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What is hybrid cloud automation, and how can it help manage specific tasks in your environment? With more and more infrastructure moving into public, private, hybrid, and multi cloud environments, you may be exploring ways to automate manual processes that happen in the cloud — like configuration and deployment tasks. Let's dive into the definition and benefits of cloud automation, as well as some methods to approach this strategy in increasingly complex heterogenous computing environments.

Today I am thrilled to introduce our Intelligent Deployment Analysis feature, designed to significantly improve your troubleshooting process. Picture this: you're stuck, scratching your head over what went wrong with your deployment - was it the Node.js asset compiler or a missing package in your Dockerfile?

Graphite is a very popular enterprise monitoring tool. This article will address the common issues that occur while setting up a Graphite instance, and how they can be avoided. We will assume readers have already become acquainted with Graphite, but if you’re interested to learn about the basics of Graphite, check out our articles on the Architecture and Concepts of Graphite and the Installation and Setup before reading this article.

It’s easy to get pulled into paying more and more at a major monitoring company, despite not getting the functionality that you’re looking for. Leaving your monitoring provider can be difficult because it means replacing expensive software or hardware, re-educating your team, and transferring huge amounts of data to a new system - data that may or may not be well suited to the new system. Despite these issues, there are many reasons that motivate users to move to open source.

As we continue to see rapid technological advancements, organizations must evolve and adapt to maintain a competitive edge. The principles of DevOps - collaboration, automation, continuous integration, and delivery - have emerged as critical success factors in this landscape, enabling organizations to navigate the ever-changing environment.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the current buzz word in IT with AI promoted as the magic ingredient for improving business performance across a wide range of areas. But how, specifically, does AI enhance Network Management? The idea that computers can manage themselves is nothing new.

In this comprehensive guide, a Cortex engineer shares the essential steps in building and implementing a developer homepage. Learn how this feature can streamline the developer’s workflow, funneling important and actionable information to your team members.

Every data center has a rhythm. When you think about a single application—SAP, for example—it has certain “beats.” First thing Monday morning, you see a steady and fast cadence, while over the weekend, it slows to a light tap. And there may be seasonality that rises to a crescendo.

June 7, 2023 It’s no secret that Kubernetes is one of the fastest-growing technologies in use today for deploying and operating applications of all types in the cloud. It’s also no secret that Kubernetes’ popularity is a significant contributor to fast-growing cloud bills. FinOps teams are constantly looking for ways to lower their cloud spend, in cooperation with the DevOps, Engineering and App owner teams that control this infrastructure.