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The Sun's Setting on Cisco Prime Infrastructure, Rising on SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability

Cisco recently announced its plan to End of Life (EOL) Cisco Prime Infrastructure. While they’re offering an alternative solution with this announcement, Cisco DNA Center, support for multi-vendor environments appears to be decreasing.

Cloud First Disaster Recovery Could Save the Day-Here's Why

Disaster recovery (DR) plans are not one-size-fits-all. There’s no silver bullet, and without a clear understanding and some level of customization, a DR plan done wrong will have detrimental effects on an organization’s operations and business. And let’s not forget the wrecking ball a bad DR plan delivers to the VAR or MSP who designed and executed it. Loss of business aside, there’s guilt, reputation damage, and potential lawsuits. It’s not a good day.

Azure AD authentication comes to Ubuntu Desktop 23.04

Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 is the first and only Linux distribution to enable native user authentication with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The adoption of cloud-based identity providers in the enterprise is skyrocketing and this has been one of the most requested features. With Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 we decided to act on the feedback and offer a way to natively let enterprise users authenticate Ubuntu Desktops with the same credentials they use for Microsoft 365 or their Windows clients.

How an Observability Pipeline Can Help With Cloud Migration

Do you want to confidently move workloads to the cloud without dropping or losing data? Of course, everyone does. But easier said than done. Cloud migration is tricky. There’s so much to think through and so much to worry about — how can you reconfigure architectures and data flows to ensure parity and visibility? How do you know the data in transit is safe and secure? How can you get your job done without getting in trouble with procurement?

How to Protect Your Storage Account Against Blob-Hunting

Blob storage is a cloud-based service offered by various cloud providers, designed to store vast amounts of unstructured data such as images, videos, documents, and other types of files. It is highly scalable, cost-effective, and durable, making it an ideal choice for organizations that need to store and manage large data sets for applications like websites, mobile apps, and data analytics.

Azure AD Authentication for Ubuntu

Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 is the first and only Linux distribution to provide native user authentication with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) enabling users on Microsoft 365 (M365) Enterprise plans to authenticate Ubuntu Desktops with the same credentials they use for M365 or Azure. This is possible thanks to aad-auth, our new cloud authentication client which makes use of Microsoft MSAL library.

What Are Append Blobs

Azure Blob Storage is a highly scalable, reliable, and secure cloud storage service offered by Microsoft Azure. It allows you to store a vast amount of unstructured data, such as text or binary data, in the form of objects or blobs. There are three types of blobs: Block Blobs, Page Blobs, and Append Blobs. In this article, we will focus on Append Blobs, their use cases, management, security, performance, and pricing. Let’s dive in!