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Getting started with Azure Integration Services - Stephen W. Thomas

Stephen W. Thomas takes center stage in this session, reflecting on past Integrate experiences and talking about the Azure Integration Services. Labeling himself a "drag-and-drop developer," Stephen emphasizes the timeliness of adopting Azure Integration, vital for seamless business operations in today's virtual landscapes. From Logic Apps to AI Tools like ChatGPT, get a pulse on current market trends, the rising demand for Azure resources, and insights on strategizing BizTalk migration.

Blue Matador + Squadcast: Alert Routing Simplified

Blue Matador is the fastest, easiest way to set up AWS infrastructure monitoring, allowing small teams to fully monitor their cloud operations with no manual setup. If you use Blue Matador for your cloud monitoring requirements, you can integrate it with Squadcast, an end-to-end Incident Response tool, to route alerts from Blue Matador to the right users in Squadcast with ease.

Why Real-Time Debugging Becomes Essential in Platform Engineering

Platform engineering has been one of the hottest keywords in the software community in recent years. As a natural extension of DevOps and the shift-left mentality it fosters, platform engineering is a subfield within software engineering that focuses on building and maintaining tools, workflows, and frameworks that allow developers to build and test their applications efficiently.

Don't just build a dashboard! A DORA cautionary tale

Don't just build a dashboard! A DORA cautionary tale. Software delivery success isn't just about dashboards and metrics. You also need to think about how to improve as an engineering team. The point of the DevOps Research Assessment (DORA) is improvement. Give Sleuth a try and see how we give teams actionable insights on how to improve, no-code automations to instantly ship improvements, and metrics to measure their impact — all in a way that both managers and developers love.

A detailed guide on Azure Reservations

Organizations that invest in cloud technologies like Microsoft Azure might notice that cloud costs can easily get out of control. When cloud services use the Pay-as-you-go payment model, small amounts must be paid each time a cloud service is used. However, when you have deployed hundreds of cloud resources, the total spending can end up with a much higher monthly bill than expected. By optimizing your cloud costs, you lower your monthly Azure bill and gain cost efficiency and predictability.

Maximizing Your Cloud Migration Success with Application Owner Interviews

In this second episode, we explore a crucial element of your migration strategy - the Application Owner Interviews, a feature within Tidal Accelerator. These interviews are a game-changer, helping you make your migration not just IT-efficient but also business-driven.

Global AWS Orchestration with Runbook Automation

It is common for companies to have multiple AWS Accounts, and as it turns out, there are cases where certain operational tasks need to be performed on EC2’s that reside in each account. Examples of this include standardizing practices for auditing, patching, and incident-response – such as retrieving diagnostics or remediation. This demo showcases how Runbook Automation orchestrates commands and scripts on EC2’s spanning numerous AWS accounts through an integration with Systems Manager (SSM).