, enterprises must adapt to customer demands by increasing their application’s deployment frequency. They often rely on DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) methodologies to achieve this. These approaches ensure high system availability amidst frequent deployments and prioritize delivering a seamless user experience.

The Case for Kubernetes Alternatives and Why So Many are Choosing Cycle

Kubernetes has become quite the conundrum. It’s 2024 and more teams than ever are looking for an alternative to the self proclaimed “de-facto” container solution for reasons ranging from long term complexity to its absolutely massive cost to maintain. So here’s the scoop. Teams have been ditching Kubernetes faster than hipsters drop mainstream coffee chains for that obscure, single-origin brew. Why?

Secure Credentials for GitOps Deployments Using the External Secrets Operator and AWS Secrets Manager

The security and storage of secrets is one of the most controversial subjects when it comes to GitOps deployments. Some teams want to go “by the book” and use Git as the storage medium (in an encrypted form of course) while others accept the fact that secrets must be handled in a different way (outside of GitOps). There is no right or wrong answer here and depending on the organization requirements, either solution might be a great fit.

Comparing Cost Between Traditional IT Infrastructure And Kubernetes

To optimize costs, businesses must continuously assess the cost-effectiveness of their IT infrastructure. This article explores the financial implications of transitioning from traditional cloud IT infrastructure, characterized by elements like EC2, RDS, and non-containerized environments, to Kubernetes, a modern container-orchestration system. Traditional IT infrastructures have long been the backbone of many organizations, offering a certain level of predictability in cost and performance.

PostgreSQL for AI applications

If you’re working with AI, you’re working with data. From numerical data to videos or images, regardless of your industry or use case, every AI project depends on data in some form. The question is: how can you efficiently store that data and use it when building your models? One answer is PostgreSQL, a proven and well-loved database that, thanks to recent developments, has become a strong choice to support AI.

Your reliability scorecard: How to measure and track service reliability

If your organization asked you to report on the reliability improvements you’ve made over the past 90 days, would you be able to pull up a report? If you’re like many engineers, this question might make you anxious. Reliability is a difficult metric to quantify in a meaningful way, let alone measure.