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AWS disaster recovery

AWS availability benefits from traffic detours

Disruptions occur in the cloud, and developers need to be ready for them. Using AWS tools and geographic routing can keep services available. Continue Reading
How to save an Amazon EBS snapshot to S3

I'd like to back up an Elastic Block Store volume to AWS S3. What do I have to do and what are the associated costs? Continue Reading
Best practices for AWS disaster recovery

Dan Sullivan reviews best practices for AWS disaster recovery to help users identify and plan for unexpected problems related to a disaster. Continue Reading

Low-code development combats microservices complexity

Software developers are in a constant battle with complexity. Microservices hold promise as ready-to-assemble app components, but...

Advantages of monolithic architecture that prove it isn't dead

Don't rush to break up a monolith too quickly without considering what you might lose in the process. We examine why a monolithic...

Follow these 10 fundamental microservices design principles

The right design principles enable microservices adopters to build an application from autonomous, cohesive components that can ...

SearchCloudComputing

AWS multi-account management best practices with Control Tower

With the help of AWS Control Tower, organizations who own and operate multiple cloud accounts can manage them all under one roof ...

Beat vendor lock-in with a cloud exit strategy

Without a comprehensive cloud exit strategy, an organization might fall victim to vendor lock-in and find itself dependent on ...

Google Cloud support premium tier woos enterprise customers

Google Cloud has rolled out a new Premium Support offering aimed at deep-pocketed enterprises with larger, more complex ...

SearchSoftwareQuality

Dive into functional testing and non-functional testing approaches

Don't get trapped in a white or black box -- or the gray area in between. Here's why functional and non-functional app testing ...

Use intrusive testing to push software to, and past, its limits

Grab your sledgehammer and get to work with destructive software testing. Here's how to use these intrusive methods to identify ...

IBM expands patent troll fight with its massive IP portfolio

IBM has contributed more than 80,000 patents to the LOT Network, a group of more than 600 companies that IBM has joined to fight ...

SearchITOperations

Kubernetes taints and tolerations optimize pod-to-node mapping

In complex Kubernetes environments, admins must navigate pod-to-node mapping carefully. Try using taints and tolerations -- but ...

PE firm merges XebiaLabs, CollabNet for new DevOps toolchain

XebiaLabs will join with CollabNet VersionOne to form a new DevOps platform vendor that will compete with Atlassian, GitHub, ...

AIOps exec bets on incident response market shakeup

Resolve Systems, under a newly appointed CEO, will soon roll out a new product based on its FixStream acquisition that combines ...