Category: Observability
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IBM MQ Streaming Queues Adds Business Value to Middleware
Last year we published this blog post about the benefits of IBM MQ streaming queues. On July 15th, 2022 this functionality was also made available for MQ on the mainframe (z/OS) and it’s also been announced for the MQ appliance for Aug 2nd, 2022. Nastel has been supporting and embracing this functionality for some time
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7 DevOps practices to improve application performance
Devops is tough, but the choice between faster development and improving reliability shouldn’t be. Consider shifting-left security, better observability, AIops platforms, and more. Devops is primarily associated with the collaboration between developers and operations to improve the delivery and reliability of applications in production. The most common best practices aim to replace manual, error-prone procedures
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How to Unlock the Full Value From Your Investment in Integration Infrastructure
According to research by Connecting Software, Fortune 1000 firms spend 40% of their IT budget on their Integration Infrastructure. Gartner Group’s John-David Lovelock said: “…digital tech initiatives remain a top strategic business priority for companies, focusing spending on making their infrastructure bulletproof and accommodating increasingly complex hybrid work.” He continues that enterprise software will have the
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Just How Important Is Your Integration Infrastructure?
According to Gartner, the average cost of IT downtime is $300K per hour. Last year Facebook lost $79 million due to a prolonged outage. National Australia Bank had to pay $7.4 million in compensation due to an outage in its payment system. One of our retail customers does 60% of its annual business in 10 days. Having systems up and running over the holiday period means life and death to that company.