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Cycle

Our Biggest Platform Release in Years: Virtual Providers and Virtual Machines

May 14, 2025 By Jake Warner In Cycle
Cycle.io is taking a giant leap forward in 2025. Today, we're announcing the biggest platform release in years -- a release that catapults Cycle into a new era of hybrid infrastructure orchestration and cements its status as a true alternative to both Kubernetes and VMware. Now, with two massively impactful features: Virtual Providers and Virtual Machines.
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New Feature: Virtual Providers - Orchestrate Hybrid Infrastructure

May 14, 2025 By Cycle Platform In Cycle
Your Infrastructure. Your Cloud. Anywhere. Introducing Virtual Providers—a powerful new way to turn any server or VM into part of your Cycle-managed private cloud. With just a bootable ISO generated from the Cycle platform, you can instantly bring bare metal or virtual machines online—no matter where they live. Cloud, colo, on-prem, edge, or even a server sitting in a closet. Once connected, Cycle handles the provisioning, updates, networking, and orchestration automatically.
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NEW: Virtual Machines on Cycle

May 14, 2025 By Cycle Platform In Cycle
Run Anything, Anywhere — Now Including Virtual Machines Cycle just got even more powerful. In this video, we're announcing full support for virtual machine workloads on the Cycle platform. That means containers, functions, and now VMs—running side by side, managed through the same automation, networking, and orchestration engine. Whether it's bare metal in a colo, VMs on a cloud provider, or hardware in a homelab, Cycle brings it all together into one global private cloud.
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What Does It Take to Build a Tech-Ready Skillset in 2025?

What Does It Take to Build a Tech-Ready Skillset in 2025?

May 14, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Between AI-augmented threat vectors, compliance regulations that read like legal thrillers, and the rise of everything-as-code, staying relevant in tech now means actively evolving. So, what does it really take to be tech-ready in 2025? Whether you're deep in IT operations, navigating DevOps pipelines, or wrangling compliance frameworks, there's a clear shift: employers aren't just hiring for knowledge-they're hiring for adaptability, cross-disciplinary fluency, and up-to-date certifications that prove more than just test-taking skills.
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redgate

Sensitive Action Log in Redgate Monitor Enterprise

May 13, 2025 By Ben Emmett In Redgate
I’m excited to announce a new capability in Redgate Monitor Enterprise: the Sensitive Action Log. As infrastructure becomes more complex, it’s more critical than ever to maintain control over how your monitoring environment is configured and accessed. Whether you’re responding to internal compliance policies, preparing for audits, or simply tightening operational security, it’s key to understand who did what, when.
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cloudzero

Navigating GCP Instance Types: What To Use And When

May 13, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) might not always be the loudest name in the cloud room. But it’s gradually become a powerhouse for organizations running data-intensive, AI/ML, and global-scale applications. We also can’t ignore that GCP offers a backbone powered by Google’s own infrastructure (the same one that runs YouTube, Gmail, and Search).
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resolve

Automation Mistakes: The Anti-Patterns Holding IT Back

May 13, 2025 By Sean Heuer In Resolve
In a world where AI and automation are redefining enterprise IT, there’s one harsh truth that often gets overlooked: most automation initiatives fail before they begin. Not because the technology isn’t ready, but because the strategy isn’t. Too often, teams fall into well-worn traps—automation anti-patterns—that stall progress, waste resources, and fail to deliver meaningful impact. Let’s call them what they are: automation mistakes.
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#043 - Gaming on K8s: Stateful Servers, Low Latency, and an Incredible Infra Journey with Siddha...

May 13, 2025 By Komodor In Komodor
In this episode, Sid, CEO of Hathora, discusses building game infrastructure, specifically for hosting dedicated servers. He shares how Hathora tackles the challenges of running stateful, low-latency, high-throughput workloads that reconcile player actions up to 60 times per second. Sid explains their approach using Kubernetes to manage compute across bare metal and cloud VMs, leveraging technologies like Talos and Civo's Omni.
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