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What is serverless computing? Driving efficiency without sacrificing observability

Dynatrace

The phrase “serverless computing” appears contradictory at first, but for years now, successful companies have understood the benefit of using serverless technologies to streamline operations and reduce costs. So what exactly does “serverless” mean, and how can your organization benefit from it?

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Firecracker: lightweight virtualization for serverless applications

The Morning Paper

Firecracker: lightweight virtualisation for serverless applications , Agache et al., Firecracker is the virtual machine monitor (VMM) that powers AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate, and has been used in production at AWS since 2018. for block IO, process scheduling and memory management, and the TUN/TAP virtual network interfaces).

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Dynatrace supports Amazon Linux 2023 as an AWS launch partner

Dynatrace

Available directly from the AWS Marketplace , Dynatrace provides full-stack observability and AI to help IT teams optimize the resiliency of their cloud applications from the user experience down to the underlying operating system, infrastructure, and services. Auto-detection starts monitoring new virtual machines as they are deployed.

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What is container as a service? How CaaS compares to PaaS, IaaS, and FaaS

Dynatrace

With the significant growth of container management software and services, enterprises need to find ways to simplify the process. These containers are software packages that include all the relevant dependencies needed to run software on any system. Instead, enterprises manage individual containers on virtual machines (VMs).

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Vulnerability assessment: key to protecting applications and infrastructure

Dynatrace

Vulnerability assessment is the process of identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing the cybersecurity vulnerabilities in a given IT system. The goal of an assessment is to locate weaknesses that can be exploited to compromise systems. What is vulnerability assessment? Identify vulnerabilities. Analyze findings. Assess risk.

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Weighing a microservices approach means covering all architecture bases

Dynatrace

These teams typically use standardized tools and follow a sequential process to build, review, test, deliver, and deploy code. Because monolithic software systems employ one large codebase repository, the service becomes a massive piece of software that is labor-intensive to manage. Serverless platforms. API gateways.

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What is a message queue? How an observability platform eases message queue monitoring

Dynatrace

A message queue is a form of middleware used in software development to enable communications between services, programs, and dissimilar components, such as operating systems and communication protocols. A message queue enables the smooth flow of information to make complex systems work. What is a message queue?