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The business value of frequent deployments

We’ve written a ton of content about how to unlock the value of frequent deployments for your database as well as applications, from improved coding patterns to strategies for architecting smaller deployments. But the multi-million-dollar question for you and your business is something else entirely: what is the real business value of frequent deployments? That’s the question I’m going to address in this series of three posts.

How to Build a CMDB: The ABC of a Successful CMDB Implementation

As an organization grows, so does its business and IT infrastructure. The relationship between assets gets more complex, so it becomes essential to keep a map of that ecosystem to anticipate issues, optimize your budget, and reduce downtime. That’s exactly why you should learn how to build a CMDB (Configuration Management Database).

Honeycomb, Meet Terraform

Most SaaS products have nice, organic growth when they work well. Employees log in, they click around and make stuff, then they share links with others who do the same. After a few weeks or months, there are thousand of objects. Some are abandoned, and some are mission-critical. Different people also bring different perspectives, so they name things that are relevant to their role and position in the team, which may be confusing to others outside their realm.

Better Uptime Powered Status Page

Better Uptime is a robust uptime monitoring and tracking tool that helps businesses ensure the availability and reliability of their websites and online services. It continuously monitors the performance and availability of a website or application and provides real-time alerts and notifications in case of disruptions or outages. They also provide a relatively simple status page, albeit gorgeous looking and useful for some simple use cases; your team will, in all likelihood, outgrow it at some point.

How to Measure SLA: 4 Important Types of Metrics

An important part of the client-service provider relationship is a well-written Service Level Agreement (SLA). Most service providers and clients agree on this. What some service providers don’t know is exactly how they should measure SLA. There is often a lot of confusion between the SLA metrics that define contractual agreements and the wide range of key performance indicators (KPIs) you can also use to monitor operations. They are both important, but they are not the same.

Accelerating cloud-native development brings opportunities and challenges for enterprises

By 2025, Gartner estimates that over 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms, up from 30% in 2021. This momentum of these workloads and solutions presents a significant opportunity for companies that can meet the challenges of the burgeoning industry.

Hyperscalers: The Complete Guide to What, Why and How

We’ve heard a lot about hyperscalers over the last several years as public cloud adoption began to rise. Now, they’ve become a central part of global IT infrastructure and essential to operations. There are many reasons to choose a hyperscaler as your cloud provider, so let’s take a closer look at what a hyperscaler is and how it can be leveraged for your organization.

Detect data exfiltration activity with Kibana's new integration

Does your organization’s data include sensitive information, like intellectual property or personally identifiable information (PII)? Do you want to protect your data from being stolen and sent (i.e., exfiltrated) to external web services? If the answer to these questions is yes, then Elastic’s Data Exfiltration Detection package can help you identify when critical enterprise data is being stolen and exfiltrated.

Superior Cloud Cost Optimization in Kubernetes Through Capacity Optimizer

Kubernetes is fast becoming the world’s most preferred open-source container orchestration tool. Used for building and managing cloud-native microservices-based apps as well as the containerization of existing apps, its adoption is continuously increasing. Already, 61% of enterprises have adopted Kubernetes, and 30% are planning to embrace it within the next 12 months.

3 Tips for an Eye-Catching Billboard in San Antonio

Everything is bigger in Texas, and if you are trying to catch the day to day wandering eye amidst streets, highways, and walkways, one of the best ways to do so is through an effective, eye-catching billboard. Especially if you are looking to take advantage of local markets, understanding how to produce a successful billboard in the city your business is based can generate outstanding results. However, billboard marketing strategy can be occasionally difficult to grasp. In this article, we are going to outline a few tips to make your billboard catch eyes throughout San Antonio.