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Release Roundup Dec 2023: Driving reliability standards (and much more)

2023 is coming to a close and the holiday season is here, but that doesn’t mean things at Gremlin are slowing down. In fact, we’ve released a ton of new features and improvements to make testing and improving reliability even easier. Now you can run Chaos Engineering experiments in serverless environments, create custom reliability test suites, create more flexible Scenarios, and more easily identify critical components in your environment.

How CSRD and EED are Reshaping Data Center Sustainability Reporting

The CSRD is a new regulation that mandates companies operating in the European Union (EU) to disclose their ESG performance and impact. This directive applies to both EU and non-EU companies, including US, Canadian and UK companies, with over 500 employees and listed on EU-regulated markets or operating in specific sectors like banking, insurance, energy, and transport.

Searching the Google Workspace API using Cribl Search

Google Workspace is a robust set of productivity applications with billions of users and millions of paying organizations. These include small mom-and-pop shops and the largest enterprises. Google provides the Google Reports API, “a RESTful API you can use to access information about the Google Workspace activities of your users.” This data is critical for establishing a solid security posture.

How to Run Puppet in Docker

In early 2023 Betadots together with Vox Pupuli adopted the Puppet containers and so this article has been updated to contain the new locations. Details of their adoption can be found here. If you’ve ever wanted to get started with Puppet or Docker — or both — you’ve probably faced a bit of a conundrum. Should I use Puppet to deploy Docker on my nodes, and then use Puppet to define container images?

How to Monitor ISP Networks Like a Pro

In today's era dominated by digital connectivity, the pivotal role of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in shaping our online experiences and facilitating business operations cannot be overstated. The quality of Internet services has emerged as a critical factor, directly impacting both individuals' daily activities and the operational efficiency of companies.

Introducing GitKraken.dev: Everything GitKraken, Now In Your Browser

For almost a decade, GitKraken has been building developer-first Git productivity tools and services, with one clear goal: to make devs and their teams more effective and efficient. Our journey began with desktop-centric and IDE-based tools like GitKraken Client and GitLens for VS Code, which have both become integral to the workflow for tens of millions of developers. Our tools and capabilities are robust.

What is Open Access Research and Why It's a Good Thing

The birth of the internet gave way to infinite possibilities for researchers and students alike. By cutting costs to help employed people carry on learning, researchers also have an immense amount of data to manage. Enabling writers to publish and share their findings with the world while providing graduates with crucial information to support their chosen field of study, using the internet for research can be a huge benefit. However, you have to show caution with how websites handle your information.

The Advent of Monitoring, Day 5: Dealing With Third-Party Dependencies Causing False Positives for Synthetics

When we’re testing our apps, it's a big headache to simulate what the user goes through while steering clear of the more problematic parts of those processes. These parts, often external and beyond our control and responsibility, are usually not the focus of our testing. Think external services, third-party modules, or APIs. Relying on these unpredictable elements for our tests is a no-go. Nor do we want to rework our tests to check internal implementations just to dodge these issues.

How to Analyze Subscriber Behavior with Kentik

Learn how to analyze subscriber behavior using Kentik. In this post, we focus on the challenges and solutions of identifying and tracking the customers in an IP network while complying with regulations such as GDPR, show how Kentik Custom Dimensions and Data Explorer provide the analysis, and finally touch on how the associated APIs help automate and ease the entire process.