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Jaeger and OpenTelemetry

Recently, OpenTelemetry has been announced as a new CNCF sandbox project resulting from a merger of OpenTracing and OpenCensus [1], [2], [3], [4]. Several people have already asked me what OpenTelemetry means for the Jaeger project (incubating at CNCF), and whether it is going to replace Jaeger. I will attempt to answer these questions in this post.

Key Metrics to Baseline Cloud Migration

Cloud computing is well past the emerging stage. It’s no longer a radical idea for businesses to depend on cloud platforms and services to serve as their technology backbone--and the numbers show it. In 2018, Forrester reported that nearly 60% of North American enterprises rely on public cloud platforms. This year, Gartner projects that the public cloud services market will grow from last year’s $182.4 billion to $214.3 billion this year, a 17.5% jump.

Top 10 Tools to Transfer Really Large Files

In today’s time of high-speed Internet, one would think it would be very easy to transfer files, both small and large via emails. The reality, however, is quite different as transferring large files with the help of e-mails remains a big problem. This is where the role of tools, which help with the transfer of large files, becomes important.

Unexpected IT downtime costs your business more than you think

IT downtime can effect businesses of all sizes. From online retailers and event promoters to cloud-based service providers and 24/7 security teams, all modern businesses are at risk of facing both monetary and organizational costs that can stack up in a matter of minutes. Users (internal and external) may not be able to access websites and files, digital transactions may be delayed, data may be lost, and sensitive information may be compromised, which can make for a very bad day at the office.

New Integration with Slack, Microsoft Teams and Pager Duty

Keep track of your infrastructure and apps from everywhere, and share valuable insights with colleagues. XpoLog 7 log monitoring tool, features new integrations with Slack, PagerDuty, and MS Teams. These integrations come in two levels: Learn more about XpoLog’s proactive log monitoring tool How to share your searches and get alerts via MS Teams, Slack and Pager Duty? More and more users choose to use IM apps around the world, for personal and professional purposes. Global Information Inc.

The GDPR: It's been a year, did it make a difference?

Businesses are comprised of different departments and professionals, with data flowing across the organization. When there’s a data breach, it’s usually the data protection officers (DPOs), CIOs, and CISOs who take the brunt of the blame; however, since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), all staff are more responsible for data handling.

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Questions to ask your APM provider before you buy

APM is something that some organizations either don't fully understand or don't put much thought into until it's too late. When there's a problem with an application, the organization scrambles to find a tool that can help solve the problem at hand. They contact the sales teams of various APM vendors to see which ones can help them.

Building Docker Containers for our Rails Apps

In a recent post, we talked about Docker containers, and what you should know about them. Hopefully we cleared up any confusion you might have had about the Docker ecosystem. Perhaps with all that talk, it got you thinking about trying it out on one of your own applications? Well in this post we’d like to show you how easy it is to take your existing Ruby on Rails applications and run them inside a container.

Key Features to Consider When Evaluating an Enterprise Kubernetes Solution

Digital transformation across industries is driving the need for IT to enable cloud-native applications. This has led enterprises to adopt Kubernetes as the most effective way to support cloud-native, container-based architectures, and to modernize their applications and IT infrastructure. Organizations of all sizes are looking to take advantage of Kubernetes – for both greenfield applications and for re-architecting and modernizing legacy applications.