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Are You Ready For Serverless Development?

The way we build software products changes all the time. Serverless architecture opens up new opportunities to create awesome products faster. Not only that, serverless applications are more scalable, secure and maintainable – all with much less code. Serverless is the future of development and you should get ready for it. But what does it mean to be a serverless developer? What do you need to understand before jumping into the serverless pool?

The Super Bowl Of The Cloud

On February 3, 2019, the Sumo Logic platform experienced its biggest ever spike in incoming data and analytics usage in the company’s history. On this day, close to everybody in the U.S., and many more people across the world, experienced a massive sports event: Super Bowl LIII. The spike was caused by viewers across the world tuning into the football game using online streaming video.

S3 Endpoint Connectivity in AWS VPC

There are a few, simple things in life I really, truly enjoy: a full breath of air, watching my kids learn and grow, and playing the piano immediately come to mind. I was reminded of another one after spending an hour with CameronB from DevOpsChat — full understanding of a complex problem. For me, it’s not finding a fix that works, I have to continue until I understand the underlying issues, but then it’s bliss.

When to Scale Up in RDS: 7 Critical Metrics

RDS is Amazon's managed relational database service. While RDS manages your databases maintenance, uptime and upgrade it is your responsibility to determine the cluster's scale and capacity. So the big question is when do you need to scale up? To answer this question you should understand and monitor seven metrics for each server in your cluster. They are: Database connections, Freeable memory, CPU credit balance, Free local storage, Replica lag, Commit latency, Select latency

The Cloud SIEM market is validated by Sumo Logic, Microsoft, Google, and AWS

“Computers are bicycles for the mind,” said Steve Jobs once. Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) is biking uphill. Picture this: You cycle hard against the incline and ensure the bike holds up, all the while watching out for incoming traffic in blind turns. The worst part? The bike grinds to a halt when you stop pedaling. You simply can't coast on the steep hill of security operations.

Clearing the Air: What Is Cloud Native?

If you have had any exposure to cloud computing or app development in recent years, you likely have heard the term “cloud native” thrown around. But you might be wondering what exactly that term means, and how it differs from concepts such as “cloud ready” or “cloud enabled.” As a cloud-native service provider, Sumo Logic understands the architecture underpinning this development model. Let’s take a closer look at the cloud-native concept and what it means.