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Canonical announces supported solution for Apache Spark on Kubernetes

Today, Canonical announced the release of Charmed Spark – an advanced solution for Apache Spark® that provides everything users need to run Apache Spark on Kubernetes. Apache Spark is suitable for use in diverse data processing applications including predictive analytics, data warehousing, machine learning data preparation and extract-transform-load (ETL).

Adding automation to monitoring: Azure troubleshooting simplified

The transition from traditional on-premises IT infrastructure to the public cloud has brought substantial relief to IT decision-makers and sysadmins. Since many organizations use Microsoft Windows as their preferred operating system, Microsoft Azure has become the public cloud provider of choice automatically owing to a familiar GUI and Active Directory sync.

Reproducing and testing distributed system failures with xk6-disruptor

Distributed systems, such as modern microservices-based applications, are highly scalable, but also highly complex. Dependencies and unexpected interactions between services are a common cause of incidents, and these incidents are also notoriously hard to test for. xk6-disruptor — an extension that adds fault injection capabilities to Grafana k6, the open source reliability and load testing tool — can help overcome these challenges.

AI-Generated Runbooks

AI-generated Runbooks lower the barrier to entry to new automation developers and speeds up the time to create new automation for experienced automation authors. This feature works seamlessly with the user’s preferred scripting language, offering a low-code solution for what used to be a high-code task. Watch how Runbook Automation users can write the task they wish to automate in plain-English and let AI build a template of automation for that particular task.

Avoiding a Major Incident with PagerDuty AIOps

A global retailer has a major incident occurring and the team doesn’t know it yet. Before PagerDuty AIOps, the NOC would get hit by alert storms and page multiple teams. This resulted in large conference calls and customer downtime. Now, a major incident right before Black Friday has been averted with PagerDuty AIOps. The result is better overall customer experience, no matter how stressed the system is.

In-Office vs. Remote Employees: What's the Right Choice for Businesses?

Once upon a time, employment dictated where you lived. This widespread understanding led to a networking effect that amplified the appeal of cities. Cities, in turn, attracted skilled individuals, providing companies with a compelling incentive to establish a presence there and thereby draw even more talent. Notable locales like New York, Los Angeles, and Silicon Valley emerged as epicenters for high-caliber talent and the organizations that employed them.

Microsoft Teams Issues: How to Pinpoint & Highlight Performance Problems

See the connection between your car's warnings and IT alerts? Just as your car warns you of problems, monitoring tools do the same for your business. But what about services you don't own, like Microsoft Teams? Discover how Vantage DX transforms Teams calls and meetings into monitoring insights, helping IT teams automatically detect and prevent issues, boosting user satisfaction and productivity.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): What It Is, And Why You Need to Know

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud adoption, resource virtualization has emerged as a transformative force, revolutionizing the way businesses operate and offer services. At the heart of this revolution lies the concept of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), which offers a spectrum of service models designed to meet the diverse needs of every company.