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What's new in Avantra 24.2

It's my pleasure to announce the release of Avantra 24.2. The second update of Avantra 24, building upon 24.1 which brought performance and customer requested bug fixes, 24.2 brings new innovations and enhancements to our Avantra platform. With over 300 changes in our development management system, Avantra 24.2 feels like a major release to us and we have something new everywhere you look. Let's dive deeper into the new features.
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Incidents are lessons, not failures

Delivering digital operations excellence - DevOps, incident management, and keeping organisations running - is a constant challenge. As customer digital expectations rise, so do the complexities of the tech stack and cloud services integrations. But to insist on 100% uptime and rush through incident management without taking learnings into account creates a poor culture that can damage the ability of the DevOps team. This is not how a business creates resilient infrastructure and high-performing teams.

Grafana Loki vs. ELK Stack for Logging: A Comprehensive Comparison

With the increasing complexity of modern applications, log management solutions have become synonymous with troubleshooting, monitoring, and ensuring application reliability. Moreover, choosing the right tools can significantly impact your application’s performance, efficiency, and overall operational costs. Two powerful tools that often come up in these discussions are Grafana Loki and the ELK Stack (consisting of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana).

Apica Flow powered by OCI: A Modern Telemetry Pipeline Solution

As we traverse through a trend of rapid data growth and increasing demand for comprehensive observability, managing and monitoring data pipelines has become more complex and costly. That’s why we’ve partnered with Oracle Cloud to bring you Apica Flow—a modern, cost-effective telemetry pipeline solution designed to help you manage your data efficiently and save costs.

Feature Friday Feature Friday #20: Macros

Did you know CFEngine has Macros? They were first introduced in CFEngine 3.7 (back in 2015), and more have been introduced since then. Macros are convenient for preventing the parsing of a section of the policy. It is handy for protecting older binaries from getting tripped up on newer syntax the agent does not understand. Let’s take a look. Currently there are 8 macros. You can find examples of use within the Masterfiles Policy Framework.

Boost Remote Work Efficiency with Remote Asset Management

The rise of remote and hybrid work has been a welcome change for workers everywhere. However, it has also created numerous challenges for managers, particularly in the area of asset management. Effective asset tracking and enterprise asset management are crucial for maintaining operational efficiency, security, and business continuity in this new paradigm.

Customized Asset Management & Asset Tracking Software Benefits

In today’s fast-paced business environment, managing and tracking assets efficiently is crucial for maintaining productivity and reducing costs. Customized asset management and asset tracking software offer tailored solutions that cater to the specific needs of an organization. This blog post explores the benefits, features, and steps involved in building a customized asset management and tracking system, along with real-world customizations that Asset Infinity has implemented for its customers.

Are Your Data Centers and IT Closets Prepared for the Next CrowdStrike Event?

On July 19, 2024, a major IT disaster struck when a CrowdStrike update caused widespread chaos. CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, inadvertently pushed a faulty “sensor configuration update” for its Falcon Sensor software. This update caused 8.5 million Windows devices to crash. The impact was severe, affecting airlines, banking systems, and healthcare networks, and the recovery process was laborious, requiring manual intervention for impacted devices.

Top Metrics for CRM companies

CRMs are a valuable tool for businesses to organize their sales and customers. The benefits of having one include increased revenue, better visibility into accounts, automated tasks, and more. But, if your CRM needs to be fixed, it can create challenges for your business. CRM monitoring helps you fix problems before they become apparent. In this article, we’ll show you how to start with MetricFire.

Monitor Your ZFS Volume Manager With Telegraf

ZFS (Zettabyte File System) is a file system and volume manager that has robust data integrity features and uses checksums for every block of data, ensuring that any data corruption is detected and corrected. Additionally, it offers advanced features such as pooled storage, efficient snapshots and cloning, built-in data compression, deduplication, and high scalability, making it ideal for large-scale and high-performance storage environments.