Introduction Organisations around the world want to improve the efficiency of their software development teams, delivering software at scale to their customers. When organisations want to improve the quality and efficiency of their teams, they need to determine how to measure success. Some common questions that we hear from our clients include: How good are […]
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Organisations with large Splunk deployments, especially those using Splunk Enterprise Security, understand the importance of having data sources properly mapped to the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) data models. Poor CIM compliance yields poor security insights, as Splunk Enterprise Security utilises data model searches almost exclusively in its security use-case correlation searches. Something that has been […]
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Everyone wants to know how to make their cloud migration a success. Unfortunately, there’s no single way to go about it. Specifics vary from case to case depending on your organisation’s goals and existing set-up. Nevertheless, certain steps can be taken to ensure your cloud migration and longer-term transformation get off to a promising start. […]
Introduction Monitoring as code is emerging as a vital and sophisticated part of the cloud operations management mix. This goes beyond the automated installation of monitoring agents and plugins. At its best, monitoring as code significantly improves observability as well as automating diagnosis, alerts and incident management. It can also bring automation to the remediation […]
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Less than 12 months ago Scott Ankin joined us as a cloud engineering graduate. Today he’s a valued member of the team who confidently handles complex tasks. He also takes part in grad fairs, spreading the word about cloud career opportunities, so we asked his advice for people considering this path. When Scott joined us […]
Containers are a powerful enabling technology for cloud adoption. But they can be difficult to understand if you’ve not worked with them before. This post offers a top-line overview of what they are and what they do. The Role of Container Technology Largescale cloud migration often needs to walk a fine line between ambition and […]
Introduction In Singapore, the national budget is shared with the public every year. It includes a revenue and expenditure report for the past financial year, covering revenue from taxes, fees and other charges. The expenditure makes transparent the operating and development cost of the Singapore Government. This report is also forward-looking, providing expectations and the […]
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Data security is a key issue for financial services leaders as they consider strategies to accelerate or escalate cloud adoption. We find they share a hesitancy to store and manage data using a relatively new, evolving technology. Risk-aversion is perfectly natural in heavily regulated industries, but this blog considers how cloud best practice can alleviate […]
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As part of the 2021 intake of graduate engineers, I’ve been immersed in cloud and DevOps for six months now. It’s hard to believe that just three years ago I was completing an English degree. Back then, I never would have thought that a STEM career was on the horizon. But thanks to a brilliant […]
Introduction 2020 was a busy year for cyber-security with 3,950 confirmed data breaches. Varonis and the Ponemon Institute calculated the global average cost of a data breach to be $3.86 million – rising to $4.24 million in 2021. It is apparent that many companies are struggling to develop sufficiently robust systems that protect from cyber-security […]