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Kubernetes has become an enormously popular choice for containerized applications since its 2014 launch. Many software developers rely on the tool, which is now in v1.23.1. However, there are other choices on the market for container orchestration. One such tool is Nomad, originally launched in 2015. Generally pitched as an alternative to Kubernetes, Nomad, which most recently released v1.2, promotes itself as a simple, flexible option for software teams.

Rollbar is adopting the updated Oauth 2.0 flow created by Slack. Slack has revised their access tokens and now allows the Rollbar Slack bot to have its own credentials. This replaces the use of member’s credentials.

Of the many challenges IT leaders grabble with in 2022, it’s the challenge of keeping systems up and running and employees delighted that keeps most IT leaders up at night. And at the same time, IT service desks are inundated with service requests while IT operations face disruption after disruption, further reiterating that uninterrupted IT services and operations are vital for today’s businesses to thrive and grow in hyper-scale environments.

Ever since a JPEG created by the digital artist Beeple sold for more than $69 million in 2021, the worldwide obsession with NFTs (non-fungible tokens) that represent digital collectibles, art, and media has been growing. A company at the forefront of the NFT world is the blockchain gaming studio Dapper Labs, which leverages blockchain to build addictive games (such as CryptoKitties), verify authentic digital collectibles, and run fan tokens for sports personalities and music artists.

The peering coordinator’s toolbox is a blog series where we dive deep into the peering coordinator workflow and show how the right tools can help you be successful in your role.

Flowmon 12 Pushes the Boundaries of Cloud Monitoring. Bring your cloud monitoring strategy to the next level with new support for native flow logs from Google Cloud & Microsoft Azure + enhanced support of AWS (Amazon Web Services).

IT operations managers know that data is vital to understanding the health, availability, and reliability of their enterprises, and to making informed decisions about how to run their enterprises at peak efficiency.

Errors are the necessary evils of software development. They bring to your attention critical information about what’s wrong with your application and what needs fixing before your end-users suffer. Error monitoring tools offer significant help in this cause by aggregating all the errors and issues your applications (and their end users) are struggling with under one roof and providing valuable insights to resolve these and optimize performance.

The best free and open-source software are tools that users simply cannot live without — they make everyday tasks on Windows, Mac, and Linux easy without any of the associated costs or licensing fees that come with pay-to-play solutions. For some quick background, open-source software took off during the earlier days of IT in the late 1990s and has changed the world ever since.