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Optimizing your Kubernetes Costs with Finout - Insights from KubeCon NA 23 - Civo TV

Welcome to Civo TV! In this video, Roi Ravhon, CEO of Finout, goes into the complex world of Kubernetes cost management. Get tips on how to bridge the gap between what you pay for cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure) and the actual Kubernetes usage costs.

ML for software engineers ft. Gideon Mendels of Comet ML

In this episode, Rob explores the fascinating crossroads of machine learning and software engineering with Gideon Mendels, the co-founder and CEO of Comet ML. Gideon navigates the often ambiguous world of training ML models, focusing on building a common language between software engineers and data science teams. Gain valuable insights into fostering mutual understanding between these two disciplines and aligning the possibilities of ML with organizational needs in this thought-provoking episode.

How to automate Snyk container scanning of your production environments

If you’re using containers to deploy your software, it is important to be aware of potential vulnerabilities within your container images. These may be introduced through dependencies in your built image, or perhaps through dependencies within the base image(s) used to build your image.

The Limitations of Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams has emerged as a cornerstone of modern workplace collaboration, offering a suite of tools designed to streamline communication and project management. Despite its widespread adoption, it’s crucial to acknowledge that no platform is without its limitations. Understanding these constraints is essential for organizations to navigate potential roadblocks effectively and make informed decisions about their communication infrastructure.

Deployment Frequency (DF) Explained

Technical teams use various metrics and indicators to track performance and success. For DevOps teams, among the most important metrics is deployment frequency. Deployment frequency can help you evaluate the software delivery performance of teams that develop software and apps. In this article, I’ll look at using this metric to calculate deployment rate, the importance and best practices for improving your deployment rate and setting your DevOps team up for success.

Orchestration as a Data Management Challenge-Part 2

In Part 1 of this blog series, I proposed that closed-loop orchestration (CLO) is a data management problem. Data extends beyond your medical history, social media, and other PII in the digital world. Configurations, inventories, and monitoring systems are based on managing, interpreting, and actioning data. CLO is a workflow about manipulating the data around the target environments. Even the policies and constraints need to be expressed as data.

How software company security priorities are changing

The cyberthreat landscape continues to change along with technological advancements. Industry thought leaders expect to see changes in software companies’ approach to security and the defenses they put in place to protect their businesses and their users. Here are five of developers’ cybersecurity priorities for 2023 and predictions for how software companies will adapt their processes to address them.

How to unlock your leadership potential on a cloud migration project: A guide for the DBA, part 1

If your organization is embarking on a cloud migration project, it can be a great opportunity to develop skills and qualities that will help unlock your leadership potential. But what skills should you look to be honing, what areas should you focus on, how do you get involved in a cloud project in the first place, and what qualities can prepare you for leadership responsibilities? We spoke to some notable industry experts to find out.