Even before a global pandemic caused many of us — willingly or not — to suddenly start working from home, it had long been on my list to compile a “work from home” guide, crowdsourcing the advice from the folks here at Sensu. As a remote-first company, we have our fair share of pro tips for working from home; we also want to acknowledge that these times are anything but normal.

If you hadn't heard the term “this is the new normal” yet today, then you haven't been listening. While right now is not normal, current events have us all wondering how the work environment is going to change once we get there. There are a few things that we can expect: Having pipelines and applications that are observable is key to all of this.

The recent COVID-19 outbreak is stressing healthcare systems worldwide. Most countries are looking to “flatten the curve” of new cases in order to allow the sick to be treated without swamping hospitals.

You’ve been thinking all morning. You keep wondering how to choose servers for your company. All right, think the answer will be almost always: What do you need them for? And the choice of servers will depend on the functions that they will fulfill, and these are also likely to be related to the size of your company.

10 Reasons for Site Crashes In the classic movie The Sound of Music, the whimsical governess Maria and the Von Trapp children sing about their favorite things — like raindrops and roses and whiskers on kittens. It’s joyful, it’s inspiring, and it’s in perfect harmony backed by a full orchestra. Isn’t Austria lovely? Well, if Maria and co.

We recently wrote about the reasons why serverless apps fail and explored some ideas to make architectures more resilient and scalable. Some of these architectural designs can become expensive if we don’t consider the financial impacts of architectural decisions. With proper care and consideration to this aspect, it is possible to achieve the same value in terms of scalability and resiliency while keeping costs at a manageable level.

The results of a new report, “How IT Operations Leaders Can Deliver Business Value in an Economic Slowdown,” highlights new tech initiatives and priorities during Covid-19. By all fiscal measures, the U.S. and global economy has taken a bitter downward spiral in the last six weeks. With ever-growing jobless claims and stock market losses, many IT execs are quickly re-shifting all priorities and strategies to cope with great uncertainty over the next 12 months.