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To get the most out of your incident response processes, consistency is crucial. The more predictable you can be whenever issues crop up, whether a small bug or a major outage, the quicker and more confidently you can respond. In practice, incident response is equal parts knowing how to actually resolve the issue and having the confidence that the processes in place will help get you through without added stress.

In this post we adopt a slightly different lens through which to “see” and understand IT orchestration understood to be an orderly sequence of automations executed across disparate domains, including servers, networks, security, apps, cloud and more.

Internal developer platforms (IDPs) have become a necessity for software development in today's ever-changing technological landscape. These platforms not only support engineering team velocity and business product strategies but also enhance communication and information flow, impacting successful product launches.

This final part of the “Implementing Backstage” series focuses on how to deploy Backstage on Kubernetes. This tutorial is a direct continuation of Using the Kubernetes Plugin in Backstage, which you should complete before tackling this one. The other installments in this series covered getting started, using the core features, integrating with existing tools using plugins, and security and compliance.

This second last part of the “Implementing Backstage” series explains how to use the Kubernetes plugin in Backstage using real-world scenarios. The previous installments covered getting started, using the core features, integrating with existing tools using plugins, and security and compliance. If you’re entirely new to Backstage and want to learn more, you can read the first entry in the “Evaluating Backstage” series.

The all-new Galileo SMARTboards open the possibility of creating your own personalized decision boards with unprecedented control and flexibility to make the best strategic and tactical decisions for your organization. Now, that’s SMART.

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a cost-effective email service provided by AWS. It is by far the cheapest option available out there. Comparing the cost of sending emails with SES and other services like SendGrid or Mailchimp, it can be 100x cheaper. However there is a catch. Using SES directly, you will not get some of the features you might need to control the bounce rate of your emails.

This is the fourth part of the “Implementing Backstage” series and explores how to ensure your Backstage application is secure and how Backstage can contribute to more secure practices in general. The previous installments focused on how to get started, using the core features, and integrating with existing tools using plugins. If you’re unfamiliar with Backstage and need an introduction, check out part one of the “Evaluating Backstage” series.

Pandora FMS is an excellent monitoring system that helps collect data, detect anomalies, and monitor devices, infrastructures, applications, and business processes. However, more than monitoring alone is needed to manage the entire incident lifecycle. ilert complements Pandora FMS by adding alerting and incident management capabilities. While Pandora FMS detects anomalies, ilert ensures that the right people are notified and can take action quickly.