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How to Execute a PowerShell Loop: Guide to Boosting Your Scripting Efficiency

PowerShell is a powerful scripting language that allows you to automate tasks on your Windows computer. System administrators and IT professionals can use PowerShell to boost IT efficiency and productivity by executing commands through the tool’s command-line interface. The features and benefits of PowerShell include integration with the.NET framework, remote management for large-scale IT environments, and the ability to create pipelines of multiple commands.

Scaling Platform Engineering: Shopify's Blueprint

Platform Engineering is a hot topic these days. We’ve seen the hype around it in 2023, and I expect we shall see it becoming production-grade as we move into 2024. I wanted to look into this topic, and learn from those who’ve already implemented it at scale: the e-commerce hyperscaler Shopify. In the latest episode of OpenObservability Talks, I had the pleasure of hosting Aparna Subramanian, the Director of Production Engineering at Shopify.

Beyond Logs, Metrics and Traces

Despite what you may have seen and heard, the intersection of logging, metrics and tracing does not tell the whole story about observability. Our systems emit telemetry, and those previously noted telemetry signals are considered the “three pillars” of observability. They’re all important, but by themselves, they aren’t observability. Many users I see day in and day out find themselves with broken observability even though they’re collecting those three pillars.

Meeting the SEC's New Cybersecurity Rules: How Flowmon Empowers Companies to Comply

The much-anticipated cybersecurity rules by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for public companies have arrived, signaling a significant step forward from the proposed rules released in March 2022. These final rules, effective July 26, 2023, introduce new obligations that public companies must adhere to, promising a more secure and transparent corporate landscape. However, these regulations bring significant compliance challenges and litigation risks.

Getting started with Application Observability for Java

Links: Description: Get started with instrumenting Java applications with Grafana Cloud to observe them, detect anomalies, and find root causes. In this video, Grafana Developer Advocate Leandro Melendez outlines how to quickly get started with Application Observability for Java based on these three easy steps: Download the Grafana instrumentation agent Instrument an application and send telemetry data to the Grafana Cloud OTLP Endpoint Observe the service in Application Observability.

Innovator Preview: Ivanti Neurons for RBVM, ASOC, Patch Management, & Patch Intune

In this conversation, Chris Goettl provides an update on the upcoming release features and demonstrates them. The release focuses on Linux support, with enhancements for Mac OS and Windows patching as well. Chris explains the content-based approach for Linux and the challenges it presents. He also discusses the ability to exclude patches via patch group and the configuration of Linux repositories. Additionally, he covers the Mac OS Sonoma support and the new always reboot option. The conversation includes demonstrations of Patch Intelligence, endpoint vulnerability, and patch configuration for Linux and Mac OS.