Imagine being on a relaxing vacation, the waves lapping at your feet, a drink in hand, and then you hear a gentle ping from your phone. Uh oh… what now? This alert is not an annoying email or a distracting message, but a digital fire alarm informing you that your website is down. Vacation time is over—time to find your laptop and some Wi-Fi.
We’ve seen two general approaches to getting optimization done to reduce cloud costs in our customers; the first and most popular is “the stick” where FinOps teams campaign against lines of business development teams with a mantra of “spend less”!
System monitoring has become a fundamental driver behind successful business operations in the digital age. The mostly invisible strand of intelligence is quietly working in the background, ensuring business continuity while supporting security and productivity. This post will delve into what system monitoring is, its primary areas of focus, and the irreplaceable value it brings to a business.
SCOM (System Center Operations Manager) is a powerful tool that allows experts to monitor and manage their IT environment. However, to make the most out of SCOM, choosing a suitable ITSM connector that integrates with your existing ticketing systems is essential. In this blog post, we will explore different SCOM connectors available in the market and compare their features to help you make an informed decision.
Node.js logging is an important part of supporting the complete application life cycle. From creation to debugging to planning new features, logs support us all the way. By analyzing the data in the logs, we can glean insights, resolve bugs much quicker, and detect problems early and as they happen. In this post, we will talk about the who, what, when, where, how, and why of Node.js logging. Later in this post, the “how” section will give insights into using code.
Hello, and welcome to this deep dive into one of the most underappreciated yet profoundly useful technologies in the Windows operating system—Volume Shadow Copy Service, commonly known as VSS. Have you ever been caught in a situation where your computer crashes, and you lose hours, days, or even weeks of work? It’s a heart-stopping moment that most of us have unfortunately experienced. But here’s where VSS comes into play.
In the fast-paced, dynamic landscape of multi-domain operations, military commanders need to be able to make rapid, data-driven decisions and seamlessly coordinate units to achieve mission success. The multi-domain fight is incredibly complex, incorporating ground, air, space, and cyber, and as a result, has driven the evolution of traditional command and control (C2).
Want to hear a sad but true fact? 70% of companies overshoot their cloud budgets. Why is that? Although the cloud is a mighty tool for speed, scalability, and innovation, the inability to see costs can lead companies to limit cloud usage, which hampers innovation and puts them at a disadvantage against the competition. Rather than limiting cloud usage, adopting the FinOps approach provides the insights you need to feel confident about your cloud costs.
As consumers, we expect the products and software we buy to work 100% of the time. Unfortunately, that’s impossible. Even the most reliable products and services experience some disruption in service. Crashes, bugs, timeouts. There are a ton of contributing factors, so it's impossible to distill disruptions down to a single cause. That said, technology is becoming more and more sophisticated, and so is the infrastructure that supports it.
