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Patch or Perish: Secure Your Data Center with Firmware Management

Firmware is the permanent software programmed into a device’s read-only memory. It provides the low-level control for the device’s specific hardware. In a data center, firmware is embedded in various components such as servers, storage devices, and networking equipment. Firmware management involves the processes and tools necessary to update, maintain, and monitor these firmware systems.

DORA metrics: How to measure DevOps performance

DevOps accelerates modern software development by automating processes and breaking down silos between development and operations teams. This paradigm shift emphasizes continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) to speed time to market, facilitate higher-quality releases, and improve customer satisfaction.

Why Have a Test Environment

As part of our best practices Kelverion always recommends having a test automation platform. There are several reasons explained below why Kelverion recommends customers have a test environment. We know it takes a little bit of time and resources, but it truly can be a safe zone that allows you to test and grow your IT automation processes. Let’s explore some of the most common reasons.

Scale your code review with custom merge checks

Pull requests are a core feature of Bitbucket Cloud, serving as the hub where code contributions are reviewed, discussed, and approved before being merged into the codebase. Initially, developers focused on ensuring that proposed changes were bug-free, adhered to correct code styling, and included appropriate tests. Over time, the role of pull requests has expanded to act as a checkpoint, ensuring that only high-quality and compliant code reaches production.

How to Show Appreciation on Sysadmin Day 2024

Before you know it, Sysadmin Day will be here again! As we all know, sysadmins (sometimes written SysAdmins) play a critical behind-the-scenes role in keeping technology up and running smoothly. However, they often go unappreciated until something goes wrong. That’s why System Administrator Appreciation Day serves as the perfect opportunity to recognize the sysadmins that work tirelessly day in and day out to support your organization.

Managing your resources in Terraform can be literally easy and actually fun

We approached building a Terraform integration with a sense of trepidation. One of the things that motivates us is building features we think people are going to love using, and Terraform integrations are often not that. Terraform integrations have a number of common pitfalls. Building resources by hand is tedious, and requires deep understanding of their specification. Importing and managing existing resources is also often painful.

Announcing HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.0

HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.0 is now available. For our enterprise customers, HAProxy Enterprise Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.0 will arrive later this year and incorporate these same features. In this release, we've added TCP custom resource definitions (CRDs) to improve mapping, structuring, and validation for TCP services within HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller. Say goodbye to messy service list management and "hello" to greater flexibility with HAProxy options for your K8s services.

Relationship Between DevOps and FinOps and Azure Cost Management

In this episode of "FinOps on Azure," Richard Fennell, CTO at Black Marble and FinOps certified practitioner Michael Stephenson MVP, discusses the relationship between DevOps, FinOps, and Azure Cost Management. The podcast discusses how integrating FinOps into DevOps practices enhances cost management and optimization. Richard emphasizes the challenges of implementation, the importance of senior management support, and the early involvement of FinOps in development cycles to improve decision-making and identify cost-saving opportunities.

What Is Cloud Elasticity? (And How Does It Affect Cloud Spend?)

Cloud computing provides significant benefits over on-premises computing, including the ability to expand operations without purchasing new hardware. But there’s more. With cloud computing, you can adjust compute resources to meet changing demands. For example, you can buy extra online storage for your chatbot system as you receive increasing customer inquiries over time. You’d pay for as much online storage as you use.