Much has changed in the digital space, but one thing will remain important for organizations—safeguarding their entire digital environment. While data is the lifeblood of companies and businesses, protecting a digital environment goes beyond that. From confidential records to operating systems, applications to databases, the potential compromise of these components is a threat.

Are you looking for the best IT tools for your business? Look no further: This comprehensive guide will help you reach your operational goals and maintain your competitive advantage in your respective industries! Before that, let’s define what an IT tool is and why you need it. Essentially, an IT tool is any app, software, or service that allows you to do your job more efficiently.

Website uptime monitoring is the process of regularly checking if a website or application is available and working correctly. The main goal is to make sure that the website or app is always accessible to users and functioning as it should.

Monitoring network components efficiently is crucial for troubleshooting potential issues and ensuring optimal network performance. With the ever-growing complexity of networks, having a solution that streamlines the process of organizing network elements becomes indispensable.

In the high-stakes world of banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), collectively known as the finance sector, where transactions occur in milliseconds and financial destinies are determined in the blink of an eye, the need for uninterrupted connectivity, secure transactions, and access to accurate, real-time information is critical. It constitutes the foundation for the very integrity and success of financial operations.

As the maintainer and lead developer of Netplan, I’m proud to announce the general availability of Netplan v1.0 after more than 7 years of development efforts. Over the years, we’ve had approximately 80 individual contributors from around the globe. This includes many contributions from our Netplan core-team at Canonical as well as organisations like Microsoft and Deutsche Telekom.

Canonical is proud to announce it is joining the ELISA (Enabling Linux in Safety Applications) project. By joining ELISA, Canonical will work side-by-side with other industry leaders to make Linux a trusted and dependable option for safety-critical environments.