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Web Summit 2024: The future of AI and data governance

Last week, Lisbon was jam-packed with innovation as Web Summit 2024 saw over 70,000 attendees and 3,000 companies at one of the largest tech conferences in the world. Across the exhibition floor and track presentations, a clear theme emerged: while AI offers numerous benefits, its large-scale impact on data processing raises concerns among many parties, from consumers, legislators, and government bodies.

What is an Uptime SLA Guarantee and Should You Have One?

When someone visits your website or logs into your platform, they expect it to be available whenever needed. But downtime is inevitable, whether it’s an unexpected technical hiccup or necessary routine maintenance. Because of that certainty, tech vendors hold themselves accountable to their clients with an uptime service level agreement (SLA) guarantee. This guarantee sets clear expectations about how often your services will be available and what happens when those expectations aren’t met.

KubeCon NA 2024: Service Discovery, Security, and AI-Oh My!

Though KubeCon North America 2024 has officially come to a close, the CNCF's flagship event has left us buzzing with residual excitement. After all, waving goodbye to a crowd of 9,200+ attendees is never easy—especially with Salt Lake City's snow-capped mountains towering impressively in the background. However, it was our conversations with HAProxy booth visitors that truly stole the show.

Best practices for monitoring progressive web applications

Progressive web applications (PWAs) are a modern frontend architecture designed to provide a similar user experience to that of a native iOS, Android, or other platform-specific app. PWAs are built using common web platform technologies—such as, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—and are intended not only to run in a browser and be accessed from the web, but also to be installed on users’ devices and accessed offline.

Keeping Time in Distributed Systems

We all know that keeping a server clock "on time" is an ongoing problem that computer scientists have wrestled with for decades. Nowadays, most servers keep time using a quartz crystal oscillator that's powered by a CMOS battery. The crystal vibrates at a very precise frequency and that's how it maintains accuracy (cool right). Events like rebooting and power loss can cause the server to abandon its primary clock source and fall back to an OS-level timekeeping system.

EdgeIQ and Ubuntu Core; bringing security and scalability to device management

Today, EdgeIQ and Canonical announced the release of the EdgeIQ Coda snap and official support of Ubuntu Core on the EdgeIQ Symphony platform. EdgeIQ Symphony helps you simplify and scale workflows for device fleet operations, data consumption and delivery, and application orchestration. Distributing EdgeIQ Coda as a snap brings the power, connectivity, and control of the EdgeIQ Symphony platform to millions of Linux users who can now install this enterprise tool with a single terminal command.

Unlock Unmatched Insights: Introducing the *deepest* Hybrid Infrastructure Observability Platform

If you want to ensure that your infrastructure is resilient by modern standards, you need to have a deep understanding of how processes and technology impact your business metrics. Learn how Virtana unlocks unmatched insights into your infrastructure through our Virtana AI Platform for deep hybrid infrastructure observability, to give you the deep understanding you need for a resilient infrastructure.

Windows Server 2025 Upgrade Issues #patchmanagement

Windows Server 2025 is facing challenges with automatic upgrades, causing confusion among users. Microsoft has acknowledged a misclassification of the update after initial silence. The issues arise from patch delivery methods, particularly through WSUS and third-party tools, leading to unexpected upgrades based on configurations and update flags. The focus is on understanding the root causes of these issues rather than identifying specific vendors. Accurate information is crucial to resolving these problems effectively.

Elevating Security Posture to Maximize Threat Response - Customer Brown Bag - November 21st, 2024

Join us as Marvin, a Technical Account Engineer at Sumo Logic, addresses the following customer questions on how to elevate their security posture and maximize threat response: How can we mature our Sumo Logic SIEM? How can we identify if we have gaps in logs or detections? How can we create or identify custom rules for use cases that are critical to us and that we want to monitor closely?

The Real Cost of High Network Latency

High latency and inflexible bandwidth have a domino effect across your entire business, impacting your productivity and revenue. Here’s how to improve it. When we talk about network latency, we’re referring to more than just the occasional lag or slow loading speed. At scale, the consistency of your network can be the difference between your enterprise making and losing money – and latency is where it all starts.