2020 might be the year that we get mainstream adoption of folding cell phones and 5G connectivity, but some things don't change, and SMS usage appears to be one of them. This reliable technology is still widely used by businesses, professionals, and consumers on a daily basis, even as social media dominates our lives. SMS messaging is just convenient and quick.
There's a lot to consider when building a game, but one thing that a team shouldn't have to worry about is expensive and difficult to maintain tools. That's why BugSplat and EQU8 have partnered to offer a pre-release package to aid in the development and launch of new games. Through this partnership, studios building a new game get access to a package of world-class bug reporting and anti-cheat tools for free.
Connecting your Discord account with BugSplat allows your team to get alerted to new crashes without leaving Discord. You can now link your Discord and BugSplat accounts to receive crash alerts directly in Discord. For those who do not know, Discord is a powerful communication tool that lets teams collaborate over voice, video, screen-sharing, or text. It's also pretty darn popular with gamers.
For many of us, our computer is the central touchpoint of our working lives We spend hours each day typing away as we work, bringing back everything we've touched while grabbing a snack, running to the bathroom, working out at lunch, or taking a break with some coworkers. Everything you touch in a day—it all ends up back on your keyboard. As a result, your keyboard is likely one of the dirtiest things you touch all day. So, just how dirty is your keyboard?
In these times of remote teamwork, the pressure on IT teams is at its peak. So how can you ensure teams function well and conditions are good when working remotely? How do you ensure that the IT Ops teams can support the business as per usual? VPN, office suite, critical applications, videoconference, etc. The list of priorities change, new business apps need to be added while your kids and their endless energy become your face to face office colleagues. :)
On Wednesday, March 25th, we launched our Splunk for CMMC Solution with a webinar presentation to a diverse set of defense industrial base (DIB) participants and partners. As I discussed during the launch event, the Splunk for CMMC Solution provides significant out-of-the-box capabilities to accelerate organizations’ journeys to meet, monitor, track, and mature the cybersecurity practices required by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).
As Washington and the nation reel from the spread of COVID-19, public servants across the country are quickly adapting to the “new normal.” As described in OMB’s March 23rd memo to agency and department heads, harnessing technology to support mission continuity should be a priority.
We know from experience that many online businesses and website owners spend a lot of time and money on online marketing and getting conversions. However, sometimes, teams lose sight of one of the most basic of concerns, website uptime. Teams forget the impact of downtime, and they neglect to monitor their website’s uptime. As a result, when a website outage occurs—and it will—the downtime goes unnoticed, but the outage still affects visitors and potential customers.
