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Look out for these Kubernetes monitoring best practices when evaluating a Kubernetes monitoring solution. It will be easier to make sense of them if your tools are Kubernetes native. Let’s face it. Running containers in Kubernetes brings a number of advantages in terms of automation, segmentation, and efficiency. However, the ability to monitor performance and availability in an ever-changing infrastructure like Kubernetes can be a challenge.

Today, we are excited to announce PagerTree has added 3 new chatbot services including Mattermost, Microsoft Teams and Google Hangouts Chat (this is in addition to our core Slack notification channel). Chatbots are available on all pricing tiers free of charge! :) If you don’t already have an account, sign up for a free-trial now. Our chatbots are will post alert details to a “channel” of your choice.

In today's world, the need for organisations to have comprehensive cybersecurity solutions in place has never been greater. New vulnerabilities are exposed on a daily basis, and data breaches pose not only monetary but reputational risk.

dbaddon.mp4 - Google Drive Sign in Most modern web applications are heavily reliant on persisting data with relational databases, and so it’s no surprise that a large part of application performance monitoring relates to keeping an eye on database performance to ensure that our SQL queries are as efficient as possible. With this in mind, Scout features a Database Add-on module, and in this video, we are going to take a closer look at what it has to offer.

Last week, we shared an introduction on how to use incoming webhooks to integrate with Mattermost. Here’s an example of how to use them in action.

Tigera serves the networking and policy enforcement needs of more than 150,000 Kubernetes clusters across the globe and supports two product lines: open source Calico, and Calico Enterprise. Our development team is constantly running smoke, system, unit, and functional verification tests, as well as all our E2Es for these products. Our CI pipelines form an extremely important aspect of the overall IT infrastructure and enable us to test our products and catch bugs before release.

Think about your last online order. If you’re a frequent online shopper and have created profiles for sites you visit often (*raises hand*), then you’re probably familiar with customized recommendations. Based on your purchase history, location, and other factors, the website may suggest other items you might be interested in buying. And if you’re on the site long enough, chatbots may appear asking if you have questions or need assistance locating something.

Even though ITAM has been around for a long time, there are still some very loose interpretations that claim to define IT asset management (ITAM). But, to be fair, the term asset management has different meanings depending upon the audience. When it comes to IT assets, we are specifically referring to those assets that enable the IT side of the business to run.

Earlier this year, as COVID-19 appeared, our global community of almost 800 employees became a fully remote workforce—effectively overnight. Now, all of us have had a taste of what it’s like to work from home all the time, from embracing the benefits of less time commuting and more time with our families, to the downsides of feeling isolated and missing seeing our colleagues in “real life.”

These release notes describe new features, improvements and fixed issues in Pandora FMS NG 748. They also provide information about upgrades and describe some workarounds for known issues.