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Cloud Security Best Practices Every Company Should Follow

Cloud Security Best Practices Every Company Should Follow

Apr 25, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Cloud adoption has accelerated dramatically over the past few years - and with it, so has the attack surface for cybercriminals. Whether you're a five-person startup or a 500-employee enterprise, moving your operations to the cloud without a solid security strategy is one of the most expensive mistakes you can make right now.
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How is Agentic AI fundamentally different from earlier automation?

Apr 24, 2026 By Virtana In Virtana
Autonomous operations has been the goal for years. But most “automation” never got us there—it just helped teams keep up. Now that’s changing. Agentic AI introduces a fundamentally different model:– Purpose-built agents, not static workflows– Real-time decisioning, not predefined rules– Collaboration across agents, not isolated tasks Instead of automating steps, agentic AI enables systems to **reason, adapt, and act**—at a speed and scale humans simply can’t match. That’s what turns autonomous operations from a long-standing ambition into something actually achievable.
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Fixing Broken Traces in GCP Cloud Run: A Custom OpenTelemetry Propagator

Apr 24, 2026 By Prathamesh Sonpatki In Last9
GCP's load balancer silently rewrites your traceparent header, orphaning spans in any OTLP backend. Here's the custom propagator that fixes it. Prathamesh works as an evangelist at Last9, runs SRE stories - where SRE and DevOps folks share their stories, and maintains o11y.wiki - a glossary of all terms related to observability.
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Kubex Named a 2026 Leader by GigaOm

Apr 24, 2026 By Kubex In Densify
Industry analyst recognition means something different from an award. GigaOm does not hand out trophies. They evaluate products against a defined capability framework and tell the market where vendors actually stand. By that measure, Kubex has been named a Leader in two of GigaOm’s 2026 Radar Reports: Kubernetes Resource Management and Cloud Resource Optimization. In the Kubernetes report, we are positioned as an Outperformer. In Cloud Resource Optimization, a Fast Mover.
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The Hidden Cost of DIY DevOps: Why Growing Companies Bring in the Experts

The Hidden Cost of DIY DevOps: Why Growing Companies Bring in the Experts

Apr 24, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Companies are scaling faster than ever, but infrastructure rarely keeps up with the product. When developers take on operational work on top of everything else, it feels like a smart way to cut costs. In practice, it's one of the most expensive mistakes a growing software team can make. This article breaks down what DIY DevOps actually costs and how a structured approach changes the equation.
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