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How fintech companies can prepare for new DORA regulations

The clock is ticking for financial services companies that operate in the European Union (EU). Starting in January 2025, financial services providers and their third-party technology service providers must meet the new regulatory requirements of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).

The organization's mission: a key part of a successful BIA

What makes a business impact assessment a successful one? Well, there isn’t a single answer. But understanding your organization’s values and goals is a great first step. In our webinar with Amanda Wittern, Ivanti’s Deputy Chief Security Officer, and Rob Leisure, Ivanti’s Senior Director of Solutions Marketing, we discussed their first-hand experiences and industry trends for conducting Business Impact Assessments.

re:Invent Recap Livestream

Did you miss this year’s re:Invent? Or maybe you were onsite but too busy deep diving on certifications, new products, and networking. Don’t worry – the Datadog team is streaming right to your home on December 5th to recap all of the highlights from the event. Join Andrew Krug from Datadog’s Technical Community and a host of AWS guests LIVE to hear about exciting announcements from AWS re:Invent 2023, Datadog’s latest product launches, and a run-down of the best On Demand sessions that you’ll want to make sure to tune into.

Webinar: Engineering Productivity: Beyond the Metrics

In 2023 most engineering organizations have some way of measuring productivity. Metrics like story points and cycle time help us assess team-wide impact, while code coverage and commits tell us more about individual contributions. While we know these numbers don’t tell the whole story, we rarely hear about how to find the missing pieces. Or what to do next when we learn the culprit is poor testing practices versus bad design. What’s the plan for improvement? Where does it live, and who owns it?

AWS Bans RI Resale - What This Means For Cloud Users

This holiday season, AWS made waves by dropping a bombshell announcement: “AWS does not permit the sale of reserved instances (RIs) obtained through a discount program (per AWS Service Terms 5.5).” In other words, AWS is banning the resale of discounted RIs in their RI Marketplace. (See the full policy here, section 5.5.) The ban officially goes into effect on January 1, 2024.

SLA Management Best Practices for IT Services

The cornerstone of every successful relationship—business or otherwise—is a clear, mutual set of expectations. In IT, this plays out in the form of service level agreements (SLAs). But really, SLAs are only the first step in the journey to a happy customer relationship. The real key to maintaining happy customers over the long term is SLA management. Knowing how important SLAs are raises several questions: How do you create one, what should it contain, and how do you manage them?