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Why Your Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) Is Higher Than It Should Be
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Why Your Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) Is Higher Than It Should Be

Mean time to repair (MTTR) is an essential metric that represents the average time it takes to repair and restore a component or system to functionality….

Basic Principles of Kanban Software Development
8 min

Basic Principles of Kanban Software Development

Kanban software development is a popular, highly visual framework that falls under the Agile methodology. It requires real-time communication of availability and capacity, allowing full transparency…

More Changes Mean More Challenges for Troubleshooting
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More Changes Mean More Challenges for Troubleshooting

The widespread adoption of Agile methodologies in recent years has allowed organizations to significantly increase their ability to push out more high quality software. The new…

Metricbeat Deep Dive: Hands-On Metricbeat Configuration Practice
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Metricbeat Deep Dive: Hands-On Metricbeat Configuration Practice

Metricbeat, an Elastic Beat based on the libbeat framework from Elastic, is a lightweight shipper that you can install on your servers to periodically collect metrics…

11 Tips for Avoiding Cloud Vendor Lock-In 
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11 Tips for Avoiding Cloud Vendor Lock-In 

Cloud vendor lock-in. In cloud computing, software or computing infrastructure is commonly outsourced to cloud vendors. When the cost and effort of switching to a new…

DevSecOps vs DevOps: What are the Differences?
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DevSecOps vs DevOps: What are the Differences?

The modern technology landscape is ever-changing, with an increasing focus on methodologies and practices. Recently we’re seeing a clash between two of the newer and most…

Key Differences Between Observability and Monitoring – And Why You Need Both
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Key Differences Between Observability and Monitoring – And Why You Need Both

Monitoring is asking your system questions about its current state. Usually these are performance related, and there are many open source enterprise monitoring tools available. Many…

How JS Works Behind The Scenes — The Engine
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How JS Works Behind The Scenes — The Engine

Have you ever asked yourself “how does this all work behind the scenes?”. I know I have. Having a deep understanding of certain concepts allows us…

SaaS vs Hosted Solutions: Which Should You Choose and Why?
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SaaS vs Hosted Solutions: Which Should You Choose and Why?

A key decision that must be made in a product’s lifecycle is SaaS vs Hosted. Should we be only employing the use of hosted solutions, or…

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