This article builds upon Vivek Rau’s chapter “Eliminating Toil” in Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems [1]. We begin by recapping Vivek’s definition of toil and Google’s approach to balancing operational work with engineering project work. [1] B. Beyer, C. Jones, J. Petoff, and N. Murphy, eds., Site Reli- ability Engineering (O’Reilly Media, 2016).

The rogue code can disable safety systems designed to prevent catastrophic industrial accidents. It was discovered in the Middle East, but the hackers behind it are now targeting companies in North America and other parts of the world, too.

When you are working with a database, or any other kind of software, your experience is enhanced or hindered by the tools you use to interact with it. PostgreSQL has a command line tool, psql, and it’s pretty powerful, but some people much prefer a graphical editor.

Mirai, the virulent Internet of Things malware that delivered record-setting denial-of-service attacks in 2016, has been updated to target a new crop of devices, including two found inside enterprise networks, where bandwidth is often plentiful, researchers said on Monday.