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More companies than ever before are migrating to Kubernetes and seeing the results of Kubernetes in action. Kubernetes (K8s) is a key platform for big data users, and as such, we wanted to dive deeper and discover some new truths about current Kubernetes challenges and what the solutions might be. We surveyed 600 IT and big data professionals from various industries to determine which big data applications enterprises are moving or intending to move to Kubernetes.

Many companies today rely on SaaS connections in order for the business to function. Some users simply can’t operate in their job when an application becomes unavailable. When hundreds of users are impacted, this can cost a company serious money. That’s why keeping a proverbial finger on the pulse of application performance is generally worth the effort. But, it isn’t easy. Many popular SaaS applications are delivered from hundreds of locations around the world.

In a previous post in the backup and restore series, How to Restore Databases From Native SQL Server Backups, Tim mentioned some more advanced options when restoring a database backup, including performing point-in-time recovery of a SQL Server database (sometimes known as PITR). In this tutorial, I’ll build on the information in Tim’s post by showing you how to use backups to perform point-in-time recovery and a more advanced way to determine an exact point to restore to.

Accenture’s vision for value-led, business-aligned operations applies Machine Learning, Automation and Observability to help cloud-hosted and on-premise systems diagnose and heal themselves. The company’s ubiquitous myWizard® platform, used by 100,000+ practitioners at more than 3000 companies, applies StackState’s advanced 4T Observability data model to improve service to Accenture’s customers.

We see unfriendly customer practices all around in the SIEM space. For example, some major SIEM vendors use an Events Per Second (EPS) license model to monetize access to their tools. Typically, these vendors will drop data above the EPS license or stop data ingestion to incentive license compliance if you run over your EPS license. These license controls disrupt operations and risk enterprise security posture, which can cause chaos.

As WebPageTest and Catchpoint celebrate one year of partnership, Jeena James, General Manager, WebPageTest, sat down for a Q&A with Mehdi Daoudi, CEO and co-founder, Catchpoint, to look at the key milestones from the last year, and ahead to what's next! Hope you enjoy!

Earlier this fall, we announced a significant evolution in the IT process automation portfolio at PagerDuty—the general availability of PagerDuty Rundeck Actions and early access for Rundeck Cloud. These new offerings reflect our vision to enable companies to take real-time actions by democratizing access to automation. In other words, to quickly and safely delegate automated IT processes to the IT users (and APIs) that need them to get work done.

Have you ever deep dived into the sea of your tracing data, but wanted additional context around your underlying system? For instance, it may be easy to see when/where certain users are experiencing latency, but what if you needed to know what garbage collection is mucking up the place or which allocated memory is taking a beating? Imagine having a complete visual on how an application is performing when you need it, without having to manually dig through logs and multiple UI screens.

A while ago, we wrote about using GitHub Actions to enable a developer-friendly CD process for Kubernetes. The goal was to show how DevOps or Platform Engineers could give developers an easy way to define and deploy their applications themselves with the target of implementing a self-service model.

DX Unified Infrastructure Management (DX UIM) enables comprehensive infrastructure observability. The solution delivers comprehensive coverage, modern administrative and operator consoles, zero-touch configuration, advanced alarm management, and more. This solution provides a unified, data-driven approach to infrastructure management. With the solution, your teams can proactively and efficiently manage all your digital ecosystems, including private and public clouds.