When it comes to building RESTful APIs, PHP’s open source Laravel framework remains a top 5 backend framework for web development. Laravel also makes testing your API endpoints a breeze by providing an easy-to-use testing suite. In this post, we will build a token-based authentication API with Laravel, write tests for the endpoints, and automate the build and testing process with CircleCI.
Remote IT support software is an essential tool for supporting customers remotely from anywhere in the world. There are a number of factors that contribute to being able to choose the best solution to provide on-demand support. A good place to start is identifying your main purpose for the remote support solution. For instance, you can pinpoint if you need to remotely control an unattended device or support your customers who require privacy and guidance without directly controlling their devices.
SQL Server Monitoring has become an essential part of modern-day applications since a major chunk of these applications rely heavily on a database. It is therefore important to monitor your metrics and make the best out of your database services. SQL Server Monitoring offers plenty of metrics to choose from. We will be breaking down the five key categories that an SQL server provides for a comprehensive view of their functionality.
Web application performance metrics help determine certain aspects that impact the performance of an application. This article discusses eight key metrics, including: Web performance is rapidly evolving, with new trends like Google’s Core Web Vitals (CWV), increasing use of images and video on web pages, and the rollout of 5G. We’ll present three methods that can help you adapt to these changes and boost the performance of your web applications.
With advances in the field of IT, the amount of data needed to manage IT Operations has grown. In particular with more complex environments, such as the SaaS world, the amounts of data and raw data needed to manage operations have grown exponentially. Managing data manually has become a waste of professionals' skill sets, which could be better used in analyzing and applying the conclusions drawn from the raw data, and not dealing with basic issues that may arise.
It’s common in our everyday language to conflate seeing and understanding when the two are actually very different things. For example, if every day for the last few years we spoke briefly and wrote down the total number of Covid cases in the world, it would be easy to see some trends in the data—you would see the data. But if we present the same data drawn as a chart, it’s easy to understand where the spikes and dips are and when the situation got really bad.
As the world transitions to cloud-native offerings as an industry norm, DevOps is gaining traction for its critical role supporting more efficient IT infrastructure. DevOps is designed to boost collaboration and communication by streamlining the automation process to expedite the creation and deployment of applications. Implementing cloud-native DevOps requires organizations make a massive cultural shift.
We explain how to make the most of automation, orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code tools for your highest performing network yet.
Every IT asset provides value for a business. IT asset management (ITAM) allows businesses to maximize the value that is received from each asset, thus saving money, time, and other resources. Vision networks announced that an ITAM program helps businesses save around 30% per asset within the first year of implementing the system. Explore the world of ITAM by learning more about hardware and software asset management.
