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Releasing production-ready software is a complicated tangle of tools and processes lacking visibility, traceability, and consistency. This leads to custom integrations and human intervention, which create opportunities for mistakes, impede automation, and increase the likelihood of insecure software being released. JFrog’s release lifecycle management capabilities enable “release first” software supply chain (SSC) management, delivering trusted software faster.

Modern applications running on distributed systems often complicate service ownership because of their ever-growing web of microservice dependencies. This complication challenges engineers’ ability to shepherd their software through every stage of the development life cycle, as well as teams’ ability to train new engineers on the application’s architecture. With increased complexity, clarity is key for quick, effective troubleshooting and delivering value to end users.

With the rise in Everywhere Work, IT professionals have become burdened with managing their growing IT infrastructure. In fact, some organizations have reported their digital transformation being accelerated by three to five years as they look to build their IT environments. The volume of assets used for work has grown significantly – averaging 2.6 devices per person.

With over 83 million users, GitHub is one of the most popular development tools out there and the third most monitored service on StatusGator. Since so many users depend on GitHub, we wanted to analyze GitHub’s reliability in 2022 and find and uncover some interesting facts about GitHub outages.

Online business operations are ubiquitous now. Despite the big advantages of web-based business, it still comes with risks that could be detrimental if there’s no troubleshooting strategy already in place. One of the largest risks to doing business online is availability. Businesses are expected to perform online at the highest level every minute of every day, globally and across devices, which can be difficult for engineers and development teams to maintain.

To hear Ehab Tarabay explain it, the need for retailers to continue evolving their digital operations is an age-old problem. I recently hosted Tarabay, head of workplace IT services at TMF Group, on our That’s Great IT podcast. As an avid information technology specialist with a track record of more than 20 years in the technology field, he had a unique perspective to share about the shift that’s happening in retail right now.

PostgreSQL and MySQL are two of the most popular open-source databases available today. They both provide the database backend for an untold number of web applications, enterprise software packages, and data science projects. The two databases share some similarities in that they both adhere to the SQL standard. However, there are some key differences that might influence your decision to choose one over the other.

Optimizing network security monitoring requires pursuing continuous improvement. Even when people have monitoring tools or processes, it’s always advisable to identify weak spots and look for ways to reduce or eliminate them. Here are five options to consider.

Changing the owner of the team can now be done in our UI In the past, we've seen users reach out to support to change the owner of a time for a variety of reasons. You can now change the owner of the team without contacting support. Just head over to the team settings and scroll down. As the owner of a team, you can move ownership to another member of your team. Because this action cannot be reversed, it needs to be confirmed.

Today I will speak about another important Best practice, Tips, and Tricks that you must consider while designing your business processes (Logic Apps): Retry Policies. And how you should be aware of and configure it properly.