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What Are AWS Split Charges? How To Allocate Shared Cloud Costs

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers Cost Categories and tagging to help its customers track cloud usage and associated costs. But AWS customers still struggled to connect cloud costs with the products or people who build them despite endless tagging and defining Cost Categories. So, AWS announced Split Charges. This post walks you through what AWS Split Charges are, how they're configured, and how Split Charge rules work.

Shipa Product Updates - April 2022

Depending if you are in the Northern Hemisphere, Spring is upon us. We have been busy at Shipa democratizing developer experience for all and making Kubernetes an afterthought. Grateful for all the community and customer feedback helping us make Shipa better. If you have an idea, check out our new Idea Portal where you can your own ideas. Let’s take a look at what we have delivered in the last pair of sprints.

Work-Life Integration Gaining Traction in the Post-Pandemic Workplace

In the realm of employee experience and company culture, there’s no term more ubiquitous than work-life balance. It’s what every job candidate wants and every business promises. But in the years since work-life balance became a ubiquitous selling point, the workplace has changed drastically, and a new concept is starting to supplant work-life balance: work-life integration. The pandemic and coinciding shifts to remote and hybrid work have spurred a deluge of new approaches to working.

April/2022 - CVE-2022-22965: Spring4Shell Remote Code Execution Mitigation

Recently, a Remote Code Execution vulnerability was discovered in the Java Spring Core library. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. You can find more information on that vulnerability in the announcement on the Spring Blog. While HAProxy Enterprise, HAProxy ALOHA, and other products within the HAProxy Technologies portfolio are not impacted by this (they do not use the Spring Core library at all), you can use our products to mitigate the attack.

A Primer for Monitor as Code: How to use Splunk Observability Cloud with Terraform

Managing the complexities of today’s cloud native infrastructure has resulted in the increased need for observability. As cloud adoption continues to grow, the need to deliver a better customer experience, scale efficiently and increase momentum on innovation has never been more important. For many organizations to carry out these principles, two technologies are helping organizations deliver on these goals faster: Monitoring-as-Code and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Splunk Embarks on AWS Graviton Journey with Amazon EC2 Im4gn and Is4gen Instances

We are excited to announce that Splunk Cloud Platform is moving to next generation AWS Graviton2 processor hardware to help enable enhanced performance for customers who choose AWS as a provider. This begins a phased transition of our Splunk Cloud Platform indexer tier in a move that will help Splunk operate more efficiently and provide customers with the cutting edge in processing technology.

Your SpringShell (Spring4Shell) Remediation Cookbook Using the JFrog Platform

A new zero-day exploit in the spring-web package called “SpringShell” (nicknamed “Spring4Shell”) was just leaked and is threatening the internet and the community. The JFrog security research team is investigating the exploit and continuously updating our blog post with technical details on the SpringShell vulnerability.

5 Important Things To Consider Before Moving To a Cloud-Based ITSM Solution

It should come as no surprise that cloud-based ITSM solutions have become so popular. As we’ve explored in our comparative piece: they are easily deployable, they tend to be less costly as an upfront investment and they are highly customizable to fit different IT infrastructures and team functions when compared to their on-site equivalent.

SEO Ratings And How To Improve Them

Most businesses today understand the importance of having a high ranking on search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing. After all, appearing higher up in search results means more people are likely to see your website and therefore more likely to do business with you. But what many businesses don't realize is that there's more to a high ranking than simply having a lot of keywords on your website.

Want to Streamline Your Payroll Process? Here's How

If you're like most business owners, you understand the importance of having a streamlined payroll process. Not only does it save you time and money, but it also helps to keep your employees happy and productive. There are a lot of different payroll software options on the market, so how do you know which one is right for your business? To help you make the best decision, below are ways you can streamline your payroll process. Take a look and see which one is the best fit for your business needs.