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Empowering government innovation: a secure path to open source excellence

The Australian Federal Government is not alone in dealing with challenges like natural disasters, global pandemics and economic uncertainty. Like many governments, they are looking for new and innovative ways to tackle these challenges. FST Government 2023 is an exciting conference that brings over 200 government leaders together to explore how the latest advances in digital technology can help support better policy outcomes and citizen service delivery.

Simplify observability with the Grafana OpenTelemetry Starter and Spring Boot 3

To help simplify instrumenting Spring Boot applications with Grafana Cloud, we are excited to introduce the Grafana OpenTelemetry Starter, a project that connects the latest Micrometer enhancements from Spring Boot 3 with Grafana Cloud using OpenTelemetry. By using these tools, you will have logs, metrics, and traces in a single service — in the same easy way that you can use Prometheus with Spring Boot.

AI in field service: Using technology in the service of people

When customers need field service, the stakes are high, whether they’re getting started with a new product or service or something crucial to their business needs repair. These make-or-break moments influence customers’ long-term perception of your brand. Yet they're often complicated by internal system disconnects that require significant manual intervention.

Using Azure Policy to Enforce Storage Account Compliance

Ever had a migraine thinking about how to ensure compliance for your Azure Storage Accounts? You’re not alone. Companies worldwide struggle to maintain consistency, especially when it comes to cloud storage. That’s where Azure Policy comes into play. This article is a comprehensive guide that will walk you through everything you need to know about using Azure Policy to enforce compliance on your Azure Storage Accounts.

You've Goat-to Be Kidding Me: Cracking the Code of Installing the Microsoft Sentinel AMA and CEF Collector without Cribl

As a wise man once said, never ask a goat to install software, they’ll just end up eating the instructions. It may appear that the pesky goats have eaten some of those instructions or eaten too many sticker bushes to keep up with recent Microsoft Sentinel changes if you’ve tried configuring the CEF and Azure Connected Machine Agents. This guide is for you whether you have spent considerable time trying to get these agents to work or just dabbling in the Sentinel waters!

Predictive Analytics Using a Time Series Database

Predictive analytics harnesses the power of big data, statistical algorithms and machine learning techniques to anticipate future outcomes based on historical data. Various industries use predictive analytics, from finance and healthcare to retail and marketing. Among its many uses, predictive maintenance and anomaly detection are two significant applications.

Overcoming Shared Environment Bottlenecks

Shared development environments have long been the norm at a time when agility and collaboration reign supreme. But this once-effective approach now reveals its limitations, giving rise to productivity and collaboration bottlenecks, often leading to conflicts and resource contention that stall projects and hinder development teams. In this article, we will explore the key challenges posed by collaboration bottlenecks and introduce the ephemeral environments solution that redefines how teams operate.