Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

2020 – what a ride it’s been! The state of the world this year has definitely been unpredictable and ever more surprising. So for some interesting insights and stability, we’ve turned to Lambdas. Namely, the state of Lambda functions in 2020! Ever wondered how others look without their face masks on? At Dashbird, we get to (metaphorically speaking) see what everyone looks like behind their serverless masks (read: stacks), and identify trends and patterns.

Our distinguished competition took a puzzling position of “Imagine there’s no versions”. At Cloudsmith we think that’s crazy. Software versions are what makes software development possible. They make deployment possible. They make distribution possible. How else can you understand and navigate complex dependency trees or be sure your code will interact with a third party’s? Hint - you can’t! You must care about versions. And updates.

For years, developers have compared managed WordPress vs Shared WordPress Hosting. While both have their respective pros and cons, it is imperative to offer a detailed comparison between these two hosting types.

Try to imagine a bunch of monkeys running around your data center, pulling cables, trashing routers and wreaking havoc on your applications and infrastructure. Ever more crucial in these days of heated competition between online gaming operators, is player experience. Continuity of operations is “Uber-Alles” and avoiding churn, due to service disruption, is the organizational mantra.

What is the benefit of combining the power of Data Stream Processor (DSP) and Splunk Phantom? I will give you a hint - the answer involves speed and extensibility. In today's security landscape, speed to detect and mitigate security attacks or outages is of the utmost importance. A slow response to a security incident can have a detrimental impact to your organization's bottom line.

First of all, thanks to everyone for the great response we received on the revival of this blog series. It validates what we believed all along — our customers take a great interest in the security of our products, and you enjoy learning more about our security features. So we are on that vibe, and we’re going to continue the updates because we have a lot to talk about.

Tech innovators use Linux to create intelligent devices for homes, factories, buildings, cities or vehicles etc… These things are deployed at the edge, in privacy sensitive or business critical environments. They require ever more compute to run ever smarter applications. A Linux distribution engineered for embedded devices running highly intelligent applications at edge scale is overdue. Let’s discuss what it takes to get there.

Network Monitoring is often considered the key in ensuring an efficiently run network. However, as the business and its operations keep expanding, network monitoring goes from being a responsibility to become a necessity. At a larger scale, network issues can result in significant hindrances for the operations.

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week we explore how the pandemic and the rise of the remote work culture have enabled digital transformation.

ServiceNow is one of the most widely deployed ITSM tools within enterprise IT environments, and for good reason – they provide a highly customisable platform that allows organisations build the tools they need to their exact requirements. But you’ve got more than ServiceNow to manage and monitor – there’s SCOM, Splunk, and Solarwinds monitoring your infrastructure, also your APM and CI/CD tools too.