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Syslog Servers Explained: How They Help with Logging

Your team lead just dropped, "We need to set up a syslog server," and now you're wondering what you've signed up for. Syslog servers aren’t just another checkbox in your infrastructure; they’re the quiet workhorses that keep logs organized and accessible. When things go wrong, they help you connect the dots faster. Imagine this: It’s 3 AM, and alerts are flooding in. Your authentication service is failing, but the logs on that server show nothing unusual.

European Space Agency: Modernizing data and IT infrastructure to advancespace exploration with AI

The European Space Agency (ESA) leads some of the most exciting and impactful space missions, from the Billion Star Survey to Euclid’s exploration of dark matter and energy. None of these missions would be possible without infrastructure. To expand its space mission capacity, ESA embarked on a journey to modernise its IT infrastructure and adopt an integrated set of data management capabilities. Using this new infrastructure will enable the agency to reach new frontiers and adopt new AI-driven technologies, such as anomaly detection and long-term satellite health forecasting.

Top 5 Things to Keep in Mind When Choosing an Agentic AI Based DevOps Copilot

Looking to enhance automation, optimize your CI/CD pipeline, and improve infrastructure management all at the same time? Look no further than a Agentic AI based copilot. But choosing the right one requires a thoughtful, case-driven approach. From managing the costs associated with using large AI models to ensuring your copilot of choice actually delivers factual and reliable insights, it’s important to have all the information you need..

How Engineering Leaders Can Supercharge Developer Productivity

How do you boost developer productivity without burning out your team? At Civo Navigate San Francisco 2025, industry leaders discuss how engineering teams can improve workflows, ship quality code faster, and scale developer productivity. Join Benjie De Groot (Shipyard), Nathen Harvey (Google), Irina Nazarova (Evil Martians) and Solomon Hykes (Dagger, Docker) as they explore DORA metrics, DevEx, shift-left strategies, and tooling for high-impact engineering teams.

AI at the Edge with #ubuntu & @RenesasPresents ! #Ubuntu #Renesas #ew25 #embeddedworld #iot

At Embedded World 2025, we demonstrated how Ubuntu enables secure, scalable, and high-performance edge AI solutions. With Secure Boot, full disk encryption, and inference running directly on a CPU in kiosk mode, this setup showcases the future of embedded intelligence. How do you see AI at the edge transforming industries?

Boost Magento performance: scale, optimize, and speed up your ecommerce store

Looking to maximize the performance of your Magento or Adobe Commerce store? In this deep-dive session, Platform.sh experts Jared Wright and Jerry’s Ida share best practices for optimizing infrastructure, caching strategies, database tuning, and deployment processes. Learn how to scale for high-traffic events like Black Friday Discover Magento-specific optimizations for caching, Redis, and MySQL Reduce downtime with efficient deployment strategies Use tools like Blackfire to track and improve performance.

FinOps As A Service: How To Do Cloud Finance For Smarter Spending

We’ve covered the fundamentals of FinOps in several guides on this blog, including FinOps 101, the FinOps maturity journey (as outlined by the FinOps Foundation), and more. But if you need a quick refresher, no worries. We’ve linked key guides on what FinOps is, why it matters, and how to make it work for you in “Related reads” in the next section.

Fix IT Incidents Faster with AI | Meet Edwin AI: The First Agentic AI for ITOps

Tired of drowning in IT alerts? Struggling to find the root cause of incidents? Edwin AI is here to help. Edwin AI is the first agentic AI built for IT teams, designed to cut through the noise, speed up resolutions, and prevent outages. Cuts alert noise by 90% – Less clutter, more focus Fixes issues 60% faster – AI-powered insights and recommendations Boosts team productivity by 20% – Automates tasks and escalations.