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How we automated the handling of MySQL primary failovers in DBaaS

[In part I of this blog series we saw an overview of our DBaaS design. In this blog (part II) we discuss the automated MySQL primary failover design in some detail.] We use the hashicorp consul and a custom consul watcher service, along with the orchestrator service, to inject proxySQL route changes in the event of a MySQL primary failure in a shard. Consul cluster

What Is Customer Interaction?

In this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about customer interactions, how to manage them, and how to perfect them. You’ll also find information like: By the end of the article, you’ll know everything you need to interact with customers and teach your teams how to master every customer interaction they have. Let’s get started.

7 Ways to Create Efficiency for Small Teams

‍Throughout the workweek or during the process of any project, even the best small teams can hit obstacles. Issues with miscommunications, unproductive meetings, too many emails, and not knowing what the other members of the team are doing can all work together to stall your team's productivity and efficiency. The term Team Efficiency refers to a team achieving maximum productivity with minimal wasted effort or expenses.

Secure messaging: what makes Rocket.Chat a safe team collaboration platform?

Picture the following scenario: you get your usual cup of coffee, are ready to start your workday, log into your team collaboration tool on your computer. Then you are immediately greeted by your colleague who sends you a cute kitty picture with a “good morning” message. What are the chances this is a hacker sneaking into your computer and stealing your data? Well, it turns out this is something very likely to happen if you don’t have a safe workspace for secure messaging.

How Are Customer Service Chatbots Revolutionizing Support

Much like every other aspect of virtually running a business, technology has drastically changed customer service. There are constantly new channels for customers to reach out to businesses. An important addition to this growing list of channels is a customer service chatbot. In this blog, we talk about everything you need to know about a customer service chatbot.

Avoiding Common Internationalization Mistakes

Languages are complicated, and every language is complicated in different ways that can be hard to understand without learning every single one of them. Some languages form words from multiple characters while others have symbols that represent entire concepts. Some feature words without pluralization or gender and rely on context for that while others have two or even more genders for words. Some are very phonetic while others pronounce words seemingly at random (cough English, though cough).

How to Convince Association Board Members to Adopt Board Portal

Switching to new technology solutions is always challenging, especially when convincing people such as association board members to adopt the change. But with the right mindset, the transition can be effortless. When the software effectively patches the gaps in workflows, you can make things run much easier. Making a case for the implementation is just a matter of discussion that is supplemented with facts. Many business types and organizations can benefit equally from using board portal software.

M-Files Administrator: Modifying Existing Property Definitions and Value Lists

Property definitions are used for determining properties associated with classes. A property definition specifies the property name (which should naturally be as descriptive as possible) and the data type, which determines the type of the data entered (in relation to the property).