VictoriaMetrics takes organic growth over investor pressure

December 11, 2023 at 05:20AM VictoriaMetrics, an unusual monitoring company, has yet to accept external investment and is committed to growing organically. Co-founder Roman Khavronenko emphasizes the negative impact of investor pressure on startups. The company prioritizes open source offerings, embracing the Apache 2 license and providing enterprise tools under a free trial. Khavronenko also … Read more

Open-Source Security Agents Promise Greater Simplicity, Flexibility

October 19, 2023 at 08:13AM Some security startups are building ecosystems around the open-source security agent osquery to reduce reliance on proprietary software and customize IT monitoring and security. Companies like Fleet, Wazuh, Kolide, Zentral, and Uptycs use or integrate with osquery to provide universal endpoint monitoring. The recent update by Fleet allows the agents … Read more

Securely Moving Financial Services to the Cloud

October 11, 2023 at 11:55AM Moving financial services to the cloud requires careful consideration of security, compliance, and governance. It is important to establish secure use of the cloud and comply with regulations. Cloud governance, including three lines of governance, is crucial. Implementing infrastructure, application, and data pipelines, as well as change management and monitoring, … Read more