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Computing

Kubernetes-Native Database: TiDB Vs. DataStax Astra DB

A look at two databases that have made claims to the Kubernetes native label: TiDB and DataStax Astra DB. The cloud computing revolution has inspired and benefitted from multiple interrelated trends. The availability of self-service, public cloud infrastructure has helped to drive the adoption of microservice architectures and DevOps practices, including automation and observability. The drive toward containerization and container orchestration has led to the widespread adoption of Kubernetes as an environment for managing cloud-native applications. But one of the lagging areas in this revolution has been data and data infrastructure. For too long, data has been something that has…

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Network Detection And Response: The Future Of Cybersecurity

Did you know that 236.1 million ransomware attacks occurred worldwide in the first half of 2022 alone? Traditional security approaches are not as effective in protecting against these attacks due to the increase of data encryption. Hackers are utilizing security weaknesses to increase how effective their attacks are, and this can be detrimental to companies. In order to increase the overall security of online networks, many organizations are implementing Network and Detection Response (NDR) Systems. NDR systems work by monitoring network traffic across the entire network, detecting threats from all sides to avoid any gaps in security. Hackers are able to utilize network dark…

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How To Improve Query Speed To Make The Most Out Of Your Data

The world is getting more and more value out of data, as exemplified by the currently much-talked-about ChatGPT, which I believe is a robotic data analyst. However, in today’s era, what’s more important than the data itself is the ability to locate your wanted information among all the overflowing data quickly. So in this article, I will talk about how I improved overall data processing efficiency by optimizing the choice and usage of data warehouses. Too Much Data on My Plate The choice of data warehouses was never high on my worry list until 2021. I have been working as…

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10 Free Resources To Become A Health Data Scientist

Becoming a health data scientist can be challenging, but it is an incredibly rewarding career choice. The rapidly growing field of health data science merges statistical analysis, data visualization, and machine learning to gain insights from healthcare data. However, becoming a health data scientist can be costly. In this article, I present a wide range of resources, such as online courses, textbooks, and tutorials, that are available to help you acquire the necessary skills to become a health data scientist. Whether you are a beginner or just looking to deepen your understanding of health data science, these resources will provide…

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How To Reduce Costs Via Dense Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Cluster Packing

Greetings everyone! Today we would like to share our experience using Google Kubernetes Engine to manage our Kubernetes clusters. We’ve been using it for the latest three years in production and are pleased that we no longer have to worry about managing these clusters ourselves. Currently, we have all our test environments and unique infrastructure clusters under the control of Kubernetes. Today, we want to talk about how we encountered an issue on our test cluster and how we hope this article will save others time and effort. We must provide information about our test infrastructure to understand our problem…

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Discovering 10 Cybersecurity Practices for Enhanced IT Infrastructure Protection

Cybersecurity is a rapidly growing concern for organizations today. With the increasing reliance on digital systems, cyber threats have become a major challenge for companies of all sizes. Cyber attacks can result in data breaches, theft of sensitive information, financial loss, and damage to a company’s reputation 🤯 This article aims to delve into the main levels for approching cybersecurity and provide a comprehensive overview of the measures that organizations can take to protect their IT infrastructure 💪 What Are the 4 Levels to Approach IT Infrastructure Security 🧐 Can you imagine that a cyberattack happens once every 39 seconds? In…

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Are Your CICD And DevOps Tools Really Helping Developers?

If you are responsible for your team’s CICD and DevOps tools, have you ever asked yourself if the tools you built are really making developers’ lives easier? Or are they there just to reinforce the rules you’ve set? It’s your responsibility to make sure the tools and procedures you’ve implemented are truly helping software developers do their job. After setting your CICD tools, how frequently have you asked the developers for feedback? How many times have you changed/updated those based on feedback from the developers? Or are all your changes to support new requirements, infrastructure, and analysis tools? You might…

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Prometheus — Easy In, Difficult Out

Prometheus has become the de facto standard for time series metrics for both Cloud Native and legacy environments. Many technologies in the CNCF Landscape already include a Prometheus metrics endpoint and there are metric exporters for numerous other technologies. Running Prometheus on Kubernetes is straightforward with Helm charts for the Operator or the community Kube Stack. For bare metal, most Linux distributions include Prometheus in their software repositories. Finally, Prometheus as a service is available on AWS, Azure, GCP, and others such as Grafana, Victoria Metrics, Logz, and OpsVerse. With the minimal effort of a day, a Prometheus server can be up, running, and collecting data. However, as many soon find…

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Choosing A Colocation Data Centre That’s Right For You

Data and computer systems are at the heart of most companies, which is why it is paramount that where you store your IT infrastructure meets your needs, both now and in the future. Over 40% of businesses and users already rent space in a colocation data centre and this figure is expected to continue to rise. Why is this? There’s a whole host of benefits to using a colocation provider to store your data but the primary reasons include utilising third party physical space and having power, cooling and security taken care of for you. Having the ability to access…

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