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Using NGINX as a Queue for JSON Payloads

Request Metrics is a performance analytics tool. As such, we need to build a data ingestion pipeline that will consume performance data and process it. One common approach to ingest is to shove incoming data into a queue. We like simple things, and figuring out fancy distributed queues is anything but. So we're going to eschew best practices and use NGINX as our queue!

Top 3 Network Performance Monitoring Use Cases for SPs & MSPs | Obkio

You may have heard IT professionals go on about the importance of monitoring your network performance to help you pinpoint the cause of problems like dropped calls, slow downs, or connection losses within your infrastructure. The easiest way to get the point across is to understand the specific situations in which the solution will be used. Watch this 2-minute video to learn about the top 3 use cases for network performance monitoring, specifically for service providers (MSPs).

Making employees feel appreciated with the UMatter bot

In the middle of January 2020, I got a notification about the upcoming Mattermost hackathon that was being hosted on the HackerEarth platform. I checked out the hackathon page but I forgot about it the next day when I went to work. One morning, I was surfing the internet sipping my coffee and landed on a website that discussed why employee churn rate is high in organizations.

Calico Enterprise 3.0 - Global Network Security Center for Kubernetes

As our enterprise customers build out large, multi-cluster Kubernetes environments, they are encountering an entirely new set of security challenges, requiring solutions that operate at scale and can be deployed both on-premises and across multiple clouds.

Why GOPROXY Matters and Which to Pick

Starting with Go 1.13, Go modules are the standard package manager in Golang, automatically enabled on installation along with a default GOPROXY. But with other GOPROXY options like JFrog GoCenter, as well as your own Go module packages you need to keep secure from public view, what kind of configuration should you choose? How can you keep your public and private Golang resources from becoming a tangled knot?

Introducing ipl/Sql - OOP SQL abstraction for PHP

During the past few months while working on Icinga DB, we have tested our existing libraries on how we work with data and how we present them programmatically. Maybe it was because we were doing something new with Icinga DB or we weren’t entirely happy with the existing code. In any case, it was time for new libraries :-). The IPL – Icinga PHP Library was born. And we want to share that work starting with ipl/Sql an OOP SQL abstraction for PHP.

Centralize monitoring with our Metaconsole

Gradually, brick by brick, we will get the necessary toolkit to build a company and maintain it. If on previous occasions we have emphasized the importance of monitoring a company’s IT systems, today we will review what it is and what advantages we when we centralize monitoring. The goal is pretty simple: we want to have maximum control over the IT of a company moving unbridled to the summit.

The Face of Success: Insights from BigPanda's "IT Ops from Home" Virtual Summit

Close to IT 400 professionals from some of the most prominent enterprises in the retail, financial, technology, pharma and manufacturing industries attended our “Face of IT Ops from Home” virtual conference, enjoying a keynote session featuring Sony Playstation and State Farm Insurance, and three breakout sessions with Ulta Beauty, AWS and BlackRock 3.

Assessing the Economic Value of AIOps

Taking economics into account Most enterprises consider economics when deciding which AIOps platform to purchase. Often, their conception of economics is narrow, reduced to the resolution of three issues: 1) the cost of the technology; 2) its ability to replace human labor; and 3) its ability to displace deployed products and, hence, defray future maintenance and subscription charges. In other words, AIOps economics becomes almost entirely a matter of cost.

Patching Operating Systems While Working from Home

IT leaders need a well-defined strategy for managing patches and upgrades for software applications and technologies. Planned patch management rollouts help combat security vulnerabilities as unpatched systems are highly vulnerable to data breaches and attacks from hackers. During Covid-19, IT organizations have struggled to keep systems updated using remote teams, especially as software vendors have recently released a record number of patch fixes and upgrades.