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In monitoring, a target system or device is a deciding factor in designing your monitoring stack. You will have to consider various aspects starting from how you want to collect data in what frequency to how you want to surface metrics to end users. You will have to take this strategic approach when you want to monitor your network infrastructure. In this article, we will discuss how Grafana, an open-source visualization tool, can help you to monitor network switches.

The impact of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic collectively upended customer behavior with sweeping and immediate changes that we are still feeling the effects of now. As a result people have been forced to live and work differently, which has had a direct impact on consumption patterns and shopping habits. Consumers have for example been displaced from their traditional in-person experiences.

For our latest specialist interview in our series speaking to technology leaders from around the world, we’ve welcomed Venkat MotuPalli to share his insights as the CTO of BlueTape, as well as his advice for would-be CTOs. Venkat is an innovative entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience in leadership, driving the architecture and delivery of large scale software solutions.

We often talk about migrating applications to THE cloud, or running workloads in THE cloud, as if the cloud is one, homogenous environment. The reality is, of course, far more complex. There are private clouds and public clouds—and different public cloud service providers (CSPs) that each have their own particular capabilities and strengths. Modern, digitally transformed businesses usually leverage a combination of these clouds.

This is the second article in our series regarding FIPS 140 and Ubuntu. The first part of this series, this article, covers running FIPS 140 applications on Ubuntu while this part is focused on the development of FIPS 140 applications on Ubuntu.

Google Cloud Platform is a complex suite of services that are aimed at satisfying client’s computing, storaging, and application operating needs. App Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Speech API, Deployment Manager ( just a share of ) are the proud services of a GCP. All of them are developed for optimizing business and making business-client relationships easy and comfortable for sealing the deals and conversions go high.

With cloud technology opening up a world of new business opportunities, it has become indispensable for many modern enterprises. From enriching business models and upgrading current infrastructure to delivering the finest customer services, the potentials of cloud technology are immeasurable. To benefit from the cloud, businesses are investing heavily in migrating or modernizing their existing systems to the cloud platform.

Network monitoring is the practice of making sure the network as a whole, functions optimally by keeping a watch over all endpoints of a network, which is the heart of any business’s routine functioning. Any discrepancy in the form of a breach or slowdown could prove costly. Proactively monitoring networks helps administrators identify and prevent any potential issues that could occur at any time.