There are different ways you can use to deploy the Prometheus monitoring tool in your environment. One of the fastest ways to get started is to deploy it as a Docker container. This guide shows you how to quickly set up a minimal Prometheus on your laptop. You can then extend that setup to add a monitoring dashboard, alerting, and authentication.

I'm a bit of an AI skeptic. And even though GitHub Copilot is my daily auto-completion on steroids, I always double-check the code generated by LLMs. If you're using AI for coding, you probably know that the results are sometimes surprisingly good and other times shockingly terrible. Lately, I have seen more and more articles and even docs recommending ChatGPT to generate Playwright tests. Could this be true? Are ChatGPT and friends really that good at generating test code?

Data sovereignty has become increasingly critical for UK enterprises, particularly in regulated sectors like finance, healthcare, and the public sector. This is due in part to growing concerns over data security and the need for compliance with increasingly stringent regulations.

Businesses, like pretty much all of us, continue to grow ever more reliant upon network connectivity. When that connectivity falters, it can be extremely disruptive—and very costly. According to a report in PCMag, an internet shutdown of one minute can cost a business like Amazon almost $978,000 in revenue losses. For Alphabet, the number is $538,000.

Managing assets remotely has become increasingly important in today’s dynamic and distributed work environment. Remote asset management allows organizations to track and manage their assets from any location, ensuring efficiency, security, and productivity. This guide explores the concept of remote asset management, its key features, implementation strategies, and the benefits it offers to businesses.

Let’s face it: managing IT operations today feels a bit like spinning plates in a hurricane. Alerts are pinging, systems are stalling, users are shouting (as if that’ll help), and all the while, you’re drowning in a sea of repetitive, manual tasks. Sound familiar? Welcome to the wonderfully chaotic world of IT. But it doesn’t have to be this way.