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2bcloud Architects Housetable's Secure AWS Environment, Providing Compliance & ML Functionality

Housetable uses AI and Data Science to predict what customer’s homes will be worth after renovation, to support users in securing financing that takes into account the real value of their property. With its AI-powered renovation intelligence, customers can enjoy a 100% digital experience with quick application via mobile app, dynamic approvals, and integrated payments both from banks and directly to contractors.

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The State of Incidents and Site Reliability: Q&A with Blameless SRE Architect Kurt Andersen

In the latest of an occasional series, today we hear from Kurt Andersen, SRE Architect at Blameless, discussing the evolution of incident management, current trends in site reliability affecting engineering teams, as well as an update on how Blameless is addressing the needs of SRE and DevOps.

Survey: Complexity and Costs Threaten Health of Strong DevOps Pulse

Oh how quickly the times change. Over the past 5 years, as Logz.io has executed its annual DevOps Pulse Survey and created the accompanying report, the state of “modern” cloud engineering and monitoring practices have advanced at a torrid pace. As a result, so has the project itself. Back in 2017 when we started polling the industry and collecting data, we sought to validate the usefulness of DevOps itself.

System Center 2022 Release

Microsoft announced the release of System Center 2022 on 1st April. The updated Microsoft System Center Orchestrator product information can be found here. The release brings significant improvements to the System Center suite, including an important update to Orchestrator, which is now a 64-bit application. This new functionality enables Orchestrator to work seamlessly with 64-bit PowerShell within code activities, a revision that has been sort-after by the user base.

What is Microsoft's New Operator Connect Accelerator?

One of the great things about being in the telecom industry is the constant innovation that occurs. For example, Microsoft just announced an exciting new offering for telecom service providers, Operator Connect Accelerator, aimed at helping them get the most out of their Teams investments. Operator Connect is Microsoft’s managed service for connecting Teams and telephony services.

The Results Are In: Platform.sh Drives Both Significant IT/DevOps Efficiency and Meaningful Cost Savings

We built Platform.sh because we knew there had to be a better way for businesses to build, run, and scale a full fleet of websites and web apps at scale. After all, until we brought our solution to market, many businesses had to construct a patchwork of different vendors, technologies, platforms, and solutions to bring their digital experiences to life. But there was no guarantee that all of those different component parts would always “play nicely in the sandbox” together.

Testing Python: Understanding Doctest and Unittest

Testing is crucial in the software development phase. It helps ensure easy debugging, agile code, and enhanced reusability. Performing tests that cover all use cases helps prevent a codebase from breaking — minimizing exposure to vulnerabilities. Python has two main testing frameworks that developers can use, doctest and unittest.