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Platform Engineering: DevOps Evolution or a Fancy Re-name?

Everyone’s talking about Platform Engineering these days. Even Gartner recently featured it in its Hype Cycle for Software Engineering 2022. But what is Platform Engineering really about? Is it the next stage in the evolution of DevOps? Is it just a fancy rebrand for DevOps or SRE? As a veteran of the PaaS (Platform as a Service) discipline about a decade ago, and a DevOps enthusiast at present, I decided to delve into this topic, peel off the hype, and see what it’s about in practice.

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Microsoft 365 Monitoring for CIOs: Challenges and Solution

Microsoft Office 365 monitoring for the entire company is a big achievement. When the pandemic took hold worldwide, the once "nice-to-have" applications became the "go-to" apps. During this time, CIOs became responsible for relocating their employees to a remote workplace and providing reliable end-user services, such as Microsoft Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, and more. But even as the pandemic subsides, hybrid work gains prominence, and events like the Microsoft Ignite become in-person, monitoring the end-to-end connectivity and network performance of Microsoft 365 still remains a high strategic priority for CIOs.

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JavaScript unit testing frameworks in 2022: A comparison

Choosing a JavaScript unit testing framework is an essential early step for any new front-end development project. Unit tests are great for peace of mind and reducing software errors. You should always make the time to test. But which framework should you choose for your project? We examined 11 of the most popular JavaScript unit testing frameworks according to stateofjs.com, to help you decide which is best for you.

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What Is MLOps? Machine Learning Operations and Its Role in Technology Transformation

Across all industries, businesses are investing in applications and services powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to boost productivity and gain a competitive advantage.

IBM MQ Prevents Message Duplication or Loss

A digital platform may have billions of messages flowing through it each day, with real-time updates considered the standard by customers and enterprises. Ensuring that messages aren’t duplicated or lost in the process is an arduous task, and one that is the focus of IBM MQ, an enterprise-grade messaging solution that has been on the market for over 25 years.

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Are Prometheus & Grafana Sufficient To Support Modern IT?

When discussing Prometheus and Grafana, our VP of Service Delivery said to me, "We can say whatever you want on our website or on a blog post but what REALLY makes a difference in terms of $$$ is DOING it in the field. Applying this in the field with real customers is where everything gets real. My customer was going full tilt to build a project for testing Prometheus, Grafana, ELK and Splunk for leveraging data intelligence until we stopped them. We told them unabashedly: 'Gents, we're sorry but that's just a messy strategy. You should be using XRay for that.' Sometimes you just have to go balls out with a customer ... well, they listened, and we delivered."

Employee Engagement: Product Overview

Learn how Nexthink Infinity bridges the gap with contextual two-way communications, cutting through the digital workplace noise with attention-grabbing notifications that employees respond to. Don’t waste time chasing down employees who ignore emails. Instead, provide critical information, share a survey, or help them fix issues automatically to improve their experience and productivity with Nexthink Employee Engagement.