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Enhanced Ubuntu Experience on Azure: Introducing Ubuntu Pro Updates Awareness

In collaboration with Microsoft, Canonical introduces Ubuntu Pro update notifications into the Azure Update Management Center. This feature enables users to identify Ubuntu instances that aren't receiving all available security updates, including those delivered via Ubuntu Pro. Ubuntu Pro, a subscription by Canonical, provides enhanced security, maintenance, and compliance tools for organizations using Ubuntu on Azure.

Getting started with AWS CloudWatch

Out of more than 100 services that Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides, Amazon CloudWatch was one of the earliest services provided by AWS. CloudWatch was announced on May 17th, 2009, and it was the 7th service released after S3, SQS, SimpleDB, EBS, EC2, and EMR. AWS CloudWatch is a suite of tools that encompasses a wide range of cloud resources, including collecting logs and metrics; monitoring; visualization and alerting; and automated action in response to operational health changes.

Using UX and Observability to Track Application Health

UX (user experience) is a core factor that determines the success of an application or platform in a distributed system. Specifically, developers need to understand the infrastructure within an entire application stack to improve and refine the user experience to meet customer expectations without guesswork. System downtime remains a significant source of revenue and reputational losses for enterprises, employees, and customers.

Here's what it feels like to deploy every day

Here's what it feels like to deploy every day. With Sleuth, Gigpro's software engineering team went from one deploy every two weeks to once a day. That made releases less stressful and helped improve team culture. Give Sleuth a try and see how we empower software teams to build faster by making engineering efficiency easy to improve and measurable — in a way that both managers and developers love.

GitOps the Planet #16: Using SLOs to Improve Software Delivery

Kit Merker is the one of the original product managers for Kubernetes and now Chief Growth Officer at Nobl9 where they're delivering a new open standard called OpenSlo. SLOs, or service-level-objectives, provide a framework for understanding performance targets and making judgements about software changes and how they impact uptime. But it's not just a standard, it's also code. Come find out about it with Kit in this GitOps the Planet!

What is Scalability?

The number of simultaneous requests that an application can successfully support is a measure of its scalability. The point at which an application can no longer successfully handle more requests is its scalability limit. When a key piece of hardware is exhausted and new or more machines are needed, this limit is reached. Scaling these resources can include any combination of CPU and physical memory (different or more computers), hard disc (larger hard drives, less "live" data, solid state drives), and/or network bandwidth (several network interface controllers, larger NICs, fibre, and so on).

Cloud connectivity and interoperability

The post-pandemic world has transformed our work habits and the landscape of conducting business. Organizations now take the hybrid approach to work, wherein employees may work from an office, while travelling, or from a remote location. This fundamental shift has accelerated the pace of cloud adoption, as the cloud makes data access possible from anyplace, anytime. But the cloud brings with it a set of complexities that must be managed.

Ep 6: A deeper dive into the cloud featuring James Sanders

On this episode of Cloud Control, we dive into an insightful conversation with James Sanders, a principal analyst for CCS Insight, and a recognized expert in cloud and infrastructure technology. Discussing the rapid shift to the cloud during the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial implications this rapid adoption has had for businesses worldwide. Unpack strategies for cost optimization, the complexities of repatriating workloads, and the human factor involved in technology adoption.