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Cortex Initiatives: When scorecards need a deadline

Improving software health, security, and operational maturity are continuous programs—you’re never really “done” maintaining standards of quality. But what if specific parts of that program feel more urgent? Maybe you want to ensure all software has a README file attached, and at least 1 reviewer assigned... by next month? Hey, you gotta start somewhere!

Enrich Kubernetes with New Deployment Tracking Capability

When things go wrong, we’d all love the ability to go back in time, return things to the way they were, and fix whatever issues pop up at the start so they never happen in the first place. This is no different when maintaining complex microservices-based architectures. With any complex system, things are bound to go wrong from time to time.

Cycle vs. Kubernetes: Why I See Organizations Making the Switch

Greetings! My name is Matt Krauser and I’m a Strategic Sales Executive here at Cycle. After participating in nearly a hundred demos of the platform, I wanted to step back from my day to day grind and share a little about my experience thus far. My goal in writing this is to compare Cycle and Kubernetes, discuss the primary pain points I hear from prospects and K8s users on a daily basis, and explain how Cycle can alleviate these challenges.

What's New in Serverless360: Azure SQL Elastic Pool Support, Monitor Virtual Network Gateway & more

Serverless360's latest update, version 3.1.0, brings a suite of enhancements. These include Virtual Network Gateway Connection Monitoring for enhanced security and reliability within the Business Application component.

Formalize your organization's best practices with custom Scorecards in Datadog

The Datadog Service Catalog is a centralized hub of information around the performance, reliability, security, efficiency, and ownership of your distributed services. By using the Service Catalog, teams can eliminate knowledge silos and realize seamless DevSecOps workflows.

ITIM and the Public Sector: How Network Monitoring Rises to the Challenge

Government agencies and public sector organizations are a tantalizing hacker target. Cybercriminals go after public sector organizations because they hold confidential, often classified, information – the exact data state-sponsored and other criminal groups salivate over. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, along with the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or CERT, have warned public sector IT of key threats.