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IT cost allocation - is there any fairness?

I suppose that all of us go to a restaurant with friends or colleagues. And after a fun time, the waiter brings the check. Further, the issue can be resolved in several ways: The first method, "gentleman's". 10–15% is added to the amount of the check “for tea” to the waiter, and the resulting amount is divided equally among all males. Method two, "socialist". The check is divided equally among all, regardless of [...]

Cloud server 2.0. Launching the server into the stratosphere

Friends, we have come up with a new movement. Many of you remember our last year fun geek project “Server in the Clouds”: we made a small server based on Raspberry Pi and launched it on a hot air balloon. Now we have decided to go even further, that is, higher - the stratosphere is waiting for us! Briefly recall what was the essence of the first project "Server in the Clouds". Server […]

Do-it-yourself cloud video surveillance: new features of the Ivideon Web SDK

We have several integration components that allow any partner to create their own products: Open API for developing any alternative to the Ivideon user account, Mobile SDK, which can be used to develop a full-fledged solution equivalent in functionality to Ivideon applications, and Web SDK. We recently released an improved Web SDK with a new documentation system and a demo application that will […]

GitLab 11.9 Released with Secret Discovery and Multiple Merge Request Resolution Rules

Quickly Detecting Leaked Secrets It might seem like a small mistake to accidentally pass credentials to a shared repository. However, the consequences can be serious. Once an attacker gets your password or API key, they will take over your account, block you, and fraudulently use your money. In addition, a domino effect is possible: access to one account opens access to others. […]

IT giants introduced a joint solution for deploying a hybrid cloud

Dell and VMware are integrating the VMware Cloud Foundation and VxRail platforms. / photo Navneet Srivastav PD Why is it needed According to the State of Cloud survey, 58% of companies are already using a hybrid cloud. Last year this figure was 51%. On average, one organization “hosts” about five different services in the cloud. At the same time, the implementation of a hybrid cloud is a priority [...]

Raspberry Pi Zero inside a Handy Tech Active Star 40 braille display

The author placed a Raspberry Pi Zero, a Bluetooth whistle, and a cable inside his new Handy Tech Active Star 40 braille display. A built-in USB port provides power. The result was a self-sufficient monitorless computer on ARM with the Linux operating system, equipped with a keyboard and a Braille display. You can charge/power it via USB, incl. from a power bank or solar charger. Therefore, he can do without [...]

FlexiRemap® vs. RAID

RAID algorithms were introduced to the public back in 1987. To this day, they remain the most popular technology for protecting and accelerating access to data in the field of information storage. But the age of IT technology, which has crossed the 30-year mark, is rather not maturity, but already old age. The reason is progress, which inexorably brings new opportunities. At a time when […]

Client analytics systems

Imagine that you are an aspiring entrepreneur who has just made a website and a mobile application (for example, for a donut shop). You want to connect custom analytics on a small budget, but don't know how. Everyone around uses Mixpanel, Facebook analytics, Yandex.Metrika and other systems, but it is not clear what to choose and how to use. What are analytics systems? First of all, it must be said that […]

Server analytics systems

This is the second part of a series of articles on analytical systems (link to part 1). Today, there is no doubt that the accurate processing of data and the interpretation of results can help almost any type of business. In this regard, analytical systems are becoming more and more loaded with parameters, the number of triggers and user events in applications is growing. Because of this, companies give their analysts […]

TSDB analysis in Prometheus 2

The time series database (TSDB) in Prometheus 2 is a great example of an engineering solution that offers significant improvements over Prometheus 2 storage v1 in terms of data collection and query execution speed, and resource efficiency. We were implementing Prometheus 2 in Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) and I was able to […]

Remote monitoring and control of Lunix/OpenWrt/Lede devices via port 80…

Hello everyone, this is my first experience on Habré. I want to write about how to manage network equipment in an external network in a non-standard way. What does non-standard mean: in most cases, to control equipment in an external network, you need: Public IP address. Well, or if the equipment is behind someone's NAT, then a public IP and a "forwarded" port. Tunnel (PPTP/OpenVPN/L2TP+IPSec etc.) to […]