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Adopting a Multi-Cloud Strategy: Challenges vs. Benefits

Cloud-based platforms have become a standard component within most enterprise IT infrastructures, however, many organizations find they cannot source everything they need from a single provider. As a result, increasing numbers are adopting a multi-cloud strategy in an effort to better meet their business requirements.

4 Possible Ways a Blockchain Can Impact Data Management

We all know we are at the peak of the hype cycle for…wait for it – Blockchain! We are also already aware of some of the benefits of blockchain - but can blockchain be applicable to traditional data management? Though real-world blockchain implementations in the enterprise are minimal so far, I do believe there is a ton of potential to solve some of the problems that businesses face.

Testing a new approach to Memory Profiling in PHP with XHProf

Memory profiling in PHP has traditionally been hard. Most memory profilers compare the memory or peak memory before and after a function call to find out how much memory usage increased or decreased. This can be achieved by calling the equivalent of memory_get_usage() and memory_get_peak_usage() functions from within the profiling extension.

Improved Time Explorer

We have just rolled out an improvement to the Time Explorer, the low precision (15 minutes) chart that is rendered in the Dashboard and Application view with performance data for the complete retention period of your plan. It is now shown directly below the the head navigation now and stays there when navigating through to snapshots or transaction details screen. Additionally it now includes the service and environment switchers that have been part of the main application graph before.

How to Manage Access to 3rd Party Resources in Kubernetes with Helm

Kubernetes provides the ability to easily deploy and run containerized applications in cloud, on-premise, or hybrid environments. Kubernetes has gained a lot of attention recently and it has become a platform for innovation in containerized applications. One technology which has probably helped Kubernetes grow a lot is Helm, which provides the means to package, install, and manage Kubernetes applications.