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Episode 22: Zoho's CIO on Building, Using, and Trusting Your Own Tech ft. Saravanan Muthian

In this episode of Server Room, we sit down with Saravanan Muthian, Chief Information Officer at Zoho Corp, to explore what it really means to "eat your own dog food." From stress-testing new apps internally to managing sprawling data across multiple tools, Saravanan walks us through the philosophy, challenges, and advantages of trusting your own tech stack. We also talk about Zoho’s decision to invest in its own data centres, the balance between automation and human touch, and the importance of sustainable scaling in IT.

Scaling Observability: How We Designed Bindplane to Manage 1,000,000 OpenTelemetry Collectors

Join the live stream at 11 am ET, here. Platform teams tend to start with just one, or in some cases a handful of OpenTelemetry (OTel) Collectors usually running in gateway mode. They then embrace the benefit of a vendor-neutral, standardized, telemetry collector for unified logs, metrics, and traces.

What Makes Grease Trap Cleaning Different for Small and Large Establishments

Grease traps are crucial in any commercial kitchen. Whether it's a food truck or a large-scale restaurant chain, these devices prevent fats, oils, and grease (FOG) from entering the wastewater system and causing costly clogs or environmental hazards. But when it comes to cleaning and maintaining grease traps, the needs of small and large establishments differ significantly.

Is Your Internal IT Holding You Back? Signs It's Time to Rethink Your Strategy

Many business leaders ask: When should we consider outsourcing our IT support? Others worry about the cost, the risk of losing control, or the transition process. But here's a more useful way to look at it: Is your current IT setup helping or hindering your growth?

How LoRaWAN Sensors Support Businesses of All Sizes

In an era where digital transformation is reshaping the business landscape, companies are seeking innovative solutions to enhance efficiency and decision-making. LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) sensors have emerged as a powerful tool for organizations of all sizes, providing a cost-effective way to collect and utilize data. These sensors can monitor everything from environmental conditions to asset status, offering insightful analytics that can drive informed decisions and operational improvements.

IETF Decreased Mean Response Time by 90% with Scout APM!

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open processes. The IETF is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. The IETF standards-setting process is open to any individual interested in providing technical contributions.

Michael Donovan, VP of Product at Docker, has a hot take on shift left security

Shift left means improving security at the early stages of software development. Is it the best approach? See the full webinar: https:/cloudsmith.com/webinars Get to know Cloudsmith: About Cloudsmith We offer the world's best cloud-native artifact management platform to control, secure, and distribute everything that flows through your software supply chain. Cloudsmith operates at enterprise scale, reduces risk, and streamlines builds.

How to Set Up Tracing for Elixir Apps Using AppSignal

Over time, web applications have evolved from simple request/response-based systems into complex, distributed ones with lots of moving parts. If something goes wrong (and you can be sure it will), finding the cause can be nearly impossible. But this need not be the case: enter tracing. Tracing refers to the process of collecting detailed information about the execution of requests within an application, including function calls, execution time, and other relevant data.