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Welcome to the latest changelog blog post, where we highlight the recent updates and improvements to our products and services. We've been working hard to enhance your experience. Let's dive into the changes made in June 2023!

We are proud to announce that we have released HAProxy Data Plane API 2.8, available on our GitHub page. This release follows the recent HAProxy 2.8 release and incorporates its changes, along with some improvements and changes specific to the API. HAProxy Data Plane API 2.8 adds new keywords focused on QUIC, OCSP stapling, and tuning options that allow you to customize your HAProxy process using the HTTP REST API programmatically.

Building applications and managing infrastructure at the same time is a complex task. It involves managing multiple software and hardware components, plus an evolving ecosystem of dependencies and external tools. There’s also the need to keep up with changing technologies while coordinating different teams and delivering solutions to meet business goals.

As IT evolves alongside both the physical and – now more common – digital workplace, so too does the IT infrastructure that sustains it. Basically, the IT infrastructure of an organization includes the whole set of IT assets that keep it operating. And, in recent years, we’ve seen a significant migration from mostly traditional infrastructure (i.e. servers and storage devices) to the more cost-effective cloud infrastructure.

Azure File Storage, a component of Microsoft Azure’s broader cloud services, is a managed file storage service for the cloud. Its fundamental design is to create, manage, and share file systems securely and easily using standard protocols supported by most operating systems. It offers fully managed file shares in the cloud accessible via the industry-standard Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) protocols.

As the digital world continues to evolve, the realm of virtualization is gaining increasing traction. At the heart of this evolution is the System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), a pivotal component of Microsoft’s System Center suite. By providing comprehensive management capabilities for virtualized datacenter environments, SCVMM presents a modern solution for today’s complex IT infrastructures.

On this episode of Densify Talks, Josh and Andrew discuss automated instance selection and the importance of letting machines make the resource decisions as cloud environments scale. Speaking from the perspective of a hardware manufacturer, Josh offers unique insight into some of the criteria that affect the performance and cost of hosting apps in the cloud, and how to leverage “optimization as code” to automate the optimization process.