The cloud is not a place. It isn’t some magical ecosphere. While the term, “cloud migration” infers there is a targeted geographical destination involved, that doesn’t have to be the case. That public cloud you migrated to merely resides in someone else’s datacenter. In fact, an AWS or Azure datacenter probably looks a lot like […]
If your organization is serious about cybersecurity and compliance, it is most likely implementing many of the best practice security recommendations we hear about all the time. You are keeping all your operating systems and software patched and up to date while regularly updating the firmware for your network devices. You have strict password policies […]
What makes a modern application today? Unlike three-tier applications that were hosted by individual VMs in an on-premise environment, modern applications are broken down into microservices with each microservice being assigned a defined task or capability. These apps are often hosted in the cloud in some type of contain environment such as Kubernetes. According to […]
Observability is a critical component of modern software development, enabling teams to detect and diagnose issues in real-time. As software architectures have become more complex and distributed, the need for robust observability tools has only grown. In this article, I will explore the latest observability technology trends and how they are shaping the future of […]
The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AIOps) for Operations was defined by Gartner in 2016 as the utilization of big data and machine learning to automate IT operation processes such as event correlation, anomaly detection and causality determination. Observability is a measure of how well internal states of a system can be inferred from knowledge of its […]
When leveraged correctly, data unlocks valuable insights that reveal room for business growth and opportunities. This is why we shouldn’t think of data centers as just places for storing and protecting data. A Modern Data Center has methods to move, protect, store, and obtain insights from data. In fact, a truly modern data center can […]