In a recent unexpected turn of events, a faulty component in the latest CrowdStrike Falcon update led to widespread outages, crashing Windows systems globally. The repercussions were felt across various sectors, including airports, TV stations, hospitals, and even emergency services in the U.S. and Canada. The glitch, affecting both Windows workstations and servers, resulted in massive outages, bringing entire companies to a standstill and crashing fleets of hundreds of thousands of computers.

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On July 18, 2024 at 6:38 pm ET, Vantage DX, Martello’s Microsoft 365 and Teams performance management solution, started to see indicators of a likely Microsoft outage impacting users’ ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services. Almost an hour later at 7:41 pm ET Microsoft issued a statement on X.

If you've encountered the dreaded "exit code 137" error message while working with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerized environments, you're not alone. This error can be frustrating and difficult to troubleshoot, but understanding its causes and solutions can help you keep your applications running smoothly. This comprehensive guide will delve into the intricacies of error code 137, its common scenarios, and strategies to resolve it.

Given recent global events, UptimeRobot is experiencing an increased number of downtime notifications. We are currently sending out five times more notifications than usual due to a widespread power outage impacting several critical services worldwide. Here’s a brief overview of the situation and how it affects our monitoring services.

Leveraging data to enable more informed data center power management is critical for maintaining uptime, increasing energy efficiency, increasing power capacity utilization, and reducing costs. Understanding which power metrics to monitor is the first step towards smarter data center operations.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) is a system that identifies and catalogs security vulnerabilities in software and hardware. It is an essential tool for cybersecurity professionals, providing a standardized identifier for each vulnerability, which helps in sharing data across different security tools and platforms. Understanding CVEs is crucial for maintaining secure systems and responding quickly to emerging threats.

Voice-directed picking is an established method for hands-free order fulfillment in warehouses around the world. If you haven’t explored it to boost productivity, now's the time. As it has evolved, voice-based data entry – both text-to-speech and speech-to-text – can be installed into warehouse workflows quickly and economically, without changing your existing warehouse management or other enterprise systems.

“O11y”, also known as Observability, is changing how we handle system performance. This guide will walk you through the essentials of O11y and how to implement it effectively. Let's dive in.

While individual blue screen errors are frustrating, the recent global system crashes caused by a CrowdStrike update incompatible with Microsoft Windows have wreaked havoc across entire industries since early Friday morning. Companies ranging from the airlines, media, and banking industries have been facing significant disruptions, with thousands of customer-facing devices experiencing blue screens and causing widespread travel delays and chaos.