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What Is the Network Operations Center (NOC): A Brief Overview

The true financial harm of downtime is significant. As of Aug 11, 2022, each minute costs an average of $9,000, according to the Ponemon Institute, raising the downtime cost per hour to over $500,000. It goes without saying that network outages hurt revenue, kill productivity, and harm the corporate brand, as well as the reputations of professionals who may be dragged into the mess.

Build on Apple silicon with M1 support for CI/CD pipelines

Apple developers across the globe leverage CircleCI’s vast selection of macOS resources to swiftly build, test, and deploy software. Today, CircleCI introduced its first M1 resource to provide customers with record-breaking build speed that will bring their software delivery to the next level.

How are firewalls and SD-WAN related?

You might think that firewalls and SD-WAN are two completely unrelated technologies. However, integrating these innovations improves network availability, optimizes network performance, and adds an extra layer of security to your organization. Learn more about firewalls and SD-WAN and why you should combine them.

ServiceNow Integration with Microsoft System Center 2022

For the last ten years, one of the most popular Integrations in the market has been for organisations that have deployed Microsoft System Center to manage their infrastructure, who also use ServiceNow as their corporate Service Desk. The need to integrate Microsoft System Center was originally driven by the need to automate the generation of ServiceNow tickets from events in System Center Operations Manager.

Dealing with Difficult Stakeholders or Clients

Most of the time, working with clients to create, improve, or enhance software is a great experience. You get to put your skills to the test and create unique solutions that improve people’s workflows and quality of life. However, there are occasions when working with a client can get out of control. For example, a client might make a last minute request that derails project timelines and stretches the scope beyond what was agreed on in the beginning.

Kubernemlig's Multi-Cluster DNS Setup

Are you ready for a geeky deep-dive into the world of multi-cluster DNS setups? Buckle up, because we're about to embark on a journey through the magical realm of domain name resolution! A multi-cluster DNS setup is like the ultimate TARDIS for your servers. Just like how the TARDIS can transport the Doctor to any location in time and space, a multi-cluster DNS setup allows users to access multiple clusters of servers from anywhere in the world, using a single, convenient domain name.

Flyway Desktop and MySQL

This is an early preview of the new functionality being introduced to MySQL and Flyway Desktop. Not only can you automate your deployments to MySQL through the Flyway command line, but you can capture changes to your databases, on an individual object level. Flyway Desktop will even help you generate your migration scripts for your MySQL database. Check out all this new functionality.