As we've seen through recent events and ongoing societal issues, it's easy to stay within our comfort zones and surround ourselves with those who look like us or have similar social and economic backgrounds. However, we know that this behavior can perpetuate discrimination and inequality. As a Gandhi once said, “Be the change you want to see.” This means it's important to broaden your circle of influence and actively seek out relationships with those who don't look like you or come from the same economic circle.

Attention all Atlassian users and enthusiasts! We have a crucial update that you need to be aware of. On February 15, 2024 PT, Atlassian will be discontinuing support for its Server products. This means that the current versions of their products will no longer receive technical support, security updates, or bug fixes after this date. But what does this mean for you?

In today’s dynamic business world, companies need technology support services that enable them to scale quickly, respond to market trends, and stay competitive. Moser Consulting has several departments that provide various technology solutions to businesses, with one of their divisions being the Core Technology Services Division. One department within this division offers professional technical services for short to midterm projects and staff augmentation for long-term projects. We will delve into this department's offerings and explore the potential growth areas where it can be an asset to businesses.

In a prior installment of this blog [1], we discussed getting your Forge app up and running in a "Hello, World!" way on a test Atlassian instance. Now, perhaps your company has an Atlassian instance that employees use daily, and you'd like to test your Forge app in the real world by installing it on that instance. Another scenario is that you’re now ready to have customers for your app, so you need to distribute it to them.

Forge is Atlassian’s next-generation framework for building apps that integrate with Confluence, Jira, or Jira Service Management. Forge provides Web UI elements, APIs and deployment environments that enable developers to create fully-featured apps within Atlassian’s cloud infrastructure through the use of JavaScript, HTML, CSS and other Web technologies. Forge apps can be distributed via the Atlassian Marketplace as software to which any Atlassian Cloud customer can subscribe.

Moser Consulting was recently tasked with reducing costs and ensuring more consistent SLA compliance in a company's Snowflake environment. While Snowflake differs from traditional and other cloud databases, it is still a SQL-based database, and many of the same tuning techniques apply. However, understanding Snowflake's architecture is crucial, as it offers unique cost-saving opportunities not found in traditional databases.

For the second year in a row, Snowflake has been named the Database of the Year by DB-Engines. Over the past couple of years, it has climbed the popularity rankings, currently sitting at #11. Snowflake is a cloud data platform designed for analytical, AI, and ML use cases. As a cloud-native solution, its architecture differs significantly from traditional databases like SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.

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As of Oct 11, 2022 Mainstream Support has ended for SQL Server 2017.

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October 10 is Mental Health Day and Moser Consulting wants to honor and elevate the day by discussing and bringing awareness to mental health in technology and IT industries.

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