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How NaaS and APIs are reshaping enterprise connectivity

As enterprises continue to migrate workloads to cloud environments, they are reaping significant benefits, such as scalability, agility, and the ability to deploy applications in near real-time. However, these advantages are often undermined by the limitations of legacy networks. Traditional networks, restricted by long-term contracts and inflexible delivery timelines, are no longer fit for purpose in a cloud-driven world.

What is DORA and how will it affect me?

The Digital Finance Strategy is a European directive that aims to support and develop digital finance in Europe while maintaining financial stability and consumer protection. There are three main components to the package: In this blog post, we’ll attempt to summarize the 113-page DORA proposal, highlighting how it will apply to incident management at financial entities. Side note: we also wrote a blog post about the other DORA, also known as the DevOps Research and Assessments.

Introducing shadow IT controls for workspace admins

Shadow IT is defined as the use of IT-related hardware or software by an individual without the knowledge of the IT admin. For example, if a user creates a new Bitbucket Cloud workspace within your organization without the knowledge of the organization admin, it can lead to potentially sensitive data being exposed.

Azure Logic Apps Consumption: The Ultimate Tool for Business Data Tracking

In the latest release of Turbo360, significant improvements have been made to the Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) module. This module is designed to shift support “left,” meaning it empowers support operators to identify and address issues earlier in the process by providing them with a business-friendly view of the underlying complex infrastructure.

15 Cloud Business Intelligence Tools: Organized By Category

Data overload. Poor decision-making. Inefficient processes. Limited real-time insights. These are just a few of the many challenges an organization would face without business intelligence (BI). Yet traditional BI has its own set of challenges, including complexity, cost, data diversity, and more. These limitations have led businesses to seek a more affordable and efficient solution — the cloud. This article explains cloud business intelligence (cloud BI), how it works, and its benefits.

Real-time application monitoring and bottleneck detection l Blackfire

Blackfire's continuous observability solution empowers developers to monitor their applications' real-time behavior and proactively identify existing bottlenecks or the consequences of upcoming changes before they reach production. By speeding up the discovery process and allowing long-term performance optimization, Blackfire lets developers stay in control, even during crises, to build and grow their applications confidently.

Stop Infrastructure Delays - Supercharge Your Workloads Now!

Are your developers waiting too long for environments? Do they spend excessive time grappling with infrastructure? In this session from Civo Navigate Europe 2024, Will Stewart, co-founder and CEO North Flank, explains how redirecting focus to workloads allows developers to abstract away the complexities of the underlying infrastructure, enabling them to concentrate on writing code and building features.

Deterministic Data Masking in Redgate Test Data Manager | The Tony and Tonie Show

Struggling with inconsistent and unrealistic test data? Tony and Tonie discuss a new article by Khang Chan, a developer at Redgate, explaining how deterministic data masking ensures sensitive data stays protected while maintaining data integrity and reproducibility — critical for reliable testing and development work.

7 Ways Self-Service Automation Speeds Up DevOps & Empowers Platform Users

In software development, even common IT operations tasks require specialized skills. Collaboration between specialized teams is the driving force of DevOps, more than any tooling or workflow. But self-service automation becomes valuable when common, routine tasks and processes start to restrict developers and burden operations teams.