The Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2023 report makes predictions across a number of industries for the coming year. Here are the ones that excite us the most.

Applications and servers need to be constantly monitored to prevent failure and also be able to detect issues on time. This blog post outlines how developers can use Prometheus to monitor applications on AWS EC2 instances.

Over the years, as companies have moved from monolith to cloud-native architectures, maintaining high availability has become more challenging. After all, today’s IT ecosystems are complex, distributed and ephemeral, making it increasingly difficult (and, in many cases, downright impossible) for DevOps practitioners and SREs to identify and fix issues manually.

State of DevOps moderator Ciara Carey recaps the Dec 15 session.

While many people may have a basic understanding of virtual reality (VR), most are not as familiar with the concept of augmented reality (AR). Virtual reality is a completely immersive experience that separates the viewer from the physical world through the use of a VR device that the user wears. In contrast, augmented reality typically uses a camera on a smartphone to add digital elements to a live view.

Another successful AWS re:Invent is in the books for VMware Tanzu. This year, like in previous years, the event had a high attendance with 51,000+ people descending on Las Vegas to learn and explore everything AWS-related. However, there were some notable changes in the focus areas for 2022. This year, VMware was pleased to see that Amazon hosted their first-ever Kubernetes Leadership segment at re:Invent, delivered by Barry Cooks, vice president, Kubernetes for AWS.

Remote and hybrid work have made Microsoft Teams a core tool in nearly all large organizations. Many business leaders and IT administrators would like to extend the value of Teams to enable users to make and receive business phone calls. This improves the productivity of their employees by keeping them connected with customers, business partners, and co-workers in the office, at home, or even on the road.

{ If you think you can’t do something with HAProxy, go have a look, because you probably can. Onward and upward! In 2022, many happy HAProxy users turned to G2 – a leading aggregator of user reviews and product ratings – to leave their feedback. These user reviews were so positive that G2 recognized HAProxy as a Leader in Load Balancing, DDoS Protection, and API Management, with an additional leadership position for momentum in the load balancing market.

Digital transformation continued apace in 2022, with the public cloud helping businesses reduce the financial risk of innovation and drive agility when they need it most. A quote from Dave McCarthy, Research Vice President at IDC, sums up the sentiment of the year: "Cloud is no longer considered a location but rather an operating model for future innovation." With that in mind, here are three of the key cloud trends to watch in 2023…