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Unlocking Kubernetes Deployment Excellence with CI CD Automation

Software development, agility and efficiency are paramount. Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices have revolutionised the way we build, test, and deploy software. When coupled with the power of Kubernetes, an open-source container orchestration platform, organisations can achieve a level of deployment excellence that was once only a dream.

Sean Astin Dives into Developer Well-Being: GitKon 2023 Spotlight!

Venture into the intersection of Middle-Earth and the coding universe with Sean Astin at GitKon 2023. Best known for his role as Samwise Gamgee in Lord of the Rings, Sean delves deep into the realm of developer well-being. Drawing from personal anecdotes, including his cherished memories of receiving a Commodore 64, Sean bridges his affinity for technology with the pressing issue of mental health in the developer community. Join us for this enlightening talk where passion for code meets compassion for the mind.

How to get your security team on board with your cloud migration

To find out more about cloud migrations, the pitfalls that await the unwary, and what the security implications are, I recently sat down with Dustin Dorsey, Systems & Data Architect at Biobot Analytics, based in Cambridge, MA. In the first post in this series, we talked about cloud providers being responsible for security ‘of’ the cloud, while their clients are responsible for security ‘in’ the cloud.

Test Automation - A Key to Telco Cloud Adoption

While industry experts struggle to find consensus on the path to Telco Cloud, almost everyone agrees that automation will play an outsized role in helping network operators overcome the challenges they face in adopting and successfully deploying Telco Cloud. For many network operators, the very inefficient pace of their existing software upgrades is a key challenge they must address to migrate their network to a modern Telco Cloud.

Still running Ubuntu 18.04? What you need to know

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, installed by millions of users and continuing to have a massive footprint on AWS, hit its End of Life (EOL) in May 2023. When using an unsupported version of Ubuntu LTS, your system and your end users are vulnerable to security risks. Not every company has the time or resources to undertake a migration project to a later and supported Ubuntu LTS distribution which is why many are adopting Ubuntu Pro.

What Is a Feature Flag? Best Practices and Use Cases

Do you want to build software faster and release it more often without the risks of negatively impacting your user experience? Imagine a world where there is not only less fear around testing and releasing in production, but one where it becomes routine. That is the world of feature flags. A feature flag lets you deliver different functionality to different users without maintaining feature branches and running different binary artifacts.

State of DevOps: Takeaways on the 2023 DORA Report

It's that time of year! The 2023 Accelerate State of DevOps Report is about to be released, so we're teaming up with DORA and Google Cloud to give you the lowdown on key findings. Join us October 19 at 9 a.m. PT / Noon ET to hear straight from DORA researcher Eric Maxwell about: 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.

Telco Operations: More Powerful and Efficient, One IT Automation at a Time

Technological advancements in telecommunications are keeping everyone on their toes, as communication service providers (CSPs) obsess over the next big thing to roll out and change the way the world communicates, stays informed, manages its daily lives, and more.

What is Apache Tomcat server and how does it work?

Apache Tomcat, developed by Sun Systems way back in the late 1990s, is a popular choice for developers who need to build and deploy Java-based web applications. It’s a collaboratively created platform that, since 2005, has become an accredited top-level Apache project with highly experienced developers volunteering support and resources for it. A 2022 survey shows that 48% of developers now utilize Apache Tomcat for deploying Java web applications.