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Top 3 Reasons to Migrate from Visual FoxPro to .NET

For companies relying on applications built with Microsoft's Visual FoxPro (VFP) development platform, the time has come to seriously consider modernizing to a more current technology like .NET. Released way back in 1995, FoxPro reached the end of its life a decade ago when Microsoft announced the product's retirement. While VFP apps that work fine today may seem to prevent the need to modernize, under the surface, trouble is brewing. This article examines the most pressing reasons why visual FoxPro migration to .NET should be a priority for forward-thinking IT leaders.

A 7-Step Guide to IT Cost Reduction in 2024

As per the latest forecast by Gartner, worldwide IT spending is projected to amount to $4.6 trillion in 2023, up by 5.1% from 2022. The demand for IT will be strong in 2023 as enterprises launch digital business initiatives to respond to global economic challenges. In a downward economy, conventional wisdom warrants reducing costs.

How to Deploy Applications Using Microsoft Intune Admin Center

Deploying software used to mean traveling to the physical location of each machine and running the executable file. However, with today’s distributed workplaces and remote and hybrid workers, that’s not a feasible solution. Fortunately, your IT team can use remote management tools to deploy apps and software updates without leaving their desks.

Deep Dive - Time Series Panel Visualizations: What Are They? How to Get Started? | Grafana

In this video, Grafana Developer Advocate Leandro Melendez describes Time series visualizations, the default and primary way to visualize time series data as a graph. They can render series as lines, points, or bars. They’re versatile enough to display almost any time-series data. — Found this video useful? Be sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more helpful Grafana tutorial videos.

FinOps on Azure - Azure Cost Optimization: Real-World Cost Scenarios

This episode of "FinOps on Azure" highlights the pitfalls of the "migration mindset" and the challenge of aligning agile development with traditional finance processes. Rik and Mike explore the emergence of FinOps as a solution, emphasizing the importance of a cloud-native mindset, architectural considerations, and empowering teams with cost ownership. The conversation stresses the cultural shift required for effective cost management, supported by tools and automation for ongoing optimization in Azure.

Elevating Data Sovereignty with Stackify Self-Hosted Retrace

Stackify’s commitment to serving a broad array of industries is evident from its varied customer portfolio. From BigBank and Big Pharma to Logistics Supplier and Retail Bank, the Self-Hosted Retrace has proven adaptable and essential across different sectors. This versatility not only demonstrates the solution's robustness but also its capacity to meet your industry-specific demands, affirming Stackify's role as a critical tool in the optimization of IT infrastructures globally.

Micah Lasseter, Delivery Hero: The Link Between Leadership, Learning and Diversity

Discover how Micah Lasseter, Director of Leadership and Management Development at Delivery Hero is creating a link between leadership, learning and diversity. We’ve all heard the old saying that travel broadens the mind. But Micah Lasseter, Director of Leadership and Management Development at Delivery Hero can confirm that it is absolutely true.

Five improvements to Make Debugging Less Terrible

Over the past year, we released a couple of new offerings, like Session Replay and Cron Monitoring. But in addition to building new products, we’re constantly looking for ways to improve our core platform to help you debug software issues faster. As you hopefully saw during Sentry’s Launch Week, we shipped five quality-of-life improvements addressing the following problems: Here’s the latest.