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The Myth of the Missing Mac Malware, part 1

Apple once ran, and caught a reasonable amount of flak for, an ad that implied Macs didn’t get viruses. The PC (John Hodgman) in the ad says there were “114,000 known viruses” for PCs in 2006, to which the Mac (Justin Long) replies, “PCs. Not Macs.” While misleading, it’s technically correct, which may have been sufficient to avoid truth-in-advertising lawsuits.

Running VictoriaMetrics on ARM-based processors

ARM processors become more popular and more cost-effective according to many benchmarks. One of them was made by Percona for MySQL. Some of our users reported issues with VictoriaMetrics at AWS Graviton instances. The main concerns were higher CPU and disk IO usage compared to x86 instances of the same size and for the same workload. By that time, we verified that VictoriaMetrics works fine for raspberry and IoT devices, but didn’t do any optimizations for ARM builds.

CMDB Benefits for Service Delivery Across Your Organization

A configuration management database or CMDB can be a game changer in terms of service delivery. Done well, a CMDB benefits incident resolution, speeds up request fulfillment and makes change assessment safer. Implementing a CMDB is a significant task and it’s something that many IT departments struggle with. It’s very easy to make things complicated or difficult to maintain.

ManageEngine: Advancing endpoint management and security in an ever-changing world

The widespread transition to remote work and the emergence of hybrid workforces have vastly transformed and increased the potential attack surfaces of organizations across verticals. With employees constantly on the move and reliant on multiple devices to get work done, IT admins are often unsure about how these diverse personal and corporate endpoints can be managed and secured.

Gremlin: Full-service Ownership: Owning Your Service from Code to Production

More high-performing software teams are taking greater control over their services, from development all the way through to production. However, they also need to adapt to the challenges that come with full service ownership, including deploying services to their production stack, managing common software lifecycle operational issues, and identifying ways to make their services more resilient before and after deploying to production.

What is IBM Cloud Pak for Integration?

IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) is a platform that helps you quickly and easily integrate your hybrid cloud applications with the systems and applications that are important for running your business. It can help to collaborate between the different application teams and businesses that exist in your organization and ensure that they are working together at maximum efficiency.