
About this episode
DNS is a highly available, highly redundant, highly reliable service that is absolutely essential to your company's application and business operations. A failure in your DNS system can bring your company's business to a halt jeopardizing your company's future.
DNS is essential to the operation of all aspects of the internet and modern digital businesses. The problem with DNS, is that a very tiny mistake in a configuration file can cause ripples throughout the entire DNS system and impact all aspects of your company's operations, it's customer's ability to use the company's products and a company's ability to make money. All of it can be brought to its knees by a very tiny mistake in a single configuration entry. Without solid DNS configuration management in place, you make yourself vulnerable to simple but costly mistakes.
But how do you implement a high quality DNS hygiene solution? In this episode, I'll give you eight steps to higher quality DNS systems.
Today on Modern Digital Business.
Useful Links
- What Is DNS? - Lee Atchison | Cloud Strategist, Thought Leader, Author
- Cloud Architecture: Advanced Concepts Online Class | LinkedIn Learning
- Architecting for Scale, 2nd Edition, O’Reilly Media
About Lee
Lee Atchison is a software architect, author, public speaker, and recognized thought leader on cloud computing and application modernization. His most recent book, Architecting for Scale (O’Reilly Media), is an essential resource for technical teams looking to maintain high availability and manage risk in their cloud environments. Lee has been widely quoted in multiple technology publications, including InfoWorld, Diginomica, IT Brief, Programmable Web, CIO Review, and DZone, and has been a featured speaker at events across the globe.
Take a look at Lee's many books, courses, and articles by going to leeatchison.com.
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