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Kubernetes is eating the world; you can digest K8's plume

Innovation in hypervisor technology in the early 2000’s from both commercial and open source projects was the genesis for the public cloud as we know it today. Virtualization and Moore’s law, together with advances in storage technology, mobile and wireless, created a data explosion that continues to accelerate through today.

Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS: stability, security and more

Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (long-term support) is here with enterprise-class stability, resiliency and even better security. As an LTS release, it will be supported by Canonical until 2025. However, customers can extend the support by an additional five years through the ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) service as part of their UA-I (Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure) subscription.

Ubuntu kernel 5.4: What's new with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has just arrived. The latest LTS comes with a new version of the Linux kernel – 5.4 – which brings a lot of exciting new features, faster boot times, enhanced performance and security. Additionally, the Canonical kernel team ran benchmark tests to validate the performance improvements of the new kernel. Defining which Linux kernel should be included in a long-term support release of Ubuntu is the essence of the work of the kernel team at Canonical.

How to work from home: 9 tips from the folks at Sensu

Even before a global pandemic caused many of us — willingly or not — to suddenly start working from home, it had long been on my list to compile a “work from home” guide, crowdsourcing the advice from the folks here at Sensu. As a remote-first company, we have our fair share of pro tips for working from home; we also want to acknowledge that these times are anything but normal.

New partner app helps banks process emergency loans

ServiceNow partner INRY has released a Small Business Loan Management app based on ServiceNow® Customer Service Management (CSM) technology. This digital workflow solution delivers transparent, compliant and efficient lending experiences. The goal is to reduce bank overhead and small business distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Splunk Remote Work Insights: Zoom In Now!

When we made Splunk Remote Work Insights (RWI) available a few weeks ago, we knew we wanted to share the power of Splunk so any organization could use it to get insights on critical business activities and keep their remote workforces connected. We continue to receive a positive response from our customers and community, as many are leveraging the RWI dashboards and resources to help answer these key questions.

How Efficiency Depends on Observability

If you hadn't heard the term “this is the new normal” yet today, then you haven't been listening. While right now is not normal, current events have us all wondering how the work environment is going to change once we get there. There are a few things that we can expect: Having pipelines and applications that are observable is key to all of this.

The Launch of Splunk Ideas

The "Q1 2020: Splunk Ideas" blog is officially live! This blog post is the first in a quarterly series that aims to educate and deliver status updates on "Splunk Ideas." In this post, I will cover the history and goals of Splunk Ideas and supply some information about our initial success. Next quarter’s post will focus on the lifecycle of an Idea, with details on our internal process of reviewing, considering, and prioritizing your ideas.

How to monitor OPA Gatekeeper with Prometheus metrics

In this blog post, we’re going to explain how to monitor Open Policy Agent (OPA) Gatekeeper with Prometheus metrics. If you have deployed OPA Gatekeeper, monitoring this admission controller is as relevant as monitoring the rest of the Kubernetes control plane components, like APIserver, kubelet or controller-manager. If something breaks here, Kubernetes won’t deploy new pods in your cluster; and if it’s slow, your cluster scale performance will degrade.