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9 Powerful Log Monitoring Best Practices to Follow in 2026

Jun 17, 2026 By Written by In Motadata
How many of your last five incidents were already sitting in the logs before anyone noticed? Most teams already collect more than enough log data. The problem starts with what happens next, and the same four gaps show up almost everywhere: This guide covers the log monitoring best practices that close those gaps. It walks through how to collect, structure, correlate, retain, and secure logs, so monitoring becomes a steady process and not a scramble during the next incident.
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canonical

Validating real-world skills through Canonical Academy

Jun 17, 2026 By Ishani Ghoshal In Canonical
In an increasingly volatile job market, standing out from the competition is vital. For many in the open source community, formal recognition for self-taught skills is a significant challenge. These skills are often built through hands-on hobbies, side projects, and deep community contributions. While the market is flooded with certificates and certifications, most fail to reliably measure practical execution, or fall behind the rapid pace of industry changes.
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civo

Lock-in is not theoretical: What UK organizations told us about cloud exit barriers

Jun 17, 2026 By Mark Boost In Civo
For years, vendor lock-in has been discussed as a theoretical risk. A concern to acknowledge in architecture reviews. A box to tick in compliance frameworks. A future problem that might need addressing. Our latest research reveals something more urgent. For UK organizations, lock-in isn't theoretical anymore. It's structural. It's measurable. And it's preventing organizations from acting on their own strategic priorities.
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meshiq

ActiveMQ Protocol Comparison: AMQP vs MQTT vs OpenWire vs STOMP

Jun 17, 2026 By meshIQ In meshIQ
One of ActiveMQ's most powerful and underappreciated capabilities is its protocol polyglotism: a single broker can simultaneously accept Java JMS clients over OpenWire, Python services over AMQP, IoT sensors over MQTT, and Ruby scripts over STOMP, all routing messages between each other without protocol bridges or translation middleware.
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nexthink

What Is Your Operating Model Costing Your Business?

Jun 17, 2026 By Sean Malvey In Nexthink
The biggest cost in your business may not appear anywhere on your balance sheet because some of the most expensive problems are rarely measured directly. Lost productivity, recurring technology issues, underused applications, and the effort required to manage them all accumulate over time without ever appearing as a line item in a financial report.
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icinga

Features in Icinga Web 2 Worth Knowing About

Jun 17, 2026 By Jan Schuppik In Icinga
When you work closely with Icinga Web 2, developing modules, building dashboards, poking around the internals, you naturally pick up on features that most users never think about. Some are usability improvements that deserve more attention than they get. Others are developer conveniences that turn out to be genuinely useful in the right user situation too. They’re just the kind of thing that rarely makes it into the getting-started guide. Not all of these will apply to your daily workflow.
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ribbon

What Is Coherent Routing?

Jun 17, 2026 By David Stokes In Ribbon
Coherent routing, Routed Optical Networking, Converged Optical Routing Architecture (CORA), are all names for the same concept: an advanced network architecture which integrates coherent optical transceivers directly into IP routers. This convergence of layers creates a simplified and highly efficient IP-over-DWDM (IP over Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) network.
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The I-601A Waiver: How to Request Forgiveness for Unlawful Presence Before Your Green Card Interview

The I-601A Waiver: How to Request Forgiveness for Unlawful Presence Before Your Green Card Interview

Jun 17, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
For individuals pursuing a Green Card who have accumulated unlawful presence in the United States, leaving the country for a consular interview can trigger a re-entry bar that disrupts the entire process. The I-601A waiver - formally known as the Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver - offers a way to address that bar before departing, allowing eligible applicants to attend their consular interview knowing they will not be prevented from returning. Understanding who qualifies, how the process works, and what makes a strong application is essential for anyone navigating this pathway.
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