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Melissa Palmer

Melissa Palmer

Melissa Palmer

Melissa Palmer is a technologist and content creator who's worked with everything in the data center and beyond at some point or another. She is a VMware Certified Design Expert and previously worked in the vendor space for over a decade in roles such as Systems Engineer, Technical Marketing Engineer, and Office of the CTO. She started her career on the customer side working on a number of large enterprise VMware environments.

The Latest Posts Featuring Melissa Palmer

Is Kubernetes Still the Best Container Orchestration Tool?

Whether you’re working with Docker, Kubernetes, or emerging platforms like Podman and CRI-O, mastering the right containerization tools can dramatically enhance your team’s agility and efficiency. This blog dives deep into the top container tools developers and IT professionals rely on to build, ship, and run applications seamlessly across environments.

June 19, 2024
Database
Is Kubernetes Still the Best Container Orchestration Tool?
A man in an office is having a lovely time thinking about Kubernetes
DigitalEmployeeExperience
How ITSM Helps Drive Exceptional Digital Employee Experience
March 21, 2023
Monitoring and Observability
Throughout the pandemic, we heard quite a bit about digital transformation initiatives. Companies are often looking for ways to leverage technology as a competitive advantage to accelerate business outcomes. However,…
Sweet Trick! Mastering O11y for Cloud-Native Technologies
February 28, 2023
Monitoring and Observability
Using the cloud can be challenging. Everyone likes to tell stories about a surprise cloud bill they received and laugh, but let’s be honest: it’s happened to all of us.…
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What Is GraphQL? A Simplified Overview of Use and Benefits
February 14, 2023
Monitoring and Observability
The use of APIs is at the forefront of automation. There are many ways for developers and applications to make use of APIs, and GraphQL is one way to make…
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The Evolution of Applications and Current Trends To Know
February 9, 2023
Monitoring and Observability
IT industry veterans have seen significant changes in the way applications are not only developed but also used. This evolution has been driven by several factors, including the ever-growing need…
What You Don’t Know About Azure Synapse
February 7, 2023
Database
There are so many interesting and very useful Azure services out there. Over my time in the IT industry, I have seen the evolution of virtualization and eventually the cloud.…
CloudHyperscaler
Hyperscalers: The Complete Guide to What, Why and How
January 24, 2023
Monitoring and Observability
We’ve heard a lot about hyperscalers over the last several years as public cloud adoption began to rise. Now, they’ve become a central part of global IT infrastructure and essential…
ChatOps Explained and Why DevOps Teams Should Care
January 17, 2023
IT Service Management
ChatOps can speed up organizations’ responses to user needs while relieving support staff of a lot of tedious activities. Many helpdesk or IT tickets are entered for routine end-user questions,…
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Why You Should Rely More on Your IT Self-Service Portal
January 12, 2023
IT Service Management
No matter what roles we play, we’ve all been frustrated end users at some time or another. Sometimes it’s as simple as struggling to find the documentation we need, whereas…
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DataOps vs. DevOps – Similar or Completely Different?
January 5, 2023
Database
Over the past several years, there has been a big focus on streamlining infrastructure operations. Many organizations have begun using DevOps principles in their software development and operations activities. We’ve…
CloudVisibility
How Cloud Asset Management Provides Fuller Inventory Visibility
January 3, 2023
Monitoring and Observability
Cloud adoption has grown in recent years. From organizations developing a cloud-native strategy to those focused on cloud migration, there are many different ways to consume the cloud. No matter…
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