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Kubernetes issues and solutions

Hi all! I am a part of the architecture team at Avito.ru, one of the world’s top classifieds (read more about Avito here). In this post I want to share our experience in implementing kubernetes at scale. Kubernetes is a powerful orchestration tool that helps us manage dozens of microservices, support robust and fast deploy. It’s really cool that we don’t have to manage resources manually, think about service discovery and so on.

LaborDuty: Incident Response For Baby's Arrival

Real-time operations is a term PagerDuty uses to describe the process in which people can acknowledge, communicate, resolve, and learn from impactful events—all in real time. What can be a more impactful and real time than the miracle of childbirth? Whether it’s your first or fifth child, things don’t always go as planned, but the experience also generally comes with a good story filled with hindsight.

Why Your Cloud Costs Might Be so High-and What to Do About It

Recent headlines surrounding big-name IPOs, such as that of Slack and Lyft, have highlighted the very real costs of operating in the cloud. Companies like these are on the hook to pay AWS and other public cloud vendors tens or hundreds of millions of dollars every year, just to run their services.

BigPanda Drives AIOps with AppDynamics

AppDynamics recently announced its new Integration Partner Program, and BigPanda is proud to be an inaugural member. The ten select members of the program have all strategically integrated with AppDynamics in support of its AIOps-focused vision, based on Cisco’s Central Nervous System for IT. We’ve been partnering with AppDynamics for quite some time now, and our inclusion in the partner program is both a natural evolution and an endorsement of our leadership in IT Operations and AIOps.

The Magic Number Behind World-Class Employee Experience

Imagine you had a way to see exactly what IT issues were impacting your employees. And imagine you had one view showing both issue diagnosis and resolution path, with the possibility to take instant action with a one-click fix? Nexthink’s Digital Experience Score delivers just this by combining hard metrics with user sentiment data to give immediate visibility, context and understanding of employees’ experiences across key areas.

API Analysis with the ELK Stack

Pulling in data exposed via API is not one of the most common use cases for ELK Stack users but it is definitely one I’ve come across in the past. Developers wrapping their database services with REST API, for example, might be interested in analyzing this data for business intelligence purposes. Whatever the reason, the ELK Stack offers some easy ways to integrate with this API. One of these methods is the Logstash HTTP poller input plugin.

HybridOps and the State of Digital Transformation

CIOs leading digital transformation initiatives often find themselves juggling multiple tools, processes, and teams. A ‘HybridOps’ approach can help IT leaders knit together multiple operating models and empower teams to work the way the want to, which together will help to improve the speed and efficiency of digital operations and facilitate automation at scale. Join our panel of experts as they discuss digital operations innovation, the need to break down silos, and the best path forward for CIOs and their teams.