Stephen Watts's Blog Posts

Stephen Watts works in growth marketing at Splunk. Stephen holds a degree in Philosophy from Auburn University and is an MSIS candidate at UC Denver. He contributes to a variety of publications including CIO.com, Search Engine Journal, ITSM.Tools, IT Chronicles, DZone, and CompTIA.

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Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) vs. Load Balancers: What’s The Difference?

CDNs and load balancers fulfill similar roles, but they are different tools. This article breaks down the differences so you can decide which is right for you.

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Best DevOps Books: The Definitive List

In this blog post we’ll look at the core, fundamental books that have played the largest role in creating the modern DevOps movement.

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Kubernetes 101: How To Set Up “Vanilla” Kubernetes

Kubernetes 101: Set up the most basic K8s cluster — also known as Vanilla Kubernetes — with this hands-on tutorial that gets you started quickly and easily.

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Network vs. Application Performance Monitoring: What's The Difference?

Monitoring networks and application performance are different practices. Understand the changes and see how, together, both can offer end-to-end observability.

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Monitoring Windows Infrastructure: Tools, Apps, Metrics & Best Practices

Learn how to monitor your Windows infrastructure, including the best tools and apps to use, the top metrics to monitor and how to analyze those metrics.

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NoOps Explained: How Does NoOps Compare with DevOps?

Take a look at NoOps, the concept of automating IT and development: how it works, pros and cons and whether it’s an evolution — or the end — of DevOps.