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Learn the different cloud service types: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS

In previous and great articles in here, we already talked about what Cloud is and the types that exist floating above our heads. But today, for a change, we want to focus more on one of its totally forgotten key aspects: Are clouds actually made of childish dreams and cotton candy? No! Just kidding! Today we are going to talk in “Pandora FMS discussions” about what cloud service types there are.

Website Monitoring: Best Practices

In theory, the default monitoring check settings should work in the majority of cases. However, everyday practice shows that our case does not belong to this majority. Therefore, it is necessary and worthwhile to dedicate some time to the optimal configuration of monitoring. It is also important to properly prepare the monitored website and the organization itself.

Track What You're About To Deploy

In order to have the most successful deployment, there are a few best practices that software development teams should be mindful of. First, following a continuous delivery approach allows software development teams to release in shorter cycles, so that building, testing, and releasing can be done with greater speed and reduced error rates.

Optimizing logs for a more effective CI/CD pipeline [Best Practices]

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) delivers services fast, effectively, and accurately. In doing so, CI/CD pipelines have become the mainstay of effective DevOps. But this process needs accurate, timely, contextual data if it’s to operate effectively. This critical data comes in the form of logs and this article will guide you through optimizing logs for CI/CD.

The Ultimate Guide to Microservices Logging

Microservice architecture is widely popular. The ease of building and maintaining apps, scaling CI/CD pipelines, as well as the flexibility it offers when it comes to pivoting technologies are some of the main reasons companies like Uber and Netflix are all in on this approach. As the amount of services in a microservice architecture rises, complexity naturally also rises.

Troubleshooting Common Elasticsearch Problems

Elasticsearch is a complex piece of software by itself, but complexity is further increased when you spin up multiple instances to form a cluster. This complexity comes with the risk of things going wrong. In this lesson, we’re going to explore some common Elasticsearch problems that you’re likely to encounter on your Elasticsearch journey.

How Capgemini Solved Multi-Cloud Observability on Heroku/Salesforce

The modern enterprise has expanded its reach by using the power of cloud computing. However, with that power comes complexity in leveraging the multiple platforms needed to provide rich functionality. To achieve a seamless integration that involves multiple cloud infrastructures you need insightful and actionable data. You also need the right team to bring the clouds together in a seamless, effective, and efficient manner.

The 3 musts for every FinTech incident management pro

Few industries have experienced such a disruptive whiplash as the financial services industry. With the dizzying encroachment of agile, innovative, and fearless fintechs coming to the fore, traditional banking institutions have had to completely rethink their business, revenue models, and customer engagement initiatives.

How Raygun increased transactions per second by 44% by removing Nginx

Here at Raygun, improving performance is baked into our culture. In a previous blog post, we showed how we achieved a 12% performance lift by migrating Raygun’s API to .NET Core 3.1. In publishing this, a question was asked on Twitter as to why we still use Nginx as a proxy to the Raygun API application. Our response was that we thought this was the recommended approach from Microsoft. It turns out this has not been the case since the release of .NET Core 2.1.