We’re almost there, 2021 is just around the corner. Like many others, we at Canonical have a deep appreciation for all things Raspberry Pi. We see the good they do and the joy they bring and can’t help but be impressed. This year marks the beginning of a stronger collaboration between the folks at Raspberry Pi and us at Canonical. We are by no means done and still have a long way to go. But we have made strides in the right direction.

It’s safe to say that 2020 has been quite the year for everyone, and at Dashbird we’ve had quite a few changes of our own. It became the year full of improvements, growth, and feature releases that we had only imagined a year ago. This is our round-up of all the feature releases we launched this year. Just starting out with Dashbird? Great, you are in the right place.

In this excellent YouTube video – Marcel Dempers aka That DevOps Guy explains how Shipa abstracts Kubernetes away from developers so they can focus on coding while providing the controls the DevOps team needs. With Shipa – not a single yaml is needed to deploy an application across multiple clouds. See for yourself…

GroundWork Monitor makes it simple to monitor the health of Oracle databases, whether the need is simple monitoring of availability or for capacity planning purposes. Oracle databases may be monitored either directly on the Oracle host or from a different host, using the GroundWork Distributed Monitoring Agent (GDMA). In both scenarios, SQL queries are used to provide the data from the database.

First off, I’m going to make an assumption: I’m going to assume you—like me—have spent a lot more time online in 2020 than you ever have before. Thanks to COVID-19, we were all at home with nowhere to go. Many people started working full-time from home, and kids were out of school for months as springtime lockdowns extended into summer holidays.

Over the past year, many organizations have stagnated or struggled as a result of the global pandemic. Other businesses, specifically those who benefit from the widespread shift to remote work, have achieved unprecedented growth—none more so than video conferencing providers. Now, platforms like Microsoft Teams and Zoom are introducing new features that position them to become much more than video communication tools.

First of all: apologies...because although the title suggests otherwise, this blog is not about "Observability VS. Monitoring." It's a great misconception that observability is this hot new technology that's here to replace your monitoring tools.

We’re happy to announce that we’ve successfully completed PCI (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) Service Provider Certification. This means that at Logit.io we are committed to the security of storing, processing and transmitting credit card transactions.

Earlier this year, as organizations around the world adapted to new remote working environments, Nexthink released a library pack to support IT teams through this transition. The Remote Worker Experience pack introduced a multitude of new dashboards, remote actions, investigations, metrics and Engage campaigns. All with a single objective: monitor, manage and improve the current remote working landscape.

Managed service providers (MSPs) face ransomware, malware, and other cyber attacks — and these issues can affect both MSPs and their clients. To understand the full impact of an MSP cyber attack, let’s examine the topic in more detail. Businesses use MSPs to manage IT infrastructure and other resources. In doing so, businesses outsource the maintenance and care of applications, networks, security, and other aspects of their IT operations to a third-party.