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JFrog Cloud: Architected for Performance at Scale

Petabytes of monthly data transfer. Thousands of concurrent requests per customer. Hundreds of thousands of requests per minute per customer. The JFrog Platform is a mission critical piece of software development and delivery infrastructure for companies that require performance at scale. When you’re supporting thousands of developers, even a minute of downtime or delay can mean millions of dollars lost productivity.

Open Source vs. Proprietary LLMs

Large Language Models (LLMs) are now essential to modern artificial intelligence (AI), enabling machines to understand and generate human language. Their impact is evident across various industries, with estimates suggesting that by 2025, 750 million apps will integrate LLMs. From enhancing customer service with intelligent chatbots to advancing medical research, LLMs are driving efficiency in business operations.

From Runbooks to Real-Time: The Evolution of IT Process Automation

In the dynamic world of IT, change is the only constant. What used to be manual, repetitive, and slow has now become quick, automated workflows that run faster than ever before. IT process automation, previously known as “runbook automation,” has evolved significantly. It started as a simple concept and has become essential in modern IT operations. But how did this transformation happen, and why is real-time automation now imperative for businesses to thrive?

Spark or Hadoop: the best choice for big data teams?

I always find the Olympics to be an unusual experience. I’m hardly an athletics fanatic, yet I can’t help but get swept up in the spirit of the competition. When the Olympics took place in Paris last summer, I suddenly began rooting for my country in sports I barely knew existed. I would spend random Thursday nights glued to the TV, cheering on athletes as they skillfully let fly arrows, disks, hammers and so on.

What is SBOM? Software bill of materials explained

In the wake of EU drafted legislation and US executive orders, a software bill of materials (SBOM) has gone from a nice-to-have to a fundamental piece of software documentation. In this article, we’ll examine what an SBOM is, what information it must include, and the approaches that developers and manufacturers alike should consider as they start building their SBOM.

Connectivity and Cloud: Navigating AI's Blind Spots in 2025

Mike Hoy, CTO, Pulsant looks ahead to the next 12 months, identifying some of the challenges organisations are likely to face in delivering AI projects, and highlighting the importance of a resilient, connected infrastructure in meeting these. As AI proofs of concept evolve over the next 12–18 months, they will lay the groundwork for advances in technology.

Introducing Kubex: Tackling the Kubernetes Blind Spot

Kubernetes (K8s) has transformed cloud-native infrastructure, enabling enterprises to build scalable, agile environments. Yet, alongside its benefits, Kubernetes introduces a significant blind spot —a rapidly growing part of cloud budgets that has become more and more difficult to optimize. Excess spend is common, and is caused by incorrectly specified container resources, stranding tremendous amounts of resources while at the same time introducing significant operational risk.

2024 DORA Report Takeaways

The 2024 edition of DORA Report (previously State of DevOps) is here As you know, each year Sleuth partners with Google Cloud and DORA Institute to conduct an industry benchmark study on what an elite Engineering team looks like. This year, in addition to the core topic of DORA metrics, the report also focuses on relevant contemporary topics, like DevEx. Special guest: Derek DeBellis, Lead Researcher of the 2024 report!