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That's A Data Problem - How Do Security Programs Drive Business Results?

The sheer number of cybersecurity attacks against companies continues to grow, and with accelerated cloud transformation, IT teams are facing new challenges. To drive innovation and stay competitive, companies need to ensure they are using cloud securely, prioritizing a security first approach and mitigating risks to drive business results.

Trim Unneeded Fields from Events

In case you missed it, watch this previous recording of a Cribl LogStream product webinar to get a first-hand look at the #1 machine data streaming platform. Are your events getting a little TOO eventful? In this LogStream demo, we’ll walk through how to trim any unneeded content or fields from your events, enabling your team to cut licensing costs

Service Desk Automation Demands Deep Integration with Monitoring Tools

ITIL’s definition of a service desk is: “The single point of contact between the service provider and the users. A typical service desk manages incidents and service requests, and also handles communication with the users.” Service desks such as JIRA, Autotask and ServiceNow, often also support multiple IT Service Management (ITSM) activities.

Debugging with Dashbird: Lambda Task Timed Out After X Seconds

When building serverless applications, Lambda functions often form the backbone of the system. They might provide just a few lines of code, but these lines are usually what hold the whole architecture composed of many managed services together. Event-driven architecture is what this style is called, and it’s most prevalent in serverless applications. API gateways collect requests from your users, convert them to events, and send these along the way.

Why You Need Real-Time for Faster MTTR

“If you ain't first, you're last.” While that famous one-liner from Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) in the cult hit Talladega Nights is more joke than catchphrase, it hits home for those of us in the world of DevOps and Observability. Faster is better. And in our technology-driven world of online transactions and complex environments, faster isn’t just better — it’s crucial.

UptimeRobot June 2021 Update: SSL info in Dashboard, test notification setup and meta robots tag

Last month was filled with news and we’re happy to report that we were able to finish the other three little features! Let’s take a look at them quickly so you can get back to enjoying the summer 🙂

Log Management Challenges in Modern IT Environments

Modern IT environments have presented many difficult-to-overcome challenges to organizations in recent times. One such challenge is gaining visibility into the systems. One may argue that due to cloud computing and limitless storage, it is now very easy to overcome some of the conventional challenges regarding visibility. However, the architecture has changed into infrastructure scheduling and microservices. Hardware and software programs are now more complex, with their own set of challenges.

Tips for Building a Homelab

Have you ever wanted to set up your own sysadmin homelab? Before you begin, you need to look at major decisions regarding your software and hardware requirements. In today’s age and date, almost every person has a personal computer, assuming smartphones as equivalent to computers. To set up a vmware vsphere homelab to your liking, let’s discuss important tips for each component of home sysadmin labs.