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Prometheus is an amazing tool, but it has limitations. Some of your applications, including batch jobs and ephemeral jobs, may not live long enough for it to find and scrape them. Since Prometheus cannot scrape all jobs, the company developed Pushgateway as a bridge tool. Because you usually cannot push metrics directly to the Prometheus application, you can sometimes use a Pushgateway to deliver the necessary data. When you need monitoring solutions, try Metricfire.

Azure Storage Integration! Sounds like a mouthful, doesn’t it? If you’ve been around the block in the world of cloud computing, you’ve probably heard of Azure and its seemingly limitless storage capabilities. In this article, we will dissect this powerful service, shedding light on what it is, how it works, and how you can leverage it to make your cloud journey smoother and more efficient.

Last week we released a new major version of the Vanilla framework. Vanilla 4.0 introduces the elements of the new style used for a current rebranding of Canonical’s brochure websites, including typography changes of headings utilising new variable Ubuntu font, wider grid width, removed rounded corners, some updated colours, and updates to any related components.

In a previous blog, we talked about patterns to run a database in a highly available manner. In this blog, we present our recipe for MySQL high availability. We will also explain how our solution interacts with K8s objects to provide some of its features.

The wave of Summer 2023 updates continues with Alloy Self-Service, the mobile application for end-users of IT services. The new version offers quick access to the top-priority knowledge base articles and service catalog items thanks to support for custom display order for categories.

As enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders, it's crucial to understand the benefits, limitations and best practices associated with building cloud native apps and modernizing legacy workloads. Gartner recently published a worthwhile read addressing what keeps CTOs up at night while assessing Kubernetes and container adoption.

In the dizzyingly complex digital landscape of the 21st century, the notion of customer experience has transcended physical interactions and is now deeply interwoven with online environments. This transformation has brought about many opportunities but also unprecedented challenges. As companies digitize their operations and customer touchpoints multiply, so does the complexity and the scale of systems needed to manage them.

Grafana Agent v0.35 is here! The latest release of the Grafana Agent brings with it loads of new features and enhancements. Today, we’ll highlight our work on horizontal scalability and making it simpler than ever to get started using the Agent. Let’s take a look!

Inventory management can be a daunting task when the right tools are used. A lack of strategy in inventory management can lead to overstocking or shortages. This article presents five tips for improving inventory management processes.

Amazon’s CloudHealth and VMware’s CloudHealth are two of the most popular cloud management and system monitoring platforms today. But which platform does what, and are they even direct competitors? In this post, we'll compare the two services and highlight their main differences so you can choose which to use — or whether to use both.