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Five-nines availability: Always-on infrastructure delivers system availability during the holidays’ peak loads

Dynatrace

The nirvana state of system uptime at peak loads is known as “five-nines availability.” In its pursuit, IT teams hover over system performance dashboards hoping their preparations will deliver five nines—or even four nines—availability. But is five nines availability attainable? Downtime per year. 90% (one nine).

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Open Source Software Security: Is Open Source Software Safe?

Percona

Even though open source software is firmly in the mainstream, used widely by businesses, governments, and everyone who owns a cell phone or computer, the question repeatedly arises: “Is open source software safe?” Is open source software as stable as other software? Our bar is higher than that.

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Powering the Web: Two Decades of Open Source Publishing With WordPress and MySQL

Percona

While not the first open source content management system (CMS), WordPress caught on like nothing before and helped spread open source to millions. It was simple, easy to deploy, and easy to use, and WordPress had the added benefit of being open source. It was easy to use. Note that I said values.

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The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Percona

The use of open source databases has increased steadily in recent years. Past trepidation — about perceived vulnerabilities and performance issues — has faded as decision makers realize what an “open source database” really is and what it offers. What is an open source database?

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Kubernetes in the wild report 2023

Dynatrace

As Kubernetes adoption increases and it continues to advance technologically, Kubernetes has emerged as the “operating system” of the cloud. Kubernetes is emerging as the “operating system” of the cloud. Open-source software drives a vibrant Kubernetes ecosystem. Kubernetes moved to the cloud in 2022.

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PostgreSQL vs. Oracle: Difference in Costs, Ease of Use & Functionality

Scalegrid

Oracle Database is a commercial, proprietary multi-model database management system produced by Oracle Corporation, and the largest relational database management system (RDBMS) in the world. The unstoppable rise of open source databases. What’s causing this massive shift? Check out the PostgreSQL vs. Oracle Infographic.

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Open Source for Testers – What, Where, Who, Why, When, and How- 5W1H

Testsigma

The open-source movement has become the most talked-about topic in the tech industry for the past two decades. We see a huge demand, inclination, and adoption of open-source software by organizations as well as software workers. In this article, I have condensed my thoughts on Open Source for Testers.