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ServiceNow: Why you need a MID server

Accessing resources from inside an organization’s physical or cloud firewall can be challenging. A Management, Instrumentation, and Discovery (MID) server offers a direct, secure solution. It’s a Java application that runs as a Windows service or UNIX daemon on a server in your local network. You can communicate and move data faster, easier, and more securely between a ServiceNow instance and external applications, data sources, and services. Join Chuck Tomasi, Kreg Steppe, and Stacey Bailey of ServiceNow for an introduction to this powerful, versatile tool.

Elastic: Replicate Elasticsearch Data with Cross-Cluster Replication (CCR)

Launched in Elasticsearch version 6.5, cross-cluster replication (CCR) allows you to replicate an index from one Elasticsearch cluster to another. CCR is perfect for a number of use cases including cross data center replication, data locality (multiple copies of data closer to users), and creating a dedicated, centralized analytics cluster populated by multiple source clusters.

The Competitive Advantage Of Teamwork

Have you ever worked on a team where it was a challenge to give constructive feedback or confidently share ideas? At PagerDuty Summit 2018, Patrick Lencioni, author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team,1 spoke about the importance of encouraging a culture of teamwork, and the role trust and vulnerability play in creating that culture.