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High Cardinality Metrics: How Prometheus and ClickHouse Handle Scale

Jan 19, 2026 By Aditya Godbole , In Last9
TL;DR: Prometheus pays cardinality costs at write time (memory, index). ClickHouse pays at query time (aggregation memory). Neither is "better":they fail differently. Design your pipeline knowing which failure mode you're accepting. -- Every month, someone posts "just use ClickHouse for metrics" or "Prometheus can't handle scale." Both statements contain a kernel of truth wrapped in dangerous oversimplification.
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The next wave of AI: Open source, robotics & the future of India's tech powerhouse

Jan 19, 2026 By Civo In Civo
As we kick off 2026, the tech landscape is being reshaped by the very breakthroughs discussed at Civo Navigate India 2025. This panel, featuring Josh Mesout, Murthy Chitlur, Chirotpal Das and Anjali Batra, laid the groundwork for the AI-driven world we are operating in today. From the rise of agentic AI and small language models to the massive shift toward open-source parity, these experts didn't just discuss trends; they provided the blueprint for building resilient, sovereign, and scalable AI infrastructure in India.
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VirtualMetric's Hybrid Security Data Collection Architecture: Performance and Scale Without Compromise

Jan 19, 2026 By VirtualMetric In VirtualMetric
Modern security operations face a growing architectural challenge: collect telemetry from everywhere, process it in real time, and route it to multiple platforms while maintaining data sovereignty, avoiding agent sprawl, and keeping costs under control. Single-model collection strategies force security teams to make compromises. Agent-only models create operational overhead and maintenance risk. Agentless-only approaches simplify operations but limit depth and flexibility.
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5 things to do before you go on-call for the first time

Jan 19, 2026 By Sreekar In Spike
Going on-call for the first time can feel a bit overwhelming, but a little prep work makes it smooth and stress-free. This guide covers five things to set up before you start your first on-call shift. They help you stay on top of your schedule, get on-call notifications, and have a backup in place. By the end, you’ll be ready to handle your first on-call shift with confidence.
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Why data sovereignty has become a strategic imperative for India

Jan 19, 2026 By Emma Stewart-Oram In Civo
Data is the backbone of the modern economy, but if you don’t have control of the infrastructure, you don’t control the data. Historically, data sovereignty was a compliance checkbox, something for the legal team to handle. Today, it’s a strategic national priority. At Civo Navigate, we sat down with industry experts to unpack why India is now placing sovereignty at the centre of its digital strategies.
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Megaport's Full Solution Portfolio Is Coming to India

Jan 19, 2026 By Matt Simpson In Megaport
From cloud on-ramps to virtual edge services, Megaport’s expansion into India from March 2026 will support modern network design in the market. India’s digital economy is growing at incredible speed. Cloud and AI adoption is accelerating, data volumes are scaling, and more businesses are designing architectures that extend well beyond a single data center or cloud region.
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AI SRE in Practice: Diagnosing Configuration Drift in Deployment Failures

Jan 18, 2026 By Itiel Shwartz In Komodor
Deployments fail for dozens of reasons. Most of them are obvious from the error messages or pod events. But when a deployment rolls out successfully according to Kubernetes but your application starts experiencing latency spikes and error rate increases, the investigation becomes significantly harder. This scenario walks through a configuration drift incident where the deployment appeared healthy but available replicas were constantly flapping, creating cascading reliability issues.
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