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Here at Canonical we are excited to announce that we have shipped the first release of our solution for enterprise-ready data lakehouses, built on the combination of Apache Spark and Apache Kyuubi. Using our Charmed Apache Kyuubi in integration with Spark, you can deliver a robust, production-level, and open source data lakehouse. Our Apache Kyuubi charm integrates tightly as part of the Charmed Apache Spark bundle, providing a single and simpler-to-use SQL interface to big data analytics enthusiasts.

VMware. A name synonymous with virtualization, a powerhouse in the infrastructure space and seemingly the enterprise standard for those managing VMs, to put it simply. But if you haven't noticed yet, behind that familiar name is a new age of license complexity, unexpected renewals, and sharp price hikes that have left many organizations scrambling. Since Broadcom acquired VMware, these challenges have only intensified, with customers blindsided by costs increasing several hundred percent overnight.

It’s been a noisy summer in the AI world. Headlines have been filled with doom and gloom: For example, OpenAI’s ChatGPT-5 landing with a thud, and an MIT report claiming 95% of AI pilots are failing. For the sceptics, this is “proof” that AI is just hype. I don’t buy it. The MIT study looked at just 50 projects, a sample size so small you’d fail a basic stats exam for using it. And as someone who uses AI every single day, I can tell you the benefits are real.

John Q Martin, Technology & Alliances Partner Manager at Redgate, covers 10 mistakes he's made when migrating databases to the cloud - and the strategies he now implements to avoid them happening again. But first, John explains exactly why databases are the hardest part of cloud migration.

Redgate Test Data Manager’s September release introduces AI dataset generation, streamlined database connectivity, and improved validation. These updates eliminate manual work and configuration errors while maintaining security and data quality standards.

SSL Certificates have always been a pain in the butt. From the magical OpenSSL incantations to generate a CSR to the various formats that each webserver requires. Remembering what hardware needs which certificates. Managing scheduled renewals and runbooks for which file goes where. Screw anything up and your site is “Not Secure”. And now Apple wants us to do it every 47 days. Remember when we had HTTP-only websites? Or when certificates lasted three years? Then one?

Europe’s open source ecosystem is at a turning point. The Linux Foundation’s Open Source as Europe’s Strategic Advantage: Trends, Barriers, and Priorities for the European Open Source Community amid Regulatory and Geopolitical Shifts report shows organizations across the continent are broadly adopting open source software (OSS). But adoption alone doesn’t guarantee resilience, innovation, or security.

If you work in automotive, you’ve probably already heard of the CRA – the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act. It’s one of the most ambitious pieces of cybersecurity regulation in years. And while it wasn’t written specifically for cars, it’s going to impact a huge part of how software gets built, updated, and maintained across the automotive stack. So here’s the question: how do you prepare for something like the CRA?