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When making Apache Kafka the backbone of your data infra, get an end-to-end solution. Find out more about Aiven’s open source ecosystem around Apache Kafka®.

Join Mark Boost, Dinesh Majrekar, and Saiyam Pathak to discuss the current state of the cloud industry and why costs are so high, how to take steps to reduce your spend, and looking at how Civo can help.

We believe that querying data in Apache Parquet files directly can achieve similar or better storage efficiency and query performance than most specialized file formats. While it requires significant engineering effort, the benefits of Parquet’s open format and broad ecosystem support make it the obvious choice for a wide class of data systems.

Companies need to consider both how fast they can put edge applications into action and update them, and how quickly they can process incoming data. Industrial processes are becoming increasingly automated as sensors on machines collect a growing amount of data. Much of this data is time-stamped and can help companies improve processes. This large volume of sensor data can become unwieldy if companies don’t manage it properly.

Want to try out Mattermost, but don’t have sufficient infrastructure or the time? Here is a guide on how to deploy Mattermost using minikube in five minutes.

Back in my mid to late 20s, my most prized possession was my Yamaha R1 motorcycle. Living and working in the city of Milwaukee meant I didn’t need to worry about finding parking, gas was cheap, and it was fast, one of the fastest sport bikes on the market at the time. But with that speed and power comes great responsibility, and I took that responsibility seriously. If I was going to go out and meet friends, I promised myself, not one sip of alcohol.

IT service management (ITSM) is a critical corporate capability, but what are the key ITSM trends to watch out for in 2023? Thanks to the general evolution of technology-enabled businesses and the digital transformation acceleration caused by the global pandemic, the suitability of your organization’s current ITSM capabilities needs to be questioned – especially in light of the ten ITSM trends we’re about to share. We consulted ten IT leaders to reflect on the road ahead.

Bitbucket or GitHub? These hosting platforms are popular because they offer software development teams the ability to create, manage, track, and review code repositories. They are essential tools for developers in various industries and can be used for numerous applications and projects. So, if your team is growing out of local repositories, then it may be time to level up to a more robust coding repository platform.

Over the last few years, many customers have asked us to update our current public dashboards with new features so they can more effectively communicate what is happening with their checks to external customers or internal users. We’ve taken that input to heart, and we’re pleased to announce the availability of redesigned dashboards for Checkly.

Bugs can remain dormant in a system for a long time, until they suddenly manifest themselves in weird and unexpected ways. The deeper in the stack they are, the more surprising they tend to be. One such bug reared its head within our columnar datastore in May this year, but had been present for more than two years before detection.