It’s not the oldest shipper of this list (that would be syslog-ng, ironically the only one with “new” in its name), it’s certainly the best known. That’s because it has lots of plugins: inputs, codecs, filters and outputs. Basically, you can take pretty much any kind of data, enrich it as you wish, then push it to lots of destinations. Logstash’s main strongpoint is flexibility, due to the number of plugins. Also, its clear documentation and straightforward configuration format means it’s used in a variety of use-cases. This leads to a virtuous cycle: you can find online recipes for doing pretty much anything. Here are a few examples from us: 5 minute intro, reindexing data in Elasticsearch, parsing Elasticsearch logs, rewriting Elasticsearch slowlogs so you can replay them with JMeter.
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Big Data and #MachineLearning Algorithms | @CloudExpo #AI #ML #BigData
Online travel and events pioneer lastminute.com leverages Big Data analytics with speed at scale to provide business advantages to online travel services.
We’ll explore how lastminute.com manages massive volumes of data to support cutting-edge machine-learning algorithms to allow for speed and automation in the rapidly evolving global online travel research and bookings business.
Insurance Industry’s #DigitalTransformation | @CloudExpo @AppDynamics #ML
The insurance industry is well aware that digital transformation is coming, even if some CIOs can’t really say what their individual companies will look like at the end of it all. In a survey of thousands of C-level execs around the world, insurance came in among the top five industries that are most likely to see “moderate to massive” digital disruption within the next 12 months. Only 20 percent of business leaders felt that they had the talent they needed to transform the enterprise, though. Here’s a closer look at what’s coming next in the exciting new era of software-defined insurance companies.
[slides] #DevOps Success | @DevOpsSummit @AAkela #APM #Microservices
In a recent research, analyst firm IDC found that the average cost of a critical application failure is $500,000 to $1 million per hour and the average total cost of unplanned application downtime is $1.25 billion to $2.5 billion per year for Fortune 1000 companies. In addition to the findings on the cost of the downtime, the research also highlighted best practices for development, testing, application support, infrastructure, and operations teams.
Optimizing the Ops in #DevOps | @DevOpsSummit @GHaff #SDN #CD #Docker
We call it DevOps but much of the time there’s a lot more discussion about the needs and concerns of developers than there is about other groups. There’s a focus on improved and less isolated developer workflows. There are many discussions around collaboration, continuous integration and delivery, issue tracking, source code control, code review, IDEs, and xPaaS – and all the tools that enable those things. Changes in developer practices may come up – such as developers taking ownership of code and pulling pager duty.
We also talk about culture a great deal in the context of developers and DevOps. About touchy-feely topics like empathy, trust, learning, cooperation, and responsibility. It can all be a bit kumbaya.
[slides] #DevOps and Immutable Infrastructure | @CloudExpo @Botchagalupe
You often hear the two titles of “DevOps” and “Immutable Infrastructure” used independently. In his session at DevOps Summit, John Willis, Technical Evangelist for Docker, covered the union between the two topics and why this is important. He provided an overview of Immutable Infrastructure then showed how an Immutable Continuous Delivery pipeline can be applied as a best practice for “DevOps.” He ended the session with some interesting case study examples.
[session] @KontenaInc to Present #DevOps and @Docker Pipeline at @CloudExpo
Docker containers have brought great opportunities to shorten the deployment process through continuous integration and the delivery of applications and microservices. This applies equally to enterprise data centers as well as the cloud. In his session at 20th Cloud Expo, Jari Kolehmainen, founder and CTO of Kontena, will discuss solutions and benefits of a deeply integrated deployment pipeline using technologies such as container management platforms, Docker containers, and the drone.io Cl tool. He also will demonstrate deployment of a CI/CD pipeline using container management, as well as show how to deploy a containerized application through a continuous delivery pipeline.
Tintri to Present #DevOps June 6-8 at @CloudExpo | @Tintri #VM #SDN
Updating DevOps to the latest production data slows down your development cycle. Probably it is due to slow, inefficient conventional storage and associated copy data management practices. In his session at @DevOpsSummit at 20th Cloud Expo, Dhiraj Sehgal, in Product and Solution at Tintri, will talk about DevOps and cloud-focused storage to update hundreds of child VMs (different flavors) with updates from a master VM in minutes, saving hours or even days in each development cycle. He will also discuss how the “Ops” side of DevOps is making their life easier and becoming invisible to developers for storage-related provisioning and application performance.
Tech News Recap for the Week of 01/09/2017
Were you busy this week? Here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 01/09/2017!
How the public cloud can reduce the stress and expense of your on-premise IT. Citrix enhances Microsoft Azure Partnership, as well as automating VDI on Hyper-Converged Infrastructure. Users to get Windows 10 desktops on Azure option later this quarter. How SDN can help unify wired and wireless campus networks. 3 no-brainer uses for the public cloud. LA College hit by ransomware, forced to pay $28,000 to unlock files and more tops news this week you may have missed!
Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow @GreenPagesIT on Twitter.
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Tech News Recap
- Game changing enterprise trends for 2017
- Here’s how the public cloud can reduce the stress and expense of your on-premise IT
- Users to get Windows 10 desktops on Azure option later this quarter
- Citrix to Launch Virtual Windows 10 Desktops Through Microsoft’s Cloud
- SMB’s: Four ways the cloud can help with your stress and expenses
- IT pros see the promise of AI, IoT in the enterprise
- Nutanix Continues to Deliver on the Promise of Invisible Infrastructure for Citrix Environments
- Cloud partnerships, acquisitions to shake up market in 2017
- Citrix Enhances Microsoft Azure Partnership, Automates VDI on Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
- SDN can help unify wired and wireless campus networks
- Microsoft to address latest Windows 10 privacy concerns with Creators Update
- 3 No-brainer Uses for the Public Cloud
- LA College Hit by Ransomware: Pays $28,000 to Unlock Files
- Dell expands hyper-converged infrastructure portfolio for VDI
- New Malware Called Shamoon – control, alt, deletes – everything
Check out our recent blog post, 2017 Technology Predictions by GreenPages CTO, Chris Ward
By Jake Cryan, Digital Marketing Specialist
A New Digital Training Program from AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the undisputed leader in the cloud market today, and it is further expanding its reach by starting a new program for skills development. On Thursday, January 12th, AWS announced a program called re:Start, through which it aims to provide skills training for about 1,000 people in the UK. At the end of this training program, it plans to provide employment for these people within AWS or in partner companies and organizations.
This is an important move by AWS, and could signal the beginning of a new approach towards technology in general, and cloud in particular. Currently, the cloud industry is facing a big gap in skills. In other words, not many people are trained in cloud technology, and this is causing a big problem for companies like AWS. Due to this shortage in skills, their talent pool is greatly reduced. This also affects their expansion plans, as the growth is not supported by great minds that are well-versed in technology. As a result, some companies are forced to scale back their operations, and maybe even reconsider their growth strategy.
In addition, cost of labor is also high. The economics of job market dictates that when demand is greater than supply, companies will have to pay more to retain the knowledgeable workforce. Over time, these costs can really add up. Besides paying high salaries, companies have to depend on some critical resources for their continued operations. This dependence works against established management principles, and obviously can put projects at risk, especially when the critical resources are not available.
To overcome these multi-pronged challenges, AWS decided to start its own training division through which it plans to train employees, and later employ them for its own needs. As a first step, it has offered this training program in the UK. It’s interesting that AWS started this program in the UK, considering the fallout of Brexit and the widely reported skill gaps that have been reported in the UK. Last year, many MPs warned that the UK needs almost 750,000 people with advanced technical skills to meet the growing demands with this economy, and the existing government initiatives are not enough to fill this gap.
In a way, AWS has set an example for other companies to follow suit. Without waiting for any government action or program, it has started its own division for training. The obvious advantage with such a program is that AWS can train people based on the specific skills it needs. Hence, it has the flexibility to choose one technology over another, depending on its immediate and future need.
Such a move also augurs well for the economy as it reduces unemployment rate and increases the productivity and contribution of workers. This program aims to attract young adults, military veterans, reservists, spouses and other deserving candidates. As of now, AWS has entrusted the task of finding the right candidates to a HR outsourcing company called QA Consulting in partnership with the Ministry of Defense (MoD) and The Prince’s Trust.
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