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• Object-oriented vs. functional programming explained

  While plenty of developers entertain the idea of adopting a functional programming model, it's important to first know exactly how it differs from the object-oriented approach. Continue Reading

• How to set up Python coding standards for a dev team

  Python team leaders have two challenges when it comes to code standards: creating a style guide and getting developers to stick to it. Continue Reading

• How to survive a cloud service outage

  Outages might be rare, but they are rarely cheap -- any amount of downtime can cost you money. Learn how to minimize the risks and survive a cloud service outage. Continue Reading

• How to make a strong business case for software projects

  Every software project proposal requires in-depth research into the technical aspects at play, but the business case for the project should tone down the tech talk. Continue Reading

• The pros and cons of a layered architecture pattern

  Layered architecture patterns provide a consistent and secure way to organize code when implemented correctly. However, the way those layers interact should remain a top concern. Continue Reading

• Comparing MERN vs. MEAN stacks for web app development

  While MERN and MEAN stacks share many common elements, their respective use of React and Angular is a defining factor in choosing one or the other.Continue Reading

• How boundary value analysis boosts test efficiency

  Boundary value analysis provides multiple benefits, including increased test coverage and proactive defect prevention. It's a simple way to improve test efficiency.Continue Reading

• Use ASHRAE guidelines to get server temperature right

  Follow ASHRAE's guidelines to set up the right facility for your hardware by understanding proper conditions, such as filtration and inlet air temperature recommendations.Continue Reading

• How to implement AI into cloud management and operations

  AI is becoming a transformative feature of cloud, but it means nothing if you don't have a proper strategy. Find out how to fold AI into management practices.Continue Reading

• A primer on storage anomaly detection

  Storage admins should continuously monitor systems to identify and act upon unusual behavior. Anomaly detection can proactively address issues before they become serious problems.Continue Reading

• 8 network tasks administrators can do quicker from the CLI

  Admins can use the command-line interface to manage network tasks. Learn how to streamline automation, troubleshoot networks and manage services on Linux, macOS and Windows.Continue Reading

• An IT ops guide to Kubernetes Job vs. CronJob

  Jobs and CronJobs both execute tasks in Kubernetes. Their key difference comes down to frequency, and matching a task with the wrong Job type can lead to unsuccessful execution.Continue Reading

• An Agile development strategy needs a proper foundation

  It's a mistake to think of Agile development as merely project management. Let's look at the basic elements and types of tools needed to make Agile work.Continue Reading

• Elixir vs. Clojure for functional programming at scale

  While they don't have the prestige of JavaScript or Python, Elixir and Clojure are making a name for themselves when it comes to functional programming at scale.Continue Reading

• Data center air quality: The air servers breathe

  Monitor data center air quality to ensure best working conditions for equipment. Particulates and gaseous contaminants cause irreversible damage if you do not use proper filtration.Continue Reading

• Use the data center circular economy for sustainability

  Building data center servers and hardware requires use of many of Earth's nonrenewable resources. Data center owners must adopt the circular economy system for sustainability.Continue Reading

• Craft a data protection strategy for multi-cloud

  Data protection is harder when you have multiple clouds in the mix. Manage this challenge by crafting a data protection strategy and following these best practices.Continue Reading

• 6 green coding best practices and how to get started

  Software developers can support sustainability efforts via a range of green coding tactics. These best practices range from shrinking artifacts to maximizing efficiency.Continue Reading

• How to simplify network operations

  Network challenges include visibility, scalability and security. NetOps teams should follow management best practices and consider cloud networking to simplify operations.Continue Reading

• Deploy ML on edge devices with SageMaker, IoT Greengrass

  Amazon SageMaker, ONNX and AWS IoT Greengrass help deploy machine learning models to edge devices. Steps include component creation, recipe building and core device configuration.Continue Reading

• Optimize ML models with Amazon SageMaker Neo

  Machine learning models that run inference tasks require optimized performance and monitoring. Amazon SageMaker Neo can be a helpful tool in the ML model release cycle.Continue Reading

• The dos and don'ts of scalability testing

  Effective scalability testing helps to evaluate customer experience, protect against major failures and safeguard an organization's reputation. Here's how to set a strategy.Continue Reading

• What should admins know about Microsoft Entra features?

  Microsoft Entra combines new and existing cloud-based products and packages them under a new name. Learn how this change affects identity access management in your organization.Continue Reading

• 3 cost optimization strategies for multi-cloud environments

  Cloud environments can become costly especially across multiple cloud providers. Read about these cost optimization strategies to bring down your bill.Continue Reading

• Compare Google Cloud Storage vs. Google Drive for enterprises

  Explore the differences between Google Cloud Storage and Google Drive, such as storage type and space, to decide what's best for your enterprise, and consider their similarities.Continue Reading

• The key role testing plays in a Three Amigos strategy

  Because testers are skilled in asking questions and suggesting scenarios that lead to alternative workflows, they can be especially useful in Three Amigos efforts.Continue Reading

• 5 network requirements for cloud computing

  Network and cloud teams should consider factors such as bandwidth and latency optimization, security, network redundancy, QoS and network automation in their cloud strategies.Continue Reading

• WebAssembly vs. Kubernetes: Understand the relationship

  WebAssembly provides an avenue for the creation of highly portable web applications. Pairing Wasm with Kubernetes can make that process easier to orchestrate and manage.Continue Reading

• Minimize the high costs of AI in cloud with FinOps

  Deploying and managing AI applications can become costly, especially if it is your first generative AI initiative. Learn how these costs can impact cloud costs.Continue Reading

• APIs integral to a successful DDI strategy

  Research showed DDI success correlated with successful APIs, but few organizations feel satisfied with their API quality. Learn how to mitigate the challenges of DDI APIs.Continue Reading

• With CentOS going away, what should users do?

  Red Hat discontinued CentOS and replaced it with CentOS Stream. Other distributions, like Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux, provide free Linux OSes to the public.Continue Reading

• Assign GPUs to virtual machines with VMware vGPU mode

  Resource delegation across an IT system can be troublesome, but it doesn't have to be. Follow this guide to assign the right amount of GPU to support virtual machines on VMware.Continue Reading

• Serverless vs. containers: Which one for microservices apps?

  How do you know when microservices should run in containers vs. serverless functions? A big factor is what you plan to do with your microservices.Continue Reading

• 5 cloud asset management best practices to optimize performance

  Cloud billing, application deployments and security and governance are all important steps of cloud asset management. These best practices can help optimize cloud performance.Continue Reading

• Best practices for automated end-to-end testing

  Advanced end-to-end testing can save a company time and money, but it isn't easy to implement. Let's look at some of the important elements of test design.Continue Reading

• Craft a risk management plan for application modernization

  While enterprises want to invest more in app innovation, a small risk of failure can stop a project in its tracks. Add a risk management plan into your app modernization project.Continue Reading

• How to perform an application modernization assessment

  Walk through an application modernization assessment process step by step to make the most informed decisions about how to approach modernization. Learn how to get started.Continue Reading

• Understanding the role of polymorphism in OOP

  Polymorphism is used in OOP to allow developers to write more efficient code and redefine methods for derived classes; however, it could raise real-time performance issues.Continue Reading

• What to know about UDP vulnerabilities and security

  UDP is a simple protocol, but it has inherent vulnerabilities that make it prone to attacks, such as limited packet verification, IP spoofing and DDoS attacks.Continue Reading

• Understanding protocol buffers vs. JSON

  Protocol buffers have some compelling advantages over JSON when it comes to sending data between internal services. But is it really a replacement for JSON?Continue Reading

• Scripting vs. programming languages: Where they differ

  Choosing a programming language is often dictated by the problem the programmer wants to solve and the compute goal that a language is designed to achieve.Continue Reading

• Automate IT operations with VMware and Ansible

  When paired with VMware, Ansible software can help automate IT tasks. Learn the steps to install Ansible and how to set up a virtual machine through vCenter.Continue Reading

• Compare Amazon CloudWatch vs. AWS CloudTrail

  Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail help cloud administrators view configuration history and set up predictive monitoring alerts. Here are the major differences between the tools.Continue Reading

• Is a continuous planning process in DevOps worth it?

  Is a continuous planning strategy right for your organization's DevOps efforts? Know the practical benefits and challenges, as well as how to improve development efficiencies.Continue Reading

• Use cURL and Wget to download network files from CLI

  Web browsers aren't the only tools that use HTTP to download files. Command-line tools, such as cURL and Wget, can download resources like VM images, configuration files and updates.Continue Reading

• Kotlin vs. Scala: Which one is right for your project?

  As general-purpose programming languages, both Scala and Kotlin have a lot to offer. But that doesn't mean their uses cases are the same.Continue Reading

• How AI affects low-code/no-code for DevOps

  Low-code and no-code tools expand the DevOps community in an organization and -- when coupled with AI -- can enhance the effectiveness of their workflows and products.Continue Reading

• Compare file storage options in the cloud

  In the hot market of file storage in the public cloud, many options are available across some of the largest vendors, with performance a major consideration.Continue Reading

• How AI and ML can transform CloudOps

  AI and ML tools support several use cases in cloud operations, such as security, fault correlation and latency. These best practices can help CloudOps teams take the right steps.Continue Reading

• How a DDI platform supports IP-based network management

  A DDI platform simplifies IP network management in the cloud networking era. But collaboration among networking and other IT teams is crucial amid ongoing challenges.Continue Reading

• Building data center networks for GenAI fabric enablement

  Network scalability, throughput and orchestration are some of the key elements that enterprises need to consider as they build out generative AI data centers.Continue Reading

• Architecting beyond microservices and monoliths

  A recent architectural change tied to Amazon's Prime Video service could help enterprise application teams understand their own microservices vs. monolithic architecture choices.Continue Reading

• Network considerations for cloud migration to data center

  Performance, security concerns and high costs are factors that prompt organizations to migrate workloads from cloud to data centers. Here's what to consider.Continue Reading

• How to modernize apps as part of the cloud migration process

  Take stock of your applications, and modernize them where appropriate as part of a cloud migration. Learn about the benefits of this approach, and be aware of the potential pitfalls.Continue Reading

• 3 factors that influence multi-cloud cost optimization

  Without careful oversight, multi-cloud deployments can be expensive. These data management and security practices can help IT teams control and reduce monthly costs.Continue Reading

• Best practices for network automation with Python

  Python libraries, version control, documentation and object-oriented programming provide helpful best practices for network engineers tackling network automation with Python.Continue Reading

• The benefits of uniting product management with DevOps

  If organizations can bring product managers deeper into the DevOps lifecycle, it can offer a competitive edge. But they must navigate through the initial challenges.Continue Reading

• 3 rules to avoid high multi-cloud integration costs

  When using multiple cloud providers, integration costs can grow quickly. To prevent billing surprises, enterprises must carefully plan application deployments and workflows.Continue Reading

• Follow these 3 Azure Pipelines best practices

  IT teams can better streamline workflows, enhance security and improve the developer experience by understanding these Azure Pipelines best practices.Continue Reading

• Server room cleaning -- not a DIY project

  Server room cleaning is crucial for maintaining the life span of equipment in the data center. This task involves professional help to minimize operation interruptions.Continue Reading

• How to develop a test data management strategy

  Effective test data management in app development involves defining appropriate data, using activity diagrams to see how the code will perform, and protecting sensitive information.Continue Reading

• 3 critical stops on the back-end developer roadmap

  When it comes to acquiring the skills needed to be a proficient back-end developer, there are no shortcuts. Some of the topics to know will be obvious, others might not be.Continue Reading

• Secure Azure Functions with these authentication methods

  Securing Azure Functions is paramount to maintaining the integrity and reliability of your applications. Read over the methods, tools and best practices.Continue Reading

• How enterprises can migrate from IPv4 to IPv6

  Both IPv4 and IPv6 are suitable for enterprise networks, but organizations that want to switch over to the latest IP address format can follow a few methods to make the transition.Continue Reading

• How to use NAPALM for efficient network management

  NAPALM is a flexible Python library that can integrate with Ansible modules, support multivendor environments, and ease network management and automation strategies.Continue Reading

• Manage cloud waste and high costs with automation

  Once you apply automation to a cloud waste strategy, it's continuously on guard and working in real time. See what manual tasks you can replace and available automation tools.Continue Reading

• Cloud budgeting for a multi-cloud strategy

  A multi-cloud strategy can quickly become costly, especially with different providers. What you need is a cloud accountant to control the budgeting and billing processes.Continue Reading

• Consider these 6 data center cleaning best practices

  Data center admins that follow cleaning best practices can extend the life span of equipment and better ensure assets don't get damaged. Use these six tips to keep data centers clean.Continue Reading

• What does a developer advocate do?

  Developer advocates have a special vantage point because they talk to -- and hear from --both the people who develop a particular software product and the people who use it.Continue Reading

• What are 3 top Google Cloud Storage limitations?

  While Google Cloud Storage has several limitations, these three are among the most prevalent -- but users have straightforward ways to get around them.Continue Reading

• How to modernize networks with sustainability in mind

  A network modernization project is a good time to consider sustainability initiatives, such as using energy-efficient devices and renewable energy sources.Continue Reading

• Managing open source components in the software supply chain

  Software supply chain attacks are becoming increasingly common. There is no single measure that can stop attacks, but implementing security precautions can reduce risk.Continue Reading

• Reduce cloud waste with proper provisioning best practices

  Don't pay for resources you don't use. Implement these best practices to avoid overprovisioning through access controls, policies and right-sizing.Continue Reading

• Navigate storage networking requirements, architectures for AI

  Optimize your approach to AI workflows with reliable storage networking capabilities to enhance productivity, strengthen performance and improve data management.Continue Reading

• 5 essential best practices for QA teams to adopt

  Performing QA duties properly should mean more than checking lists of basic application requirements. Here are five ways software QA teams can improve review processes all around.Continue Reading

• How to use tcpdump to capture and analyze traffic

  Network administrators use tcpdump to analyze traffic in Linux systems. Learn how to install and use tcpdump, as well as examine the results of captured traffic.Continue Reading

• DevOps automation: Examples, tradeoffs and best practices

  Automation can be a faster way of doing things right or wrong. Planning and review can determine which outcome will prevail on your DevOps automation project.Continue Reading

• VMware snapshot

  A VMware snapshot is a copy of a virtual machine (VM) in a VMware environment taken at a specific point in time.Continue Reading

• Types of Nmap scans and best practices

  Nmap scanning helps network teams with network reconnaissance and vulnerability discovery. Common types of scans include TCP SYN, OS detection, vulnerability and version detection.Continue Reading

• How to use Reliability Monitor to manage servers

  The utility gives administrators a way to look back over time to see what driver updates, software installations or hardware crashes might be related to the sudden instability.Continue Reading

• Techniques to gain control over unruly API sprawl

  A lapse in proper control over large portfolios of internal and external APIs can result in problematic sprawl. Here's what software teams can do to prevent that from happening.Continue Reading

• Manage shadow IT with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

  Managing shadow IT doesn't have to be a daunting task. With Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, users can reap the benefits of cloud, while mitigating the risks of shadow IT.Continue Reading

• 3 questions to ask in a digital twin testing scenario

  Is your team prepared to capture the right data so that your digital twin testing is accurate and effective? Here's what experts say about proper test approaches.Continue Reading

• Automation, orchestration software fuel network modernization

  In some ways, network modernization means cutting manual configuration errors and relying on automation and orchestration to achieve unified network management.Continue Reading

• Rein in services to avoid wasted cloud spend

  Organizations often make the easy mistake of duplicate purchases, which lead to wasted cloud spend. Learn strategies to avoid overspending in the cloud.Continue Reading

• 5 Google Cloud cost optimization best practices

  Cost is always a top priority for enterprises. For those considering Google Cloud, or current users, discover these optimization best practices to gain better control of spending.Continue Reading

• Exchange Online post-migration steps for admins

  A move to the hosted email platform is an opportunity to streamline how users work with other Microsoft 365 services. But it requires IT to stay current with the product roadmap.Continue Reading

• What's new with Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows Server 2022

  Not every organization can move to the cloud but using Microsoft Office apps on premises might not be an option beyond 2026. Are the days of the RDS role numbered?Continue Reading

• 8 benefits of data center virtualization

  Organizations with virtualized data center components can save on hardware, comply easier with regulations and increase speed. Consider virtualization for your infrastructure.Continue Reading

• SmartNICs and the need for evolving network infrastructure

  SmartNICs can meet the increasing demand for high performance, low latency and secure data transfer. But the implementation of smartNICs requires reliable network infrastructure.Continue Reading

• Handling Kubernetes challenges in complex cloud environments

  Multi-cloud Kubernetes deployments present management, operations and cost issues for even the most seasoned cloud teams, but the right strategy can combat those challenges.Continue Reading

• 7 data archiving best practices for backup admins

  Among retention policies, regulatory compliance and limited storage budgets, knowing what data to keep is critical. Follow these seven best practices for a solid archiving strategy.Continue Reading

• Are AWS Local Zones right for my low-latency app?

  AWS offers its customers several options to minimize application latency. Let's look at the role AWS Local Zones can play in delivering your apps right on time.Continue Reading

• 3 IT and DevOps trends to watch in the second half of 2023

  From managing cloud costs in an uncertain economy to embracing AI and other emerging technologies, IT leaders face major challenges as they head into the second half of 2023.Continue Reading

• 5 types of software architecture design worth knowing

  While it's impossible to identify any software design style as the 'most important' to know, there are five major patterns with which all architects should arguably become familiar.Continue Reading

• OKRs vs. SMART goals in software development

  OKRs and SMART are two goal-setting approaches. Knowing their differences and how to implement each is essential to steer your business objectives in a clear direction.Continue Reading

• Reduce latency with the right AWS placement group

  When prioritizing latency in AWS, evaluate the advantages and limitations of placement groups and how they fit the desired cloud architecture outcome for an application.Continue Reading

• Strategies to work toward data center decarbonization

  Global temperatures are rising, and organizations can do their part by decarbonizing their data centers. Examine ways to cut back on data center carbon emissions.Continue Reading

• Manage complexity in Kubernetes with AI and machine learning

  Learn how DevOps teams can enhance performance and observability in Kubernetes with AI and machine learning techniques. Evaluate pros, cons and use cases.Continue Reading

• How to interact with network APIs using cURL, Postman tools

  Network engineers can use cURL and Postman tools to work with network APIs. Use cases include getting interface information and manipulating device configuration data.Continue Reading