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G2 Fall Report Positions Squadcast among the leading Incident Management, and IT Alerting Tools

Squadcast established itself as a Momentum Leader and High Performer across different regions in the Incident Management and IT Alerting tool categories. We have solidified our leadership in the Mid Market segment across various regions, this recognition stems from our dedicated customer base.

Canonical releases Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur

Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 23.10, codenamed “Mantic Minotaur”, available to download and install from https://ubuntu.com/download. “In this release we’ve raised the bar for what secure by default means for Ubuntu and set the stage for our next Long Term Supported release.” said Oliver Smith, Senior Product Manager for Ubuntu at Canonical.

Ubuntu Desktop 23.10: Mantic Minotaur deep dive

The last interim release before an LTS (Long Term Supported release for those new to the Ubuntu terminology) is a particularly exciting time. This is the release where the team aims to land as many major changes as possible to ensure that the community has the chance to take them for a spin and provide feedback for further refinement ahead of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. These features span the entire Ubuntu Desktop stack, from the user interface, to software management, to core security and architectural changes.

HAProxy's Growth Continues with Rave Reviews and Powerful Capabilities

The G2 Fall 2023 Reports are in! And while leaves are on the verge of tumbling downward, HAProxy's acclaim across multiple categories, market levels, and global segments has only risen. For companies looking for—or migrating from—a load-balancing solution, HAProxy delivers simple adoption, scalable performance, strong security, and observable operation. Altogether, across six product categories HAProxy featured in 58 reports and won 30 badges, including “Momentum Leader”.

Releasing Icinga Ansible collection v0.3.0

This release of the collection will feature a whole set of possibilities to deploy a complete Icinga 2 environment. Before diving deep into the collection, a quick recap of all roles which were available and which are included in the current release v0.3.0. New Roles in v0.3.0 To further enhance the Icinga 2 installation process via Ansible those roles are vital for a successful deployment. The Icinga DB is the future backend of Icinga 2, this can be handled with our icingadb and icingadb_redis roles.

Restricted unprivileged user namespaces are coming to Ubuntu 23.10

Ubuntu Desktop firmly places security at the forefront, and adheres to the principles of security by default. This approach caters to both everyday users and organisations with specific compliance requirements. As such, Ubuntu ensures that its recommended security configurations are equally robust, easy to understand and readily accessible as part of the default user experience.