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Database Observability and Storage Insights

Storage monitoring involves discovering the estate, devices, and network interconnections. Key telemetry requirements include their states, performance metrics, and logs. As the complexity of the environment increases and storage reliability improves, the focus shifts. Understanding the layers above, such as file systems and databases, and their demand for storage services becomes crucial. This article delves into the detailed knowledge required to achieve effective observability.

The 30 Best Network Assessment Tools For All Use Cases

Nowadays, keeping your network running smoothly is crucial for any business. Whether you manage a small office network or a large enterprise system, regular network assessments help you spot problems, improve performance, and maintain reliable connections. With so many tools available, picking the right one can be challenging. This blog post showcases the 30 best network assessment tools for different needs, from basic health checks to detailed performance analysis.

VM Configuration: Using IaC to Stand Up Consistent Virtual Machines & Cut Down on Complexity

Configuring virtual machines (VMs) is an important task for any organization. Users across departments depend on sysadmins, engineers, and the rest of the IT ops and infrastructure teams to get VMs secured and ready to use, whether you’re spinning one up for a quick test, a new database server, or standing up a whole fleet of dev-ready machines. That need for variability AND consistency can also make VM configuration one of the most tedious sysadmin tasks, especially at enterprise scale.

Enhancing Security Best Practices: Lessons from Puppet's Proactive Approach to GitHub Repository Management

As a part of Perforce, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of security for our products and our customers. Recently, we had the opportunity to further strengthen our security practices thanks to valuable input from an independent security researcher. This experience has not only reinforced our robust security protocols but also provided insights that we're eager to share with the wider tech community.

Simplify IT Automation with Kelverion's New Runbook Studio Packs

Kelverion is thrilled to announce the launch of its innovative Runbook Studio Packs hosted in Microsoft Azure. This all-encompassing solution simplifies the building and integration of automation for IT tasks and processes, making it more accessible and less complicated for IT professionals and citizen developers, now available in Microsoft's Azure Marketplace.

Connect MongoDB Databases in Cloud Using Devart ODBC for MongoDB

This tutorial explains how to build Credit Card Analytics by leveraging Power BI Desktop, Devart ODBC for the MongoDB driver, and the MongoDB database. It will not instruct you on how to work on PowerBI Desktop or MongoDB; instead, we will demonstrate how to work with Devart ODBC for the MongoDB driver.

Optimizing Azure Cosmos DB Costs

Optimizing Azure Cosmos DB Costs In this episode of FinOps on Azure, FinOps certified practitioner - Mike and Gary from the Microsoft Cosmos DB team discuss cost management challenges on Azure, specifically focusing on Cosmos DB. They begin by addressing the common challenges organizations face when managing costs on Azure, particularly with Cosmos DB. The conversation then shifts to practical strategies for cost optimization, including topics like provisioned throughput choices, API options, and factors affecting cost.

Insights from Sylius: Accelerating Open Source eCommerce Development

How do you know if your engineering team is efficient at scale? Is modern CI/CD cloud tooling and DORA metrics enough? One of the best ways to find answers is by looking at successful open-source projects and how they operate, overcoming the challenges of remote work, asynchronous communication, and diverse global collaboration.

Focus on speed and performance for your next website relaunch

We've been there, done that, and we're here to help. Drawing from our extensive experience with customers managing thousands of projects, navigating diverse tech stacks in the open source world, and tackling the complexities of ecommerce, we've put together a list of essential requirements for your next website relaunch. Consider these fundamentals from the start to ensure you benefit from enhanced site speed and performance, making your project launch smoother and more successful.

How Qovery Uses AI To Empower Developers

We're in 2024, and one thing has become clear: the future belongs to those who can harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI). At Qovery, we are at the forefront of this transformation, integrating AI into our internal developer platform to revolutionize how developers manage their application lifecycles. Our mission is to empower developers with autonomy, efficiency, and deep insights, ensuring they can focus on what they do best — building great software.