Dynatrace

MARCH 13, 2024

The Network and Information Systems 2 (NIS2) Directive, which goes into effect in Oct 2024, aims to enhance the security of network and information systems throughout the EU. NIS2 is an evolution of the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Security Directive, which has been in effect since 2016.

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High Scalability

APRIL 9, 2020

Google added another book into their excellent SRE series: Building Secure and Reliable Systems. Copy/pasting a few paragraphs: "In this book we talk generally about systems, which is a conceptual way of thinking about the groups of components that cooperate to perform some function. It's free to download, so don't be shy.

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Dynatrace

MAY 2, 2024

As organizations train generative AI systems with critical data, they must be aware of the security and compliance risks. Therefore, these organizations need an in-depth strategy for handling data that AI models ingest, so teams can build AI platforms with security in mind. Check out the resources below for more information.

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Percona

MAY 2, 2023

As a MongoDB user, it’s crucial to ensure that your data is safe and secure in the event of a disaster or system failure. That’s why it’s essential to implement the best practices and strategies for MongoDB database backups. Why are MongoDB database backups important? mongorestore --host=mongodb1.example.net

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Scalegrid

MARCH 8, 2024

MIXED mode – combines elements from both statement-level and row-level documentation strategies, thus striking an optimal balance between comprehensiveness and resource utilization. Administrators managing MySQL servers with enabled binary logging functionality should carefully assess these options against their unique system demands.

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Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Database architects working with MongoDB encounter specific challenges related to database systems and system growth. Sharding is a preferred approach for database systems facing substantial growth and needing high availability. If one of these situations becomes a bottleneck in your system, you start a cluster.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

Refactoring CSS: Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance (Part 2). Refactoring CSS: Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance (Part 2). In this article, we’ll take a deep dive into the refactoring process itself, and cover incremental refactoring strategy, visual regression testing, and maintaining the refactored codebase.

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 25, 2023

Program staff depend on the reliable functioning of critical program systems and infrastructure to provide the best service delivery to the communities and citizens HHS serves, from newborn infants to persons requiring health services to our oldest citizens. Both can result in lost productivity for IT teams and staff in the field.

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 26, 2021

This includes custom, built-in-house apps designed for a single, specific purpose, API-driven connections that bridge the gap between legacy systems and new services, and innovative apps that leverage open-source code to streamline processes. Each has its own role to play in successfully implementing this tactical trifecta at scale.

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 18, 2023

From site reliability engineering to service-level objectives and DevSecOps, these resources focus on how organizations are using these best practices to innovate at speed without sacrificing quality, reliability, or security. Organizations that are new to both practices will want to adopt a strategy that incorporates both.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This intricate allocation strategy can be categorized into two main domains. Process Improvements (50%) The allocation for process improvements is devoted to automation and continuous improvement SREs help to ensure that systems are scalable, reliable, and efficient. These tasks collectively ensure uninterrupted production service.

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Dynatrace

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This transition to public, private, and hybrid cloud is driving organizations to automate and virtualize IT operations to lower costs and optimize cloud processes and systems. Besides the traditional system hardware, storage, routers, and software, ITOps also includes virtual components of the network and cloud infrastructure.

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Percona

JULY 2, 2023

In this post, we cover the methods used to achieve an enterprise-grade backup strategy for the PostgreSQL cluster. In setting up our demonstration system, we use pg_basebackup and continuous archiving. They also ensure that backup strategies adhere to industry and legal compliance requirements.

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

However, with a generative AI solution and strategy underpinning your AWS cloud, not only can organizations automate daily operations based on high-fidelity insights pulled into context from a multitude of cloud data sources, but they can also leverage proactive recommendations to further accelerate their AWS usage and adoption.

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Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. Such demanding use cases place a great value on systems capable of fast and reliable execution, a need that spans across various industry segments.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Meet Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces, A New Smashing Book By Steven Hoober. Meet Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces, A New Smashing Book By Steven Hoober. Conventional computers now sport touchscreens and otherwise blur the lines between device types – and between mobile and desktop operating systems. Vitaly Friedman.

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Mobile Design Best Practices Website 87

Testsigma

MARCH 24, 2021

Through Automated design. In this post, we shall see some of the best practices and tips on android UI testing to help you gain confidence and approach testing an application in the correct way. These frameworks are required to apply some logic to the program before passing it to the back-end system for processing.

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Scalegrid

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Implementing pagination can be done using two primary strategies: offset-based and cursor-based methods. Indexing Strategies for Cursor Pagination Query Results For optimal pagination performance in MongoDB, indexing is of vital importance. limit(10); //Update the last id with the id of the last document in this page last_id =.

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Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This is a set of best practices and guidelines that help you design and operate reliable, secure, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable systems in the cloud. Storing frequently accessed data in faster storage, usually in-memory caching, improves data retrieval speed and overall system performance. Beyond

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Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

We’ll answer that question and explore cloud migration benefits and best practices for how to go through your migration smoothly. A cloud migration strategy, however, provides technical optimization that’s also firmly rooted in the business value chain. What is cloud migration? Read eBook now! Multicloud complexity.

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The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The biggest challenge was aligning on this strategy across the organization. This gives us access to Netflix’s Java ecosystem, while also giving us the robust language features such as coroutines for efficient parallel fetches, and an expressive type system with null safety. This journey hasn’t been without its challenges.

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Architecture Best Practices Engineering Open Source 249

Percona

DECEMBER 27, 2023

According to a 2023 Forrester survey commissioned by Hashicorp , 61% of respondents had implemented, were expanding, or were upgrading their multi-cloud strategy. Nearly every vendor at Kubecon and every person we spoke to had some form of a multi-cloud requirement or strategy. We expect that number to rise higher in 2024.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 12, 2021

In this three-part series , we are going to go through the CSS refactor process from the beginning to the end, starting with knowledge on how to approach it and some general pros and cons of refactoring, then moving onto the refactoring strategies themselves and ending with some general best practices on CSS file size and performance.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 25, 2021

Netflix’s internal teams strive to provide leverage by investing in easy-to-use tooling that streamlines the user experience and incorporates best practices. Users frequently had questions on how they should set up replication, create tables using an appropriate compaction strategy, and craft CQL queries.

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Metrics Best Practices Strategy Design 152

Dynatrace

APRIL 5, 2024

Error budget burn rate = Error Rate / (1 – Target) Best practices in SLO configuration To detect if an entity is a good candidate for strong SLO, test your SLO. Conclusion An effective Service Level Objective (SLO) holds more value than numerous alerts, reducing unnecessary noise in monitoring systems.

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Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Our goal with this post is to equip you with a comprehensive understanding of the steps, best practices, and pros and cons to ensure a smooth — and successful — transition to an open source database environment. In addition, changing that database system often requires code modifications to ensure seamless compatibility.

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Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 89

Dynatrace

JANUARY 23, 2024

Enter AI observability, which uses AI to understand the performance and cost-effectiveness details of various systems in an IT environment. But organizations also need to balance increasing AI adoption with the risks of runaway costs associated with increasing adoption. How can organizations use AI observability to optimize AI costs?

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Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Understanding Redis Performance Indicators Redis is designed to handle high traffic and low latency with its in-memory data store and efficient data structures. These essential data points heavily influence both stability and efficiency within the system. offers the Software Watchdog specifically designed for this purpose.

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Percona

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A Dedicated Log Volume (DLV) is a specialized storage volume designed to house database transaction logs separately from the volume containing the database tables. This segregation facilitates optimized I/O operations, preventing potential bottlenecks and enhancing overall system performance. What is a Dedicated Log Volume (DLV)?

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Strategic Tech

AUGUST 26, 2018

A trip to the supermarket can teach you a lot about designing software systems and shaping teams to build them… I was recently in need of some chocolate sauce. The Chocolate Sauce Heuristic for Software Design There are a few lessons about software development we can learn from this story, but I want to focus on design.

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Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2021

You’ll find psychology heuristics just like tips for building a winning UX strategy , dive deep into user research and UX writing , and explore real-world examples — good and bad — from which you can learn to create experiences that truly matter. The right tools at the right time, help streamline the design process.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Existing best practices and guidance, such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), give us a solid foundation for inclusive design and already incorporate many details that affect dyslexic readers. In this article, we’ll look at ways to make an existing design dyslexia-friendly. An Existing Design.

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Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

Without data backup mechanisms, there can be data loss or system downtime. Even worse, entire operating systems can crash, also resulting in data loss. With the right backup strategy , you’ll be better able to achieve the aforementioned business continuity. Similarly, accidental deletion is a culprit.

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Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 85

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Enhanced User Experience Whether you operate an e-commerce platform, a content management system, or any other application reliant on MySQL, users will notice and appreciate the improved speed and responsiveness. These issues often arise from suboptimal query design, missing or ineffective indexes, or dealing with large datasets.

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Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Defining high availability In general terms, high availability refers to the continuous operation of a system with little to no interruption to end users in the event of hardware or software failures, power outages, or other disruptions. Some disruption might occur, but it will be minimal. Fault tolerance aims for zero downtime and data loss.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 4, 2019

Because microprocessors are so fast, computer architecture design has evolved towards adding various levels of caching between compute units and the main memory, in order to hide the latency of bringing the bits to the brains. can we actually make this work in practice? We want to extend the system to support CPU oversubscription.

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Testlodge

MAY 26, 2021

Risk is a potential problem that could have negative consequences, or an uncertain event that may or may not occur in the system at any point in the future. Technical Risk: If frequently changing requirements are not handled well, a failure in the system may occur. Overview of Risk-Based Testing. can create a risk.

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