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DevOps best practices are also applied to infrastructure in IaC. Infrastructure can go through the same CI/CD pipeline as an application does during software development, applying the same testing and version control to the infrastructure code.

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First, the NVMe device names used by Linux based operating systems will be different than the parameters for EBS volume attachment requests and block device mapping entries such as /dev/xvda and /dev/xvdf. NVMe devices are enumerated by the operating system as /dev/nvme0n1, /dev/nvme1n1, and so on. The NVMe device names are not persistent mappings to volumes, therefore other methods like file system UUIDs or labels should be used when configuring the automatic mounting of file systems or other startup activities. When EBS volumes are accessed via the NVMe interface, the EBS volume ID is available via the controller serial number and the device name specified in EC2 API requests is provided by an NVMe vendor extension to the Identify Controller command. This enables backward compatible symbolic links to be created by a utility script. For more information see the EC2 documentation on device naming and NVMe based EBS volumes.

The above diagram demonstrates how, for organizations operating on the FinOps model, a cross-functional team known as a Cloud Cost Center of Excellence (CCoE) interacts with the rest of the business to manage the cloud strategy, governance, and best practices that the rest of the organization can leverage to transform the business using the cloud. Read how to start FinOps in your organization

The roles and uses of configuration management have evolved and expanded over time. Today, the process has moved beyond the traditional management of physical enterprise compute, storage and network hardware to embrace ever-advancing practices such as software-driven infrastructures, software configuration management and even DevOps practices.

For a configuration management system to operate, it needs some form of mechanism in which to store the information it governs. Originally, this was called the configuration management database (CMDB); ITIL v3 introduced the concept of a configuration management system (CMS) to replace the CMDB. The CMDB promotes the concept of a singular monolithic repository, while the CMS provides a conceptualized system of CMDBs that act together to support the needs of this governance process. Both demonstrate advantages over a static CM spreadsheet or a text file that requires significant manual upkeep and cannot integrate base workflows and best practices.

As the CMDB grows and contains more configuration items, it becomes possible to predict the impact of configuration changes, a key role in change management. By tracking dependencies, for example, administrators can determine the impact that a hardware, software, network or other outage might have on other systems or resources.

Even when configurations are well documented and carefully enforced, configuration management must account for the reality of periodic changes, such as software upgrades and hardware refreshes. Infrastructure and architectural changes may be required to tighten security and enhance performance. This makes change requests integral to the CM practice. This might be as simple as opening a certain port on a firewall to accommodate an application's new feature, or relocating one or more busy servers on the local network to improve performance of other applications on the subnet.

The basic CM model was adapted and implemented for myriad technical disciplines, including systems engineering, product lifecycle management and application lifecycle management, as well as later standards such as ISO 9000, COBIT and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). The ITIL framework, which emerged in the 1980s, introduced principles and practices for enterprises to select, plan, deliver and maintain IT services. These allowed IT to function as a business service rather than simply a cost center -- a concept that continues to resonate today. ITIL has embraced configuration management as a central part of its framework through its most recent update to ITIL v4 in 2019 and 2020.

IT and business leaders readily adopted configuration management with the explosion of enterprise computing in the 1970s and 1980s. Data center operators realized that standardized practices were vital to the established functionality of servers and systems within a production environment. IT further refined the CM process to include specific activities such as change control or change management to ensure that changes were documented and validated.

The broad shift from mainframes to server-based computing in the early 1990s multiplied the volume of hardware and devices in the data center. A centralized mainframe gave way to racks of individual servers, storage subsystems, networking gear and appliances, as well as full-featured endpoint systems such as desktop PCs.

One of the greatest drivers for tomorrow's CM model lies in software-defined environments. More of the enterprise IT environment uses virtualization, automation and management to provision, deploy and manage resources and services through software. With the rise of data center technologies such as software-defined storage, software-defined networking, SDDC and IaC, future CM tools and practices must be able to discover and interoperate with flexible and virtual software environments.

BeyondCorp is Google's implementation of the zero trust model. It builds upon a decade of experience at Google, combined with ideas and best practices from the community. By shifting access controls from the network perimeter to individual users, BeyondCorp enables secure work from virtually any location without the need for a traditional VPN.

The subject of networking, unfortunately, is boring for the most of our colleagues. All the used technologies, protocols and best practices are pretty old, they have been surrounding us and ensuring the communication between millions of devices around us for a long time. Even programmers most often take networks for granted and don't think about how they work.

lo is a loopback device, a specific virtual interface, which system uses to communicate with itself. Thanks to lo, local applications can communicate with each other even without a network connection.

A guild is a wider community of people who share the same interest. While chapters exist in a single tribe, a guild can include members from multiple tribes. There is a guild coordinator who helps to unite all the different members. Spotify guilds are designed so members from any area can come together to share their knowledge and best practices.

The Master Production Scheduler, reporting directly to the Director of Manufacturing Support. The scheduler will assist in all capacities to maintain supply/demand balance relative to labor capacity, externally supplied material lead times and ensure on time delivery to the customer need. Translate program demand plans into ERP system forecasts and then, upon project funding, release executable demand and drive schedule fidelity through to customer delivery. The preferred candidate will be an individual with bias for action, strategic thinking, data analysis, problem solving, exceptional customer focus, communications, and a sound foundation in Material Planning and Production Control practices.

The Security Analyst role is responsible for planning, facilitating, and coordinating the implementation of Textron corporate IT security policies and general control practices within the Textron Aviation computing environment. This role is also responsible for supporting the identification of and response to cybersecurity events and incidents as well as planning, and facilitation of IT audit and assessment activities. An individual in this role will be expected to collaborate with other IT and business teams, assess risks and mitigation/remediation strategies, and provide applicable security assessments to assist in the planning, design, development, and deployment of new applications as well as enhancements to existing applications, hardware, and external software. This role also has responsibility in cybersecurity compliance and risk mitigation activities like vulnerability management, security controls assurance, and other technical IT security control requirements relative to network, application, and all computing systems security. 2ff7e9595c