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.

Kubernetes 101: How To Set Up “Vanilla” Kubernetes
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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.
Monitoring Windows Infrastructure: Tools, Apps, Metrics & Best Practices
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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.
NoOps Explained: How Does NoOps Compare with DevOps?
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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.
How To Prepare for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Interview
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How To Prepare for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Interview

Prepare for your SRE interviews. These are common questions and answers to expect in any site reliability engineer interview.
Continuous Performance Management Basics
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Continuous Performance Management Basics

In this blog post, we will walk you through how to develop a continuous performance management playbook for your business.
API Testing vs Monitoring: What's The Difference?
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API Testing vs Monitoring: What's The Difference?

Learn about the difference between API monitoring and testing, and when to use which approach in this blog post.