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Best practices for creating custom detection rules with Datadog Cloud SIEM

In Part 1 of this series, we talked about some challenges with building sufficient coverage for detecting security threats. We also discussed how telemetry sources like logs are invaluable for detecting potential threats to your environment because they provide crucial details about who is accessing service resources, why they are accessing them, and whether any changes have been made.

How to Use Tech Advancements to Grow a Home Service Business

Home service businesses, ranging from cleaning, and landscaping, to HVAC services, are the unsung heroes that underpin the smooth operation of our homes. These businesses provide essential services, ensuring our homes remain comfortable, functional, and aesthetically pleasing. In recent years, technological advancements have dramatically reshaped the home service industry landscape, fostering efficiency, scalability, and improved customer service.

6 Things to Keep in Mind When Refurbishing Your Office

Planning a makeover for your workspace? Office refurbishment can be both an exciting and daunting task. If done right, it can significantly boost productivity and morale. From layout design to furniture choices, here are some key points to consider, to ensure your office refurbishment journey is smooth and rewarding. Buckle up as we guide you through this transformative process!

Our uptime check can now verify the absence of a string

The most popular check that Oh Dear offers is, without a doubt, our uptime check. It's enabled for almost every site we monitor. By default, this check will notify you when your site returns a non-2xx response, but you can greatly customize that behavior. You can check if the response has certain headers, if the response contains a particular string, and more! Some of our users requested a new behavior: checking the absence of a string on the response.

Fighting the Good Fight for a Resilient Digital Future

This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, cybercriminals have far too much to celebrate. Attacks are rising in sophistication and brazenness, and no company or organization is immune. We could panic. Or we could lock arms, fight the good fight and put customers first. I vote for the latter.

Azure File Storage Best Practices

Azure File Share is a cutting-edge service offered by Microsoft’s Azure platform. This robust solution allows seamless integration of serverless file sharing capabilities accessible through industry-leading protocols such as SMB, NFS, and Azure Files REST API. When effectively utilized, Azure File Share can drastically improve the file-sharing experience for cloud-based and on-premises deployments. In the realm of Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS, it has demonstrated unparalleled benefits.

Free Preview Environments For Open-Source Projects

We at Qovery are excited to offer our Preview Environments for free to all open-source projects. A Preview Environment is like a sandbox where developers can see how changes to the code will work before these changes are final. This is great for projects where many parts, like the backend, frontend, and databases, must talk to each other.

Ephemeral Environments for Blue-Green Deployments: A Step-by-Step Guide

Blue-green deployments have emerged as a beacon for seamless updates in software development. By juggling two environments, blue (old) and green (new), changes are tested and rolled out with minimal hiccups. Yet, traditional environments, with their database schemas and code differences, often throw a spanner in the works.

NiCE VMware Horizon Management Pack

VMware Horizon monitoring is a crucial aspect of managing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments. As an IT admin and expert in this field, it is essential to have a comprehensive understanding of the tools and techniques available for monitoring and analyzing the performance and health of your VMware Horizon deployment. One of the primary goals of VMware Horizon monitoring is to ensure that your VDI environment is running smoothly, delivering a seamless user experience.