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Cloudsmith now supports upstream proxying and caching for CRAN's R packages. That means simpler, more reliable integration of third-party packages into your organization's development process. Better software, faster!

Automation adoption can sometimes feel like trying to teach a goldfish to tap dance – a bit daunting and a whole lot of “wait, what?!” Read on about some of those trials in the world of process automation.

Hosted Graphite is a time-series metrics monitoring tool used for application, systems, infrastructure and network monitoring. HostedGraphite is a Hosted Graphite service that offers the full capabilities and benefits of Graphite, without any of the hassle of trying to set up your own open-source Graphite installation.

Monitoring your ClickHouse database is a proactive measure that helps maintain its health and ensure that it continues to meet the needs of your applications and users efficiently. It allows you to address issues before they become critical, ensuring that your database environment is secure, reliable, and performing optimally. In this article, we'll detail how to use the Telegraf agent to collect performance metrics from your ClickHouse clusters, and forward them to a datasource.

SharePoint, a product of Microsoft’s suite of office tools, has revolutionized the way organizations collaborate and manage documents. At its core, SharePoint is designed to facilitate the seamless sharing of information, both within an organization and with external partners. The ability to share documents externally is particularly valuable in today’s global business environment, where collaboration with vendors, clients, and contractors across geographical boundaries is commonplace.

Cron jobs are tasks set to run by themselves at certain times or intervals. They help with doing repetitive tasks automatically, like backing up data, sending emails, and updating systems. In Node.js, cron jobs can make tasks in applications run by themselves, making things more efficient and reliable. Node.js gives a good way to set these tasks through different libraries and tools.

2024 is off to a fast start here at Gremlin. Since our last release roundup, we’ve released new experiment types, new features to improve integration with cloud platforms, and improvements to our auto-detection processes. Now you can push processes to their limits, find dependencies even easier, limit when tests can be run, and much more. We also introduced a slew of platform improvements to improve efficiency, performance, and user experience in the Gremlin web application.

SOC 2 compliance requirements (Service Organization Controls Type 2) ensure that customer data stays private and secure — essential for any business that stores or processes sensitive data. In this blog, we’ll explore the specifics of SOC 2 compliance, and provide a solution to help you automate and enforce SOC 2 compliance going forward.