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Guide to buying server performance monitoring software

Integration, storage and vendor support all affect whether a performance monitoring tool is right for an organization. Mull over ...
How IBM's data science team quickens users' AI projects

In this Q&A, IBM's Seth Dobrin discusses the rising user interest in machine learning and AI projects and the help inexperienced ...
IBM blockchain technology spotlights mainframes

IBM's blockchain offerings aim to ease enterprise IT concerns by combining Z system mainframe hardware with industry-specific ...

Amazon FreeRTOS aims to simplify, secure IoT deployment

Operational technology teams have been slow to update microcontroller software due to safety and logistics concerns, but Amazon ...
Test your knowledge of GDPR rights and AWS data protection

Is your enterprise GDPR-compliant? Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of the EU regulation, as well as relevant AWS data...
Support for Node.js in AWS Lambda slowly, but surely, evolves

Developers who need the latest version of Node.js for a serverless platform might turn to Lambda rivals to meet that need. But ...

Hybrid cloud vs. private cloud: What's the difference?

Private clouds, which are owned and operated by the business, provide security, but they have certain limitations. Hybrid clouds ...
Hybrid cloud advantages and disadvantages explained

Hybrid cloud is touted as providing the best of both private and public clouds, but this type of infrastructure comes with its ...
Best practices for sizing a server

Serving sizing requires a number of comparisons, especially between having a few large servers or many popcorn servers. Compare ...

Four options to manage stateful apps in the cloud

Stateful applications in the cloud pose an ongoing challenge for development and operations teams. Review four ways to address ...
BPM in cloud evolves to suit line of business, IoT

While on-premises BPM tools have caused a tug of war between lines of business and IT, the cloud helps appease both sides. Here's...
Use LinuxKit to increase container portability

With LinuxKit, Docker continues its push for better container portability. Learn how the tool can help your apps run across ...

New IDE tools to visualize code may accelerate app dev

IDE tools for code visualization have always been difficult to implement. But given the benefits, new tools have emerged to make ...
How JPA and Hibernate simplify data persistence

JPA is the Java standard for data persistence, especially for relational systems. Here, we explore how Hibernate and JPA work ...
Let's talk bitcoin and building blockchain apps fast with Hyperledger

If you're thinking about building blockchain apps, you're probably looking for the right tools and technologies. Hyperledger ...

IaaS and PaaS blurred lines increase lock-in risks

There are three distinct cloud service categories: IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. However, IaaS and PaaS are getting a little too close, ...
Single pane of glass for multi-cloud management still elusive

Unified management for multi-cloud remains a work in progress. Vendors have yet to produce the perfect single-pane-of-glass tool ...
Microsoft takes holistic approach to IoT security concerns

Azure Sphere extends security from the cloud to the device. It's the most holistic approach on the market and provides another ...

Embrace change to make the DevOps operating model succeed

Operations pros have more to gain and less to lose from DevOps than they understand. Brian Kirsch offers the reasons why ops ...
Why DevOps? The simple answer is it creates safer processes

Is it possible to take an old-fashioned organization actually hostile to technology and move it into the 21st-century DevOps ...
The DevOps process is hard. But here are seven ways it's easy

Attend a DevOps conference and it seems every company struggles with the methodology. We asked seven experts to tell us how ...