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How Australia can elevate government customer experience

The pandemic shifted us all online, whether we wanted to or not. It forced the public sector to adapt more than most industries, requiring citizens to interact digitally with governments to receive the health and financial support available to them. Digital technology promises to elevate government customer experience (CX) by scaling services, cutting wait times, and reducing costs.

Sneak peek: Groups in Mission Portal

Using CFEngine there are many ways to group and classify your hosts. In order to group their hosts, our users use a combination of JSON files, CFEngine policy language (with variables, classes, and class expressions), host specific data and host filters in Mission Portal. With these features you can choose which hosts to show in reports, and you can make decisions on what changes to make on which hosts.

Observability vs Monitoring - The difference explained with an example

Observability vs monitoring has been a common topic in DevOps recently. There has been a lot of debate, and I have learned a lot from them when I started my observability journey. Most literature on observability is associated with a particular product or shares a textbook definition. In this blog post, I want to give you a practical understanding of observability and the differences between observability and monitoring with different scenarios and examples. We will cover the following topics here.

The Best OpenSearch Dashboard Examples

OpenSearch dashboards are a powerful tool for visualising and exploring data stored in an OpenSearch-compatible data store such as Elasticsearch. With OpenSearch's intuitive interface and advanced analytical tools, this visualisation tool makes it easy to gain insights into your data and monitor and alert upon key metrics. Throughout this article, we'll look at some of the most impressive OpenSearch dashboard examples that showcase it’s capabilities and versatility.

Mobile Learning: How it Transforms The Modern Classroom and Training

Mobile learning consists of learning on the go, via your smartphone or tablet. In a business setting, mobile learning offers the possibility for employees to follow their training wherever they are, with online courses and other content being accessible at all times. This learning method is available on many learning management system (LMS) platforms but, as we will see later, it is necessary to be vigilant in the choice of the latter because mobile learning comes with some technical constraints.

Mattermost Solutions for GitLab: Deep integration to ship software faster

Around the world, thousands of DevSecOps teams are shipping software faster and more reliably by integrating Mattermost with their self-hosted GitLab deployments. When combined, these platforms connect developer toolchains with real-time communications, audio calling, screen sharing and collaborative workflows.

What is the ImagePullBackoff error in Kubernetes and how to fix it?

Like CrashLoopBackoff, the ImagePullBackoff is not an error but a waiting status you might see in your kubernetes pods, with the backoff time increasing after every retry. The error itself is "ErrImagePull", and it happens when there are issues when pulling the container image to the kubernetes node. So how do you solve these pull errors? Take a look at our video to get some ideas on how to resolve the various issues!

Mattermost Solutions for GitLab

Mattermost Solutions for GitLab makes it easier than ever for teams to realize the benefits of an integrated DevSecOps platform. As one of a handful of tools inside the GitLab Omnibus package, Mattermost offers deep integrations out of the box, including a specialized plugin, custom webhooks, and a comprehensive command center experience.