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Raygun is a Software Intelligence Platform that gives companies visibility into software problems. Errors, crashes and slow loading pages and scripts affecting end users are automatically detected, enabling teams to build excellent user experiences.
What's new in Grafana Enterprise Metrics for scaling Prometheus: enhanced access control and a compactor that supports 650 million active series and beyond
I’m a fresh starter here at Grafana Labs, leading one of our teams working on the Grafana Enterprise Stack. As a longtime user of Grafana, I couldn’t wait to see what’s new in versions 1.1 and 1.2 of Grafana Enterprise Metrics (GEM), our scalable, self-hosted Prometheus service. I tried out the shiny features and wanted to share some of the cool things I found.
Three Steps To Get Started With Database DevOps
Once you’ve committed to changing your culture in order to automate your database deployments, what’s next? You’ve already done the hard part, making the decision to shift the culture. Now, what’s involved is just lots of labor. There are three things you can do to begin your Database DevOps journey: Let’s discus these in detail. It’s important to understand, not just why these are your first three steps, but why they should occur in this precise order.
How To Avoid Complex Pricing And Lengthy Contracts With Your Global Internet Access
When it comes to your business’s global internet access, network speed, security and performance are paramount. Many enterprises use a premium internet service to meet the needs of their global operations. One option available to them, which we have covered extensively already on this blog, is to use dedicated internet access across a private MPLS network. The other is to use an IP transit service.
Enhance API security with Apigee and Cloud Armor
APIs are great tools since they provide developers a simplified way to consume data and functionality that resides in backend systems. However, they are targets for malicious attacks because they contain business-critical information. In this video, we demo how Google Cloud can help you better secure your APIs with Apigee and Cloud Armor. Watch to learn how these tools offer security at multiple levels for your APIs!
How AlertBot Works
Find out how AlertBot can help you in this short 2-minute video!
Kubernetes Master Class: Declarative Security with Rancher, KubeLinter, and StackRox
As companies adopt containers and Kubernetes to accelerate application development, they’re wrestling with securing this new attack surface. Fortunately, the declarative, immutable nature of Kubernetes environments provides inherent security opportunities, and Kubernetes itself offers a broad set of native controls. However, these protections are not enabled by default, and many organizations are learning both the infrastructure aspects and the security aspects of Kubernetes in parallel.
Running commands securely in containers with Amazon ECS Exec and Sysdig
Today, AWS announced the general availability of Amazon ECS Exec, a powerful feature to allow developers to run commands inside their ECS containers. Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is a fully managed container orchestration service by Amazon Web Services. ECS allows you to organize and operate container resources on the AWS cloud, and allows you to mix Amazon EC2 and AWS Fargate workloads for high scalability.
Azure Management Talk: 8 easy steps to improve your security posture in Azure
You've deployed your application on Azure. Instantly hackers are targeting your public IP and the brute forcing of passwords and ports starts. What now? Should I deploy Azure Sentinel, or just enable Azure Security Center as a start? Join MVP and Microsoft RD Maarten Goet as he takes you through the 8 easy steps into improving your security posture on Azure. This is a demo heavy session no cloud engineer or developer should miss!
Azure Management Talk: Azure Resource Graph Zero to Hero
In this session, Microsoft Consultant Billy York will go over the basics of Azure Resource Graph, including how Kusto Query Language (KQL) is used and its limitations in Resource Graph. We’ll then dive into some real-world examples of how you can use Azure Resource Graph with KQL.
What Are Shared Services? (Your Guide For 2021)
What are shared services? How does a shared service business model work? In this article, we will be breaking down everything you need to know about shared services. Are you trying to build a request-centric operations model that places an emphasis on simplified customer experience? We will be exploring the key benefits of adopting a shared services model. There has never been a better time to start exploring the consolidation of business operations.