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Patch management is the process that helps you keep your IT assets safe, protected, and functioning optimally. Server patching follows many general patch management best practices, but it also includes tasks and processes that are specific to patching servers. In this article, we’re going to discuss what patch management best practices apply to server patching in your IT environment, and how you can start improving your server patch management process.

Real user monitoring (RUM) is used to collect and analyze data about user interactions with a website or application in real-time. This enables organizations to gain valuable insights into the performance and user experience of their digital products. Despite its importance, the significance of RUM is often overlooked, and many organizations fail to leverage its benefits. By employing a RUM tool such as Applications Manager (APM), you can stay vigilant by capturing real-time user interactions.

On April 13th, 2023, Almaden had the opportunity to participate in the I Seminário Executivo Sucesu RS 2023, which was held in Porto Alegre, RS. Almaden participated jointly with Arklok, one of its best business partners. The event’s theme was customer relationships and experience in the digital era, which is a crucial aspect of business in today’s world.

Azure Blob Storage is a highly scalable, reliable, and secure cloud storage service offered by Microsoft Azure. It allows you to store a vast amount of unstructured data, such as text or binary data, in the form of objects or blobs. There are three types of blobs: Block Blobs, Page Blobs, and Append Blobs. In this article, we will focus on Append Blobs, their use cases, management, security, performance, and pricing. Let’s dive in!

Staring down the runway of 2023 and toward 2024, I’m wondering what will become of the digital transformation initiatives that began pre-Covid and accelerated over the past two-plus years. We’re certainly not entering a “stop transforming” period. So, what will transformation look like going forward?

A data-driven approach to cybersecurity provides the situational awareness to see what’s happening with our infrastructure, but this approach also requires people to interact with the data. That’s how we bring meaning to the data and make those decisions that, as yet, computers can’t make for us. In this post, Phil Gervasi unpacks what it means to have a data-driven approach to cybersecurity.