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Infrastructure Management: When to Pick Bare Metal or Virtualized Servers

Infrastructure management isn't about taking sides. Too often, teams get pulled into “X is better than Y” debates that miss the bigger picture: your compute stack should serve your needs, not industry hype. A common decision point in the past has been the choice between bare metal or cloud hyperscalar virtualization. Nowadays, the answer isn't 1 or 0.

The Future of WAN Design Depends on Network as a Service (NaaS)

Megaport and AWS explore how Network as a Service (NaaS) transforms WAN design with cloud-native agility, on-demand provisioning, and GenAI-ready flexibility. Co-authored by: Rishi Katdare, Leader – AWS Core Networking & GTM, AWS Mokshith Kumar, Sr. GTM Specialist Solutions Architect – AWS Core Networking, AWS As enterprise architectures grow more distributed and cloud-native, traditional methods of building and managing Wide Area Networks (WANs) are reaching their limits.

Canonical delivers Kubernetes platform and open-source security with NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design

To ease the path of enterprise AI adoption and accelerate the conversion of AI insights into business value, NVIDIA recently published the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design, an ecosystem of solutions that integrates seamlessly with enterprise systems, data sources, and security infrastructure. The NVIDIA templates for hardware and software design are tailored for modern AI projects, including Physical AI & HPC with a focus on agentic AI workloads.

Accelerate Network Automation with No-Code/Low-Code Tools

Discover how no-code/low-code platforms are transforming network automation. In this webinar, industry experts show how “citizen developers” can automate workflows without complex software projects. Live demo of no-code/low-code tools in action Real-world examples across the network operations lifecycle How AI supports smarter, faster automation Learn how to cut costs, streamline operations, and accelerate your automation journey—starting today.

DevEx Unpacked 002 - DevRel, Donuts & Distributed Systems with Dan McKinney

Episode 002: In this episode of DevEx Unpacked, Alan Carson sits down with Dan McKinney, one of Cloudsmith’s earliest team members and now Head of Solutions Engineering. Dan reflects on his unique journey from writing docs and filming DevRel videos to leading high-stakes enterprise sales. Discover how Cloudsmith scaled from a two-person start-up to a platform trusted by global enterprises, why software supply chain security is more urgent than ever, and what features make developers and security teams lean in.

Rancher Live: The Kubernetes report card

Join Divya Mohan live on July 17th at 2 PM UTC on to explore OpenReports—a new project for unified, API-driven reporting. Discover how OpenReports simplifies capturing and consuming policy, security, and compliance reports via a vendor-neutral API. See live demos, real-world use cases, and learn how this project brings clarity and consistency to Kubernetes reporting. Don’t miss it!

A Roadmap To AWS Savings Plans Vs. Reserved Instances

A decade after launching Reserved Instances (RIs), Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced Savings Plans as a more flexible alternative to RIs. AWS Savings Plans are not meant to replace Reserved Instances; they are complementary. SPs and RIs have some significant differences that make each better suited to specific uses. For example, while Savings Plans apply to both EC2 and Fargate instances, RIs only apply to EC2 instances. Let’s break down AWS Savings Plans vs.

Azure Budget Planning: Simplify Cost Management and Forecasting

The video introduces the new Turbo 360 feature designed to simplify Azure budget planning for teams. It highlights how team managers can easily manage and project costs, input monthly records, and adjust budgets based on upcoming projects, all while minimizing reliance on technical resources. The focus is on enhancing productivity and making financial management more accessible.