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How to launch Confidential VMs on Azure

Canonical is happy to announce the general availability of Ubuntu Confidential VMs (CVMs) on Microsoft Azure. Ubuntu 20.04 is the first and only Linux distribution to support Confidential VMs on Azure! Ubuntu CVMs use the latest security extensions of the third generation of AMD CPUs, Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP). As such, they bring about a fundamental shift in the traditional threat model of public clouds. They are part of the Microsoft Azure DCasv5/ECasv5 series, and only take a few clicks to enable and use!

Saving bandwidth with delta firmware updates

Firmware update capability has become a must-have for most devices. Whether to add new features after launch, fix bugs, or urgently patch a security hole, firmware updates gives modern teams the flexibility they need to move fast and react to a changing environment. I’ve written at length about firmware updates in the past, including on Interrupt with a Firmware Update Cookbook and a post about code signing, and even recorded a webinar on the topic.

Tensu: An Open Source Text UI for Sensu Go

A Two Sigma engineer explains why we built Tensu, an open source TUI (text user interface)-based program for interacting with Sensu Go’s observability pipeline and backend API. In this article we will be putting a spotlight on Tensu, an open source terminal-based dashboard for interacting with and responding to events from the Sensu Go observability pipeline and backend API.

Arize integration with PagerDuty

Streamline Model Monitoring with Integrated Alerts Arize is an ML Observability platform aimed to detect, troubleshoot, and eliminate ML problems faster. Use Arize to monitor your production models and send alerts to PagerDuty when your models deviate from a certain threshold. Arize and PagerDuty help keep your teams in the loop, send more comprehensive metadata through alerts, and debug your models faster than ever before.

What is Infrastructure as Code?

Cloud services were born at the beginning of 2000 with companies such as Salesforce and Amazon paving the way. Simple Queuing Service (SQS) was the first service to be launched by Amazon Web Services in November 2004. It was offered as a distributed queuing service and it is still one of the most popular services in AWS. By 2006 more and more services were added to the offering list.

Deutsche Bergbau-Museum Bochum

The Deutsche Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM), or the German Mining Museum, is one of the premier locations to show those interested in the history of mining. Over its 100+ years of operation, the DBM has evolved its exhibits to use multimedia players and other digital devices connected to its network. However, the museum’s three-person IT staff faced a series of problems, including a lack of insight into where network outages occurred and no alert notifications. After working alongside P&W Netzwerk, DBM deployed Progress WhatsUp Gold to manage the broad network environment cost-effectively.

7 Interesting Reasons Why E-Commerce Is The Market Of The Future

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur? Or are you simply curious about the e-commerce industry and what it has to offer? There is no doubt that e-commerce is the future of retail. With more and more people preferring to shop online, businesses that don't adapt will be left behind. In this article, we will discuss seven reasons why e-commerce is the future market. Stay tuned because you'll want to start selling your products online by the end of this post. Let's get started.

APIs vs Webhooks: The Key Differences, and When to Use Them in Your Web Apps

Advancements in technology have led to the evolvement of web development, making it necessary for applications to communicate effectively. To meet the rising demand for communication by modern technology, we have to find the right means through which different technologies can communicate. This is where APIs and Webhooks come into play. APIs and Webhooks play a vital role in enabling the relaying and syncing of data between different applications. That notwithstanding, the two work differently and have been designed to serve different functions.

How Datadog's Technical Solutions team uses RUM, Session Replay, and Error Tracking to resolve customer issues

Organizations across a wide range of industries share a common goal: deploy stable applications that support their customers’ needs. Many of these organizations rely on the Datadog platform to get complete visibility into the health and performance of their applications, and we understand how important it is that our services are reliable. That’s why we leverage our own products to ensure that the platform works as expected.