DevOps
Top 10 DevOps Communities to Follow If You Need to Get Things Done
Here are the 10 best DevOps and IT communities to follow and how to use them to research and fix your problems quickly and easily.
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UpGuard Team
January 9, 2025
Docker vs CoreOS Rkt
How does Docker stack up against CoreOS rkt? Find out how these two lightweight VM alternatives compare in this containerization cage match.
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UpGuard Team
November 19, 2024
The Cost of Downtime At The World's Biggest Online Retailer
How much do outages like today's Amazon.com glitch actually cost online retailers? Read more to find out.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
January 8, 2025
Cloud IaaS Provider Roundup: Best of the Best
In this article, we compare the best cloud IaaS providers. Check it out to see which one is right for your organization.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 19, 2024
Amazon CloudWatch vs Nagios for Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
An industry standard for monitoring versus a native offering from the world's leading cloud provider—how do they compare? Read more to find out.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 19, 2024
Declarative vs. Imperative Models for Configuration Management: Which Is Really Better?
Differences between the declarative and imperative models can be summed up in one sentence: imperative focuses on how and declarative focuses on what.
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Kaushik Sen
January 9, 2025
Foreman vs SaltStack
Learn more about how SaltStack and Foreman stack up against each other.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 19, 2024
The Power of 5 Basic Linux Commands
Whether you're new to the command line or a CLI veteran, these 5 basic commands will give you the power to navigate your Linux system with ease.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 19, 2024
DigitalOcean vs AWS: Which Cloud Server is Better in 2026?
This is a complete guide to DigitalOcean vs AWS. Learn about their differences and which is right platform for you with this in-depth post.
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Greg Pollock
January 5, 2026
Google Compute Engine vs Amazon's AWS EC2
AWS finally has a direct challenger: Google Compute Engine. Find out how they stack up on pricing and performance.
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Kaushik Sen
November 19, 2024
Ruby vs Python: Comparing Languages
Python and Ruby are two of the best examples of the new generation of high-level languages which focus on simplicity.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
January 8, 2025
What are The Must Have Skills for Automation Engineers? Top 5 Skills
IT testing automation is an important, growing field in which IT professionals are able to make a name for themselves. Learn what the top five skills are.
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Mike Baukes
November 19, 2024
10 Essential Steps for Configuring a New Server
You've got a brand new Linux server. Now what? Take these 10 steps up front to improve security and reduce problems and management down the road.
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Kaushik Sen
January 5, 2025
Tanium vs SCCM
How does Tanium's 15-second endpoint visibility and control stack up against Microsoft's leading systems management platform? Find out in this comparison.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
January 9, 2025
JIRA Service Desk vs ServiceNow: Ticketing System Comparison
ServiceNow is enterprise-oriented, focused around ITIL. JIRA Service is designed to be accessible by all organization types and is easier to learn.
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UpGuard Team
November 19, 2024
Chef vs Salt: Which One Should You Choose?
Interested to learn more about the origins and processes of both Salt and Chef? We put them head to head to see which comes out on top.
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Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 19, 2024
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