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Retail ITOps: Boost Operational Resilience with Business Service Observability

david.arrowsmith • Oct 03, 2024 In today’s competitive and fast-paced retail environment, service availability is paramount to delivering exceptional customer experiences. As an ITOps Manager or Site Reliability Engineer in a large retail enterprise, you're tasked with managing complex, interdependent systems that support vital business functions such as supply chain operations, point-of-sale (POS) systems, and inventory management.

Azure Cost Allocation to manage Azure spend and get the most out of it

As more and more companies are moving their operations to the cloud, cost management becomes one of the significant concerns, and Azure cost allocation provides the solution for it. Due to the fact that more and more companies use Azure services, it has become crucial to define the correct Azure cost allocation and resource management.

Record an immutable record of all changes made to your LaunchDarkly feature flags with Kosli

We’re thrilled to introduce our latest integration with LaunchDarkly! This powerful combination allows you to keep an immutable record of all changes made to your feature flags using Kosli Trails, ensuring you have the information you need for audits, compliance checks, security investigations, and incident responses.

Announcing Cloud 66 Secrets

I love writing about features that take only a few sentences to introduce! Today, I am excited to tell you about Cloud 66 Secrets. Frankly, there is not much I can write about, because this is a feature that's easy to understand for all developers and we made it so easy to use that you will be up and running in minutes. But I'm going to try and write everything you might need to know about Cloud 66 Secrets here, so let's go!

Bandwidth control: A comprehensive guide

A well-kept network is the mainstay of any business. Ignoring its upkeep is a recipe for disaster. To ensure smooth operations and avoid costly downtime, businesses must prioritize network health. Investing in the right equipment and assembling a skilled team is akin to building a sturdy foundation for your business. Managing and controlling your network’s bandwidth is an important ingredient for keeping your network in tip-top shape.

.NET Framework vs .NET Core: Which Should You Use for Your Projects?

Knowing the key.NET Core vs.NET Framework differences is essential to decide which platform is best for your project. If you’re building modern, cloud-native apps that need to scale dynamically, you need a lightweight runtime with cross-platform compatibility, fast response times, and efficient resource management — and that’s what.NET Core offers. .NET Framework is a Windows-only runtime. It’s good for projects that depend on legacy UI like Windows Forms or ASP.NET Web Forms.

Ubuntu powers Azure's confidential AI offering

Microsoft Azure has announced the general availability of their confidential virtual machines (VMs) with NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs, powered by Ubuntu. This offering combines the hardware-based protection of AMD EPYC processors with NVIDIA’s latest GPU technology to enable secure and high-performance AI workloads in the cloud. Combining these technologies allows sensitive sectors to unlock AI adoption through addressing previous concerns of critical data privacy.

Launching Your Ubuntu Confidential VM with Intel TDX on Google Cloud: A Guide to Enhanced Security

In the world of cloud computing, we rely on abstraction layers to manage complex systems. While this simplifies development, it also creates vulnerabilities for sensitive data. Traditionally, privileged software within the cloud has access to your data, and could pose a significant security risk, if not managed properly. But there’s a new way to protect your data: confidential computing.

5 Azure Optimizations That Make Cloud Cost Savings Simple

As both the State Of FinOps 2024 and the State Of Cloud Costs In 2024 indicate, reducing cloud waste remains a top priority for cloud-driven organizations. Cloud spenders care more than ever about cost efficiency — and CloudZero is working tirelessly to make cloud savings simpler. To this end, we’re proud to announce that we’ve added a suite of automated Azure optimizations to our already robust library of automated Insights.

Integrating Open edX with AppSignal

Imagine stepping into the role of a DevOps engineer at an online learning company that utilizes Open edX as its core Learning Management System (LMS). As the platform scales to accommodate more learners, a myriad of challenges begin to surface: These are just the tip of the iceberg. It's pivotal that you provide timely reports on site performance and error tracking in real time, and fix any issues before they affect a significant user base.