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CI/CD vs. EaaS: Choosing the Right Development Workflow

May 30, 2025 By Alin Dobra In Bunnyshell
CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) automates code integration, testing, and deployment. It speeds up development, improves code quality, and ensures reliable releases. EaaS (Environments as a Service) provides temporary, production-like environments for testing, staging, or demos. It streamlines resource usage, speeds up validation, and supports parallel development.
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devart

Parameterized Queries: Complete Guide to SQL Query Parameterization

May 30, 2025 By Victoria Lazarus In Devart
In today’s digital world, where data breaches and cyberattacks make headlines daily, protecting your database has never been more crucial. One of the most effective and often overlooked ways is using parameterized queries. This simple yet powerful technique shields your database against malicious attacks and enhances your query performance.
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devart

SSMS Tools Pack vs dbForge SQL Complete: A Clash of SSMS Add-ins

May 30, 2025 By dbForge Team In Devart
Undoubtedly, SSMS is a proven database management and administration tool that does its job well. Yet we all tend to expand our capabilities as much as we can, tailoring this tool to our specific needs. That’s how we get a wide range of SSMS plugins and extensions at our service—each designed to enhance specific aspects of development and administration.
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devart

Database Design Best Practices for Optimal Schema & Table Structures

May 30, 2025 By Victoria Lazarus In Devart
In a world where database management keeps evolving, following database design best practices is crucial to ensure that your database application keeps performing efficiently. A well-designed database creates a thoughtful relationship between tables and schemas. It enhances application performance, making it work faster, and scales effortlessly. On the other hand, if your database is poorly designed, the application is prone to slow performance and scalability issues.
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devart

How to Reset Identity Seed After Deleting Records in SQL Server

May 30, 2025 By Victoria Lazarus In Devart
If you’ve ever deleted records in SQL Server and then noticed your next insert doesn’t start at 1 but maybe jumps to 57, you’ve seen firsthand why it’s important to know how to reseed identity in SQL Server. Identity columns are excellent for auto-generating unique row identifiers; however, they usually don’t reset automatically. This behavior can leave frustrating gaps and disrupt your queries.
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redgate

10 reasons to choose Redgate Flyway

May 30, 2025 By Claire Matthews In Redgate
Thousands of organizations use DevOps practices every day to deliver application changes. But what about the database? Excluding the database from your software delivery lifecycle risks application performance, data security and integrity. With Redgate Flyway Enterprise, you can solve this challenge with one solution built on best-in-class database comparison technology.
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cloudzero

Choosing AWS Vs. Cloudflare: Which One Do You Need?

May 30, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
AWS and Cloudflare often come up together when teams are building, securing, and scaling web applications. While they originally served different purposes, their offerings now overlap in key areas like content delivery (CloudFront vs. Cloudflare CDN), edge compute (Lambda@Edge vs. Workers), DNS and WAF, and API delivery. In this guide, we’ll explore what each platform does best, when to use one over the other, and see if you can combine both for optimal speed, security, and cost efficiency.
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last9

Traceparent: How OpenTelemetry Connects Your Microservices

May 30, 2025 By Preeti Dewani In Last9
In a microservices setup, tracking a single request across services quickly gets complex. One service calls another, then a third, and your logs don’t line up. The traceparent header carries context between services, so all parts of a request connect back to the start. For example, when a frontend sends a request to an API, which then calls a database service, traceparent it links those calls in the trace. Without it, you’re left guessing how requests flow.
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circleci

Check the status of your CircleCI pipeline without leaving your IDE

May 30, 2025 By Joel Thompson In CircleCI
Waiting on CI is one thing. Keeping tabs on it without breaking focus is another. Most developers track build progress by opening the CircleCI UI, navigating to the project, and digging through pipelines to find the latest run for a specific branch. It’s not hard, but it pulls you out of flow. Especially when you’re doing it multiple times a day across projects.
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The Business Impact of Proactive IT Infrastructure Planning

The Business Impact of Proactive IT Infrastructure Planning

May 30, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Proactive IT infrastructure planning forms the backbone of a thriving organization. It provides the necessary framework for decision-making that aligns technology investments with business goals. Organizations that engage in strategic planning often position themselves for sustained growth and successful transformation, minimizing disruption from unforeseen issues.
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devart

Data Integration Challenges: How to Overcome Common Obstacles in 2025

May 29, 2025 By Rosemary Asufi In Devart
Data integration challenges are rising as organizations rely on data flowing across cloud, on-premise, SaaS, and legacy systems. According to Salesforce, 80% of IT leaders cite data silos as a top concern. In addition, 72% say overly entangled systems are slowing progress—making it harder to scale, adopt AI, or modernize operations. These issues disrupt real-time workflows, add friction to cross-system processes, and limit an organization’s ability to adapt at speed.
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devart

CRM Migration: Key Steps and Best Practices for Success

May 29, 2025 By Rosemary Asufi In Devart
CRM migration affects far more than just your tech stack—it influences customer relationships, operational agility, and long-term growth. That’s why understanding the strategic considerations behind the process is essential for technical teams and decision-makers. When done right, migration creates a well-integrated, data-driven foundation. When mishandled, it leads to disruption and costly setbacks—and the risk is measurable.
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Cycle

Solving Infrastructure Challenges: Real Use Cases in On-Prem, Bare Metal, and Hybrid Environments

May 29, 2025 By Konner Bemis In Cycle
Bridging the gap between cloud agility and bare metal performance has always been a delicate dance of stakeholder priorities, time, and money. From the beginning, Cycle set out to be one of the best Kubernetes alternatives. We empower users, giving them autonomy to make crucial infrastructure decisions, instead of locking them into the control of hyperscalars or getting lost in bloated ecosystems.
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How to Link a SQL Server Database to GitHub Using dbForge Source Control

May 29, 2025 By Devart In Devart
Looking to connect your SQL Server database to GitHub for version control? This step-by-step tutorial will guide you through the entire process using dbForge Source Control. We'll show you how to create a GitHub repository , create a local folder and clone it via Git — all directly from SQL Server Management Studio with the help of dbForge. Whether you're managing schema updates or collaborating across teams, this video will get you started in minutes.
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How to Link a MySQL Database to GitHub with Source Control for MySQL

May 29, 2025 By Devart In Devart
Did you know you could version-control your MySQL databases with Git — all without leaving your development environment? This tutorial will walk you through the process using the integrated Source Control in dbForge Studio for MySQL By the end of the video, your database will be under full Git-based version control — ready for collaboration ,change tracking , and conflict resolution .
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GenAI in Action: Strategies for Business Transformation

May 29, 2025 By Civo In Civo
As Generative AI continues to reshape industries, staying informed is key to unlocking new opportunities and driving success. In 60 minutes, join our expert-led webinar to gain a comprehensive understanding of GenAI, its benefits, and applications in business. Our session will cover the key trends, ecosystem shifts, and business value of GenAI, as well as provide a step-by-step guide on how to develop a GenAI strategy and overcome common adoption challenges.
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Teneo

Navigating the SSE Landscape: The 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant

May 29, 2025 By Teneo In Teneo
Having reviewed the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge (SSE), it is fair to say that it reflects a comprehensive evaluation of vendors delivering integrated, cloud-based security solutions. However, while such assessments provide valuable insights for those looking for full-stack adoption, real-world adoption may require deeper analysis and strategic planning.
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Sunbird

DCIM and the Gartner Hype Cycle: Why the Time to Act Is Now

May 29, 2025 By Sunbird In Sunbird
In the world of data center operations, timing matters. While adopting technology too early and choosing the wrong vendor can lead to frustration, waiting too long can leave you playing catch-up. That’s why the Gartner Hype Cycle is such a useful tool. It helps organizations separate fleeting hype from lasting value.
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Cycle

Top 5 Modern CI/CD Tools in 2025

May 29, 2025 By Konner Bemis In Cycle
In the ever-growing ecosystem of infrastructure and software development, where tools like Kubernetes introduce complexity and hyperscalers welcome sprawl, it's more important to have your SDLC buttoned up and as efficient as possible. CI/CD, one of Cycle's noble sidekicks, is important in kicking off the SDLC, and having a tool that gets the job done without introducing extra complexity or constraint is paramount.
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console connect

Elastic bandwidth and the future of AI-driven networks

May 29, 2025 By Shaheen Kalla In Console Connect
In this employee spotlight blog, Shaheen Kalla, Presales Team Lead, explores what the future of AI in networking may hold and the possibilities it presents. So much has been written about AI in the context of software engineering, machine learning, and data manipulation - especially where large datasets are involved. However, very little has been explored when it comes to AI from a networking perspective.
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cloudsmith

OWASP CI/CD Part 4: Poisoned Pipeline Execution (PPE)

May 29, 2025 By Nigel Douglas In Cloudsmith
Modern development teams often rely on Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines to automate testing, building, and deployment of their code These pipelines are typically defined through configuration files stored within the source code repository. Developers, DevOps engineers, or other contributors with the appropriate permissions frequently need to edit these files to adjust workflows, add new checks, or support evolving project requirements.
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circleci

End-to-end testing and deployment of a multi-agent AI system with Docker, LangGraph, and CircleCI

May 29, 2025 By Benito Martin In CircleCI
Multi-agent AI systems are transforming how intelligent applications are built. By orchestrating multiple specialized agents that collaborate to solve complex tasks, these systems enable more dynamic and efficient workflows. However, deploying such a system reliably and at scale requires a structured approach to testing, packaging, and automation.
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last9

Windows Error Logs: Your Guide to Simplified Debugging

May 29, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
When an application functions flawlessly in your environment but crashes unpredictably on a client’s Windows server, the root cause is often buried in system logs—logs many developers overlook. Windows maintains comprehensive error records that document crashes, failures, and system events with precise detail. These Windows error logs serve as an invaluable resource for diagnosing issues in production environments.
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How Auditd Logs Help Secure Linux Environments

May 29, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
If you manage a Linux server and notice something unusual, auditd logs can help you track exactly what’s happening. This built-in audit system records who accessed the system and what actions they performed. In this guide, we’ll cover setting up auditd, reading the logs, and using them to detect potential security issues early.
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Revamped Analytics: Unlock Deeper Insights with Squadcast

May 28, 2025 By Vishal Padghan In Squadcast
At Squadcast, we're always striving to make incident management seamless, efficient, and data-driven. That's why we're thrilled to announce the launch of our revamped Analytics feature! This major upgrade transforms the way you access metrics and insights about your incident response, offering a new level of granularity and speed.
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Incident.io

Why we vibe coded a marketing campaign for Anthropic

May 28, 2025 By Tom Wentworth In Incident.io
Let’s start with the obvious: we’d like to have Anthropic as a customer. We greatly admire the work they are doing at the intersection of frontier models + safety. We use lots of different AI tooling at incident.io. We’re all-in at AI at incident.io, both to improve the productivity of our internal team and, more importantly, to provide our customers with superpowers in the form of an AI incident responder.
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dotConnect for MySQL: The Enterprise-Grade Connector You Can Trust

May 28, 2025 By Devart In Devart
Supercharge your.NET development with dotConnect for MySQL — the high-performance ADO.NET provider that offers direct connectivity to MySQL and MariaDB.nIn this video, you’ll get a complete overview of how dotConnect for MySQL simplifies data access, enhances productivity, and powers robust applications across the.NET ecosystem. What you’ll see: Whether you're building enterprise apps or data-driven services, dotConnect for MySQL gives you the speed, flexibility, and security you need.
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MCP server: Automated test coverage

May 28, 2025 By CircleCI In CircleCI
Learn about a new feature using CircleCI's MCP server that brings automated test coverage to AI-enabled applications. Using a simple React app, the MCP server scans for AI prompts, recommends tests, and writes them directly into your codebase. Watch how you can: Now you can test and ship with confidence—right from your IDE or CI pipeline.
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cloudzero

20+ Cloud Management Software Platforms To Know In 2025

May 28, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
The cloud offers many benefits, including scalability, cost savings, and operational efficiency. But here’s the deal. Organizing, monitoring, and controlling a cloud environment can become complex as workloads, applications, services, and underlying infrastructure grow. Businesses can better control and monitor their cloud infrastructure services, resources, and data using cloud management software.
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cloudzero

Why Is CloudZero The World's Best-Funded FinOps Startup?

May 28, 2025 By Phil Pergola In CloudZero
Global cloud spending will surge past $700 billion this year. Megacaps alone will spend more than $300 billion on AI in 2025, with much more on the way. The innovation potential of the cloud has never been higher, never been more hotly contested, and never come with a higher price tag. In the late 2000s, the cloud reshaped the global economy and enabled life as we know it. Now, in the mid 2020s, AI is poised to do the same.
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haproxy

Announcing HAProxy 3.2

May 28, 2025 By Willy Tarreau In HAProxy
HAProxy 3.2 is here, and this release gives you more of what matters most: exceptional performance and efficiency, best-in-class SSL/TLS, deep observability, and flexible control over your traffic. These powerful capabilities help HAProxy remain the G2 category leader in API management, container networking, DDoS protection, web application firewall (WAF), and load balancing.
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rancher

Fix What Matters: SUSE Application Collection Adds Real Context to CVEs With OpenVEX

May 28, 2025 By François-Xavier "FX" Houard In Rancher
If you’re working with containers, SBOMs or any kind of vulnerability scan, you know the drill. Every scan lights up like a Christmas tree. Critical, high, medium and low vulnerabilities. It feels that the list will always go on. The goal is always zero CVEs. And while that sounds great, it’s not realistic. They come at such a high pace, and sometimes they are really hard to resolve. Teams are spending time chasing vulnerabilities that don’t matter.
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cortex

Turn Data into Insight with Cortex's New Engineering Intelligence Tools

May 28, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
Our first turnkey dashboard gives you a real-time pulse on engineering health. Every chart is interactive: click any bar or data point to drill down into the underlying PRs, commits, or incidents. And we’re just getting started; more dashboards are already on the way!
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Developer self-service made easy with Cortex Workflows

May 28, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
Whether it's ensuring a new service is fully equipped with security scanning, logging, and monitoring from the start, enforcing production readiness checks during deployment, or providing temporary credentials for a production database, Workflows directly support Engineering Excellence Initiatives around modernization and standardization.
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last9

Kubernetes Logs: How to Collect and Use Them

May 28, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
If you’ve worked with Kubernetes, you know logs are essential for understanding what’s happening inside your clusters. However, unlike traditional servers, Kubernetes logs present their unique challenges. Pods frequently start and stop, containers restart regularly, and logs stored locally can be lost quickly. Because of this, managing logs in Kubernetes requires a different approach.
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Docker Container Lifecycle: Key States and Best Practices

May 28, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
You’ve probably run a lot of Docker containers, but do you know what happens behind the scenes? The Docker container lifecycle is the path a container follows from being created to running, stopping, and finally getting removed. Understanding these steps helps you figure out why a container might not start or when to restart it instead of creating a new one.
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Automated State-based Deployments in Flyway | The Tony and Tonie Show

May 27, 2025 By Redgate Software In Redgate
If your development team delivers the desired end state of a database, but you then struggle to deploy the required changes safely and consistently, Flyway’s new state-based deployments can help. Tony and Tonie discuss how it works and why it helps bring unreliable deployments under control.
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netdata

Introducing Netdata Insights

May 27, 2025 By Shyam Sreevalsan In netdata
We’ve been thinking a lot about synthesis lately. Netdata already samples every metric every second at the edge. Engineers told us the remaining pain point was synthesis, the ability to pull hours or days or months of high‑resolution time‑series into a concise explanation they could hand to a teammate (or use themselves to debug faster).
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last9

Server Performance Metrics Explained

May 27, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
Server performance metrics help you figure out what’s going wrong, where your bottlenecks are, and how your system handles load. They give you the data to plan capacity, fix issues before they escalate, and build more reliable infrastructure. In this guide, we’ll go over the core metrics that matter, how to monitor them effectively, and the tools that can help along the way.
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relaxAI API Tutorial: Getting Started with Secure and Private AI

May 27, 2025 By Civo In Civo
Join Kunal Kushwaha, Field CTO, as he demonstrates how to get started with relaxAI API using Python, and explores its seamless integration with OpenAI API. Learn how to connect your API key, make requests, and parse responses. Start building private and secure AI applications today with relaxAI API!
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cloudzero

20 Multi-Cloud Management Tools To Consider In 2025

May 27, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Over the last few years, more organizations have switched from relying solely on one cloud service provider (CSP) to several. The primary reasons for the change are minimizing dependence on a single CSP, preventing vendor lock-in, and providing greater flexibility. Recent trends include using a mix of cloud providers to take advantage of the cost savings several CSPs offer and using best-of-breed services for different applications, teams, or departments.
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resolve

The Future of IT Operations Is Zero Ticket

May 27, 2025 By Sean Heuer In Resolve
For years, IT teams have lived and died by the ticket. Every incident, every request, every change: logged, routed, triaged, assigned. We built entire platforms, teams, and workflows around this idea. But the IT environment has changed. Complexity is exploding. Expectations are rising. And the ticket? It’s become a bottleneck. If you’re in IT operations, you already feel this. The relentless volume. The alert fatigue. The rising MTTRs and missed SLAs. The pressure to do more with less.
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What is different between an application based instance and an image based instance?

May 27, 2025 By Canonical Ubuntu In Canonical
In this video, the Anbox team demonstrates the differences between an Anbox Cloud instance created based on an application and an instance that is based on an image. Time codes: What is Anbox Cloud? Anbox Cloud lets you run virtualized Android environments securely, at any scale, to any device letting you focus on your use case. Run Android in system containers, not emulators, on AWS, OCI, Azure, GCP or your private cloud with ultra low streaming latency.
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megaport

How to Prepare for APRA CPS 230 Regulations

May 27, 2025 By Kyle Gibson In Megaport
Understand what APRA CPS 230 means for your organization, and how to get compliance-ready by the July 2025 deadline. If you work for an Australian business in the financial services industry, you’ve likely already heard of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). You may also have heard that a new set of APRA regulations, CPS 230, will become mandatory for all APRA-regulated companies to comply with as of 1 July 2025.
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cortex

Introducing Entity Relationships: Define your data model

May 27, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
Today we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Entity Relationships, a powerful new capability that gives you more flexibility and control over the data model in your IDP. By allowing you to create custom relationships between entities in your catalog, you can model your internal developer portal to accurately reflect your own organization’s taxonomy, letting you better answer deep questions about your environments, releases, packages, and beyond.
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cortex

Solve service ownership in minutes with Cortex's AI prediction model

May 27, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
Today marks an exciting milestone not just for Cortex, but for every organization looking to foster a culture of engineering excellence. Knowing who owns what is one of the hardest and most important challenges for engineering teams. Without clear ownership, incidents take longer to resolve, migrations stall, and enforcing standards becomes nearly impossible.
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cortex

Easily & quickly bring all your data into Cortex with the Axon Framework

May 27, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
With over 50 built-in integrations, Cortex customers have an always-up-to-date, single interface for their engineering priorities, tools, and tasks. But large organizations have a lot of tools. And if you're running internally hosted tools, or for policy or security reasons would prefer to keep your access tokens private, that used to limit what was possible in your internal developer. Not anymore.
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jfrog

How JFrog Delivers Self-Service Cloud Environments for our Developers

May 27, 2025 By Hanan Cohen In JFrog
The internal DevOps team at JFrog needed to provision cloud resources, create environments, and manage infrastructure for our developers. Unfortunately, it involved wasting a significant amount of time on repetitive tasks, that was slowing down the pace of innovation and taking away our developers’ focus from building new features and industry leading products.
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#044 - Scaling Platforms and Pioneering AI Agents with Hasith Kalpage (Outshift by Cisco)

May 27, 2025 By Komodor In Komodor
Join us as Hasith Kalpag, Head of Platform Engineering at Outshift by Cisco, shares his fascinating journey. Hear about his experience leading the massive WebEx transformation to cloud-native using Kubernetes, including the intense push during the COVID-19 response, where they went from zero to over 50 production clusters in just three months.
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How Managed Optical Fiber Networks (MOFN) Are Powering the AI-Driven Future of Data Center Interconnect (DCI)

May 27, 2025 By Mitch Simcoe In Ribbon
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolves from a research novelty to an enterprise essential, one often-overlooked component is under intense pressure: the network. AI’s hunger for data and real-time performance is forcing enterprises, cloud providers, and data center operators to rethink how they interconnect data centers. Enter Managed Optical Fiber Networks (MOFN) — a modern solution for modern DCI challenges.
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devart

Real-Time Data Integration Guide: Best Practices and Architecture

May 26, 2025 By Rosemary Asufi In Devart
Real-time data integration today is not just about speed—it’s about resilience, consistency, and scalability under pressure. Businesses that master these architectures report up to 23% higher profitability because it moves reliably when it matters most. But building for that kind of reliability is where most systems fall short. Many pipelines labeled “real-time” are only fast until they hit traffic spikes, schema drift, or conflicting data models.
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bunnyshell

How to Automatically Create Preview Environments for Every Pull Request

May 26, 2025 By Alex Oprisan In Bunnyshell
Deploy full-stack environments for every PR in under 10 minutes If you’re using GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps and want to streamline your development workflow, this post is for you. Imagine this: every time a developer opens a pull request, a full environment spins up automatically — frontend, backend, database, services — the whole stack. It’s deployed in your cloud, seeded with test data, and ready for QA, product, or design to review.
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bunnyshell

Why Your Developers Don't Test Enough (and How to Fix It)

May 26, 2025 By Alin Dobra In Bunnyshell
Especially when AI is writing more and more of your code Let’s be honest: developers don’t test enough. You see it every week — a feature is merged, staging breaks, and the bug was something obvious: a missing dependency, an incorrect flag, a minor logic error that could’ve been caught earlier. With AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Windsurf writing code faster than ever, this problem is only growing. The code output is higher — but the validation often isn’t.
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bunnyshell

How AI Code Assistants Break CI Pipelines - and How to Fix It

May 26, 2025 By Alin Dobra In Bunnyshell
And why ephemeral preview environments are your best defense AI-powered code assistants like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Windsurf are revolutionizing how we build software. Developers are moving faster than ever — scaffolding features, generating functions, and completing workflows in seconds. But here’s the catch: AI code looks right. Until it’s not. It compiles. It passes linting. It even makes it through some basic tests. But when merged?
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bunnyshell

Best Heroku Alternatives in 2025 (for Testing & QA)

May 26, 2025 By Alin Dobra In Bunnyshell
For startups that need fast, flexible, and realistic environments If you're a startup moving off Heroku in 2025, you’re not alone. What once felt like magic — git push, instant deploy, no infrastructure to manage — now feels expensive, restrictive, and increasingly disconnected from how modern teams work.
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bunnyshell

How Preview Environments Can Cut Your QA Time in Half

May 26, 2025 By Alin Dobra In Bunnyshell
…and why it matters even more in the age of AI-generated code Software development is changing fast. Thanks to tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Windsurf, developers can now generate large chunks of code in seconds. Product velocity is exploding. Startups are shipping faster than ever before. But there’s a catch: More code ≠ better code.
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canonical

OpenStack with Sunbeam for medium-scale cloud infrastructure

May 26, 2025 By Tytus Kurek In Canonical
The rapid growth in OpenStack installation and orchestration tools that we have seen in recent years has effectively established OpenStack as the world’s leading open source cloud platform. Projects like Sunbeam or Kolla Ansible, for example, are effectively transforming OpenStack into yet another user application.
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cloudzero

AWS Config Pricing Explained: What It Costs And Why

May 26, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
At first glance, AWS Config seems like a no-brainer for tracking changes, catching misconfigurations, and proving compliance. But beneath the surface, Config pricing can get surprisingly intricate. Costs don’t just depend on the number of resources you monitor. They also hinge on how often those resources change, how many rules you evaluate, and how you manage historical data. In this guide, we’ll demystify AWS Config pricing.
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last9

Graylog vs Loki: Key Differences and Use Cases

May 26, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Logs are a key part of building and running software, but managing them can get complicated fast. As your apps grow and generate logs from many sources, choosing the right tool to store, search, and analyze those logs becomes important. Graylog and Loki are two popular options, each with a different way of handling logs. In this blog, we’ll break down the main differences between Graylog and Loki, how they work, and which types of projects they suit best.
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last9

An Easy and Practical Guide to CDN Monitoring

May 26, 2025 By Preeti Dewani In Last9
A CDN delivers your content around the world, making sure users get it quickly and reliably. When it slows down or goes offline, users notice right away. Good CDN monitoring gives your team the information needed to fix issues before they affect users. This guide explains the basics of CDN monitoring and shows practical ways to set it up.
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How to create an Android virtual device using Anbox Cloud?

May 26, 2025 By Canonical Ubuntu In Canonical
In this video, the Anbox team shows how to create and test an Android virtual device using the Anbox Cloud dashboard. Time codes: What is Anbox Cloud? Anbox Cloud lets you run virtualized Android environments securely, at any scale, to any device letting you focus on your use case. Run Android in system containers, not emulators, on AWS, OCI, Azure, GCP or your private cloud with ultra low streaming latency.
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Komodor

Komodor + Backstage: Bringing Kubernetes Visibility into the Leading Open Source IDP

May 25, 2025 By Ilan Adler In Komodor
Platform engineering has emerged as the natural progression of DevOps—not a replacement as some may think, but rather more of a refinement. While DevOps broke down silos and encouraged shared responsibility, it often left teams fending for themselves across sprawling infrastructure stacks. Developers were promised autonomy, but were instead overwhelmed by the burden of managing CI/CD, security, observability, infrastructure provisioning, and more.
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devart

ADO.NET Tutorial: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners and Professionals

May 23, 2025 By Dereck Mushingairi In Devart
Long before ORMs, LINQ, and high-level abstractions became common in the.NET ecosystem, there was ADO.NET—raw, fast, and unapologetically hands-on. It was the original data access layer for developers who wanted complete control. And two decades later, it’s still the tool of choice when performance, precision, and transparency matter most. But how does it deliver that control?
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metricfire

Easy Way to Convert Wavefront Metrics Using OpenTelemetry

May 23, 2025 By Benjamin Pitts In MetricFire
Once upon a time in the world of metrics, Wavefront was a pioneer. Before Prometheus took over and tools like OpenTelemetry unified tracing and metrics, Wavefront brought something novel to the table: human-readable metrics with real-time querying and tag-based dimensionality. In enterprise environments running VMware or early microservices, it offered a scalable way to understand a system's behavior. But as the telemetry landscape evolved, many systems that spoke Wavefront were left behind.
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circleci

Trigger CircleCI pipelines from your IDE with natural language

May 23, 2025 By Joel Thompson In CircleCI
Most CircleCI pipelines are configured to trigger automatically on code commits, but not every development scenario fits that model. Sometimes you need to trigger a build manually—to test pipeline changes, retry a flaky test, or run CI on a colleague’s branch—without the friction of pushing empty commits or navigating to the UI to manually trigger a build.
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Securing Rental Devices with AirDroid Business

May 23, 2025 By AirDroidOfficial In AirDroid
With AirDroid Business, you can track locations, set up alerts, remotely lock devices, and much more to ensure your assets are safe. By utilizing features like location tracking, notifications, remote locking, factory reset protection, and call restrictions, fleet management companies can tackle the pressing challenges of device security during the rental period. Don't let device theft and misuse disrupt your business. Empower your fleet management with AirDroid Business today.
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ChatGPT vs relaxAI: What's the Difference for Your Data?

May 23, 2025 By Civo In Civo
Discover how relaxAI, Civo's AI assistant, prioritizes data privacy and security. If you're concerned about data privacy with AI assistants like ChatGPT, relaxAI is a great alternative. relaxAI takes a unique approach by bringing the LLM to your data, giving you control over your infrastructure and data.
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Can AI Eliminate IT Tickets? Exploring the Future of Automated IT

May 23, 2025 By Resolve In Resolve
What if IT issues could be resolved before a ticket is ever created? In this episode of Tech Transformed, Sean Heuer, CEO of Resolve Systems sat down with host Shubhangi Dua of EM360Tech to explore the groundbreaking concept of Zero Ticket IT. Heuer explains it's not about solving tickets faster—it's about eliminating the need for them entirely. Together, they dive into how agentic AI and intelligent automation are reshaping the future of IT operations, moving away from reactive models and towards seamless, proactive resolution.
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Pulseway Announces Integration with KaseyaOne and Cooper Insights

May 23, 2025 By Pulseway In Pulseway
Pulseway and Kaseya have worked side by side for years, driven by a shared goal: to make powerful, easy-to-use IT solutions accessible to small and midsized businesses (SMBs). With the release of Pulseway 9.15, the merger becomes a reality into the product, with new features and a path for innovation. This update marks the beginning of a deeper alignment between the two platforms, giving Pulseway users direct access to the benefits of Kaseya's broader ecosystem.
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cloudzero

15+ Continuous Deployment Tools To Streamline Your Workflow

May 23, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
In our post, 9 Continuous Delivery Tools For Reliable Releases, we explored why continuous delivery is critical to building robust development pipelines — and how it helps teams deliver customer value while boosting the bottom line. Today, we’re diving into the next evolution of that pipeline: continuous deployment. Today’s technology companies need to release quality features quickly and put them in users’ hands even quicker.
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last9

VPC Log Format: Custom and Advanced Configurations

May 23, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
VPC Flow Logs come with a default format that gives you basic network traffic details. But you can tweak the format to capture exactly what you need. This can lower costs, speed up processing, and make your logs fit better with what you’re trying to monitor. If you want to improve security, keep an eye on performance, or save money, adjusting your VPC logs can make a big difference. Let’s take a look at some practical ways to customize your logs beyond the default settings.
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A Simple Guide to Monitoring and Optimizing Prometheus CPU Usage

May 23, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
Prometheus is supposed to help you monitor your stack, not become the thing you need to monitor. But if you’ve ever seen it spike in CPU and slow everything down, you know that’s not always the case. High Prometheus CPU usage usually shows up when you're scraping too many metrics, using expensive queries, or running with default configs that don’t fit your workload. This guide covers how to track Prometheus CPU usage, what typically causes it, and how to fix it.
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Securing Containers at Scale: Docker Hardened Images + Cloudsmith

May 23, 2025 By Jack Gibson In Cloudsmith
Containers have been with us for a while and are ubiquitous in the Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC). According to some reports, nearly 60% of organizations use containers for most or all of their production applications. It’s no surprise really, as containers provide consistency and standardization across the lifecycle while speeding up delivery pipelines. They revolutionized how we develop and deploy apps in the cloud and there is no sign of this changing anytime soon.
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Securely quarantine suspect packages using Rego code with Cloudsmith's Enterprise Policy Management.

May 23, 2025 By Cloudsmith In Cloudsmith
Software supply chain attacks are becoming more sophisticated, and Cloudsmith tackles this head-on with EPM. Using a set of tools, including a policy-as-code approach, you can tailor security policies to be as simple or as advanced as you need. Define any policy using Rego code and Open Policy Agent (OPA) to be highly prescriptive and catch suspect or non-compliant software artifacts before the damage is done..
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canonical

Boost your Android development with remote app testing via Anbox Cloud

May 22, 2025 By Bertrand Boisseau In Canonical
In today’s hectic app development cycles, speed is key. But as teams scale and spread worldwide, and app complexity increases, traditional testing workflows become bottlenecks that can compromise security, increase operational costs, and delay product delivery. Simply sharing APKs or configuring physical test devices isn’t enough anymore – it’s time to rethink how we test and demo Android apps.
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Komodor

Port + Komodor: Bringing Kubernetes Visibility into the Modern Commercial IDP

May 22, 2025 By Ilan Adler In Komodor
Internal Developer Portals (IDPs) are no longer just an experimental concept—they’re now a foundational component of modern software delivery. As engineering organizations look to reduce cognitive load, increase self-service, and streamline infrastructure workflows, IDPs have emerged as the most effective way to productize platform engineering.
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last9

OpenTelemetry vs Micrometer: Here's How to Decide

May 22, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
In a distributed system, things break in unexpected ways. That’s why observability isn’t optional—it’s how you understand what’s going on under the hood. If you’re comparing tools to instrument your services, OpenTelemetry and Micrometer are two names you’ll run into. Both are used to collect metrics, but they take very different approaches—especially when it comes to flexibility, vendor support, and what you can do with the data.
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Track the Right Elasticsearch Metrics Without the Noise

May 22, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
Elasticsearch does a lot right—it's fast, scalable, and makes searches feel simple. But when things slow down or break, figuring out what’s going on can be frustrating. Especially if you’re not keeping an eye on the right metrics. This guide covers Elasticsearch metrics that are worth tracking and how they help you keep your cluster healthy without data overload.
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last9

Common Issues with Grafana Login and How to Fix Them

May 22, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Grafana is a popular choice for monitoring and visualizing metrics, but login issues can quickly block your access and slow you down. Forgot your password? Can’t get into the admin account? Problems after changing authentication settings? These are some of the most common hiccups—and they’re usually easy to fix. This guide covers the frequent login problems you might face and walks you through practical ways to resolve them.
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Monetizing Mobile App Infrastructure: The Rise of APK-Based Affiliate Campaigns

Monetizing Mobile App Infrastructure: The Rise of APK-Based Affiliate Campaigns

May 22, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
As mobile ecosystems become more fragmented and app stores more regulated, developers and ops teams are turning to performance-driven affiliate models to monetize outside traditional channels. Platforms like CIPIAI now offer streamlined, scalable methods for earning revenue via APK-based affiliate offers, especially in utility and Android-first verticals. When combined with the right infrastructure, these strategies create a new category of mobile DevOps monetization.
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circleci

Prevent pipeline collisions with serial groups in CircleCI

May 21, 2025 By Jacob Schmitt In CircleCI
In a single pipeline, it’s easy to control job order. But in a large engineering org with dozens of pipelines, hundreds of contributors, and countless shared environments and services, that control can start to slip. Pipelines interfere with each other. Deploys overlap. Test environments break. Someone merges code, triggers a build, and gets a failure they can’t reproduce. Unfortunately, this kind of instability is a routine byproduct of scale.
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Streamline Your Development Process with relaxAI!

May 21, 2025 By Civo In Civo
Join Ben Norris, AI Engineer at Civo, as he showcases the capabilities of relaxAI, our AI-powered coding tool. In this demo, Ben demonstrates how relaxAI can be used to build a website, create a Kubernetes deployment, and generate a Docker image with ease. Watch as he explores the features and benefits of relaxAI and see how it can simplify and accelerate your coding workflow. This is a recording taken from a Disruptive Tech event in London, sponsored by Civo.
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last9

.NET Logging with Serilog and OpenTelemetry

May 21, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
Debugging modern.NET apps isn’t as simple as scanning logs anymore. With services spread out and systems growing more complex, it's easy to miss the bigger picture. Serilog gives you clean, structured logs. OpenTelemetry brings in traces and metrics to connect the dots. This guide covers how to wire up Serilog with OpenTelemetry, send logs to traces, and build an observability setup that helps you troubleshoot, without digging through disconnected logs for hours.
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cloudzero

21+ Top Cloud Service Providers Globally In 2025

May 21, 2025 By CloudZero Team In CloudZero
We recently explored what the cloud is and how it has evolved over 60 years. Yet, cloud computingWe recently explored the cloud and how it has evolved over 60 years. Yet, cloud computing emerged into what it is today in 2002, when Amazon, the e-commerce giant, sought a more efficient way to expand its online marketplace. So, it is unsurprising that the company’s cloud services subsidiary (AWS), which launched in 2006, is today’s largest Cloud Service Provider (CSP).
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metricfire

Mastering Heroku Monitoring in 2025: Best Practices for Optimal Application Performance

May 21, 2025 By Elliot Langston In MetricFire
In today's fast-paced digital landscape, ensuring the reliability and performance of your applications is paramount. Heroku, a cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), simplifies application deployment and scaling. However, to fully leverage Heroku's capabilities, effective monitoring is essential. This guide delves into best practices for monitoring Heroku applications, providing context, practical steps, and unique insights to enhance your observability strategy.
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Sneak Peek: MetricFire's New Logging Tool for Scalable, Open-Source Observability

May 21, 2025 By MetricFire In MetricFire
Take a first look at MetricFire’s brand-new logging tool — designed to simplify log ingestion, storage, and visualization using open-source components like Loki, Python, Telegraf and Grok. Collect logs, search across services, and correlate them with your metrics — all inside your existing Hosted Graphite environment. Whether you're an SRE, DevOps engineer, or running logs on a budget, this sneak peek reveals how MetricFire is evolving toward full observability.
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Protecting Against SAP NetWeaver Vulnerability (CVE-2025-31324) with HAProxy

May 21, 2025 By Jakub Suchy In HAProxy
A critical vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver (CVE-2025-31324) is currently being exploited in the wild. Disclosed on April 24, 2025, this vulnerability has the highest possible CVSS score of 10.0, indicating severe risk. The vulnerability affects SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java's Visual Composer Framework (version 7.50), allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files to NetWeaver servers. This can lead to remote code execution and complete system compromise.
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Teneo

Digital Noise Cancellation: What Gigamon Can Teach Us About Listening to the Right Signals

May 21, 2025 By Teneo In Teneo
When I’m on the train to work in the morning, I always reach for my noise-cancelling headphones. Not because the world is too loud, but because I want to hear what matters. It’s a small act of filtering signal from noise. And this got me thinking that, increasingly, that same mindset is becoming essential in how we design and manage digital infrastructure. There’s no shortage of data. In fact, there’s too much of it.
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qovery

How We Built an Agentic DevOps Copilot to Automate Infrastructure Tasks and Beyond

May 21, 2025 By Romaric Philogène In Qovery
At Qovery, our goal is simple: eliminate the grunt work of DevOps. The idea of an assistant that can understand developer intent and autonomously take action on infrastructure has always felt like the holy grail. In February 2025, we started building that assistant - our DevOps Copilot. Today, our Agentic DevOps Copilot is live in Alpha. It helps developers automate deployments, optimize infrastructure, and answer advanced configuration questions. But getting here took multiple iterations.
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speedscale

Six Lessons from Production gRPC

May 20, 2025 By Matthew LeRay In Speedscale
In the half-decade since gRPC became part of our production ecosystem, we've encountered a range of challenges and discovered a few hidden pitfalls that can trip up even the most experienced teams. Below, we'll walk through some of the core lessons learned, with tips, best practices, and examples drawn straight from the trenches.
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cloudzero

The True Cost Of Cloud Computing Explained

May 20, 2025 By CloudZero Team In CloudZero
It came as a pleasant surprise. CloudZero recently discovered over $1.7 million in annualized savings. And, all from our own infrastructure. Otherwise, we would have spent $1.7 million on cloud resources we didn’t actually need. Cloud savings stories like this are common with CloudZero customers, and we often find companies spending more than they should in the cloud. If your team is also struggling with managing and controlling the cost of cloud computing, then this guide is for you!
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last9

Top 11 Application Logging Tools for DevOps Engineers in 2025

May 20, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
When something breaks in production, logs are usually where you start. They help you figure out what happened, where, and why. But with microservices architecture, logging isn't simple anymore. In a traditional monolithic application, logs live in one place. With microservices, they're scattered across multiple services, containers, and sometimes even data centers. What used to be a simple grep command now feels like solving a mystery without most of the clues.
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last9

Grafana Tempo vs Jaeger: Key Features, Differences, and When to Use Each

May 20, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Both Grafana Tempo and Jaeger are distributed tracing tools designed for modern microservice architectures. Jaeger, released as an open-source project by Uber in 2015, has matured into a graduated CNCF project. Tempo, announced by Grafana Labs in October 2020, is a newer entrant focused on high-volume tracing with a unique storage architecture. Before comparing these tools in detail, let's quickly review what distributed tracing is and why it matters.
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canonical

What is geopatriation?

May 20, 2025 By Matthew de Klerk In Canonical
The world is changing every day. From geopolitical shifts to legislation like GDPR which requires localized processing – these all create a complex and uncertain landscape where data storage, processing, and cloud services could potentially come to a sudden halt or suffer heavy disruption overnight. As a result, organizations are increasingly interested in potential routes for shifting cloud services to safer alternatives closer to their country of operation.
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resolve

Automation KPIs That Matter: How IT Leaders Measure Real Impact

May 20, 2025 By Sean Heuer In Resolve
We work in a digital landscape where IT teams are expected to move faster, scale smarter, and deliver flawless digital experiences, automation is no longer optional; it’s foundational. But while most organizations have started down the automation path, far fewer can answer the critical question: How do we measure success? The problem isn’t just a lack of metrics. It’s that the wrong metrics are still steering the ship.
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rancher

Harvester 1.5 Extends Kubernetes-Native Virtualization to ARM64and CSI-Compliant Storage

May 20, 2025 By Alexandra Settle In Rancher
As organizations move beyond traditional hypervisors, Harvester continues to lead the way as an open source, Kubernetes-native virtualization solution. With the release of Harvester 1.5, users now have greater flexibility and ecosystem alignment than ever before—with General Availability (GA) for ARM64 and support for CSI-compatible storage backends. Harvester is part of a growing shift toward cloud-native infrastructure that unifies VMs and containers under the Kubernetes API.
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Navigating the Future of Data Infrastructure with Jonathan Atkin

May 20, 2025 By Megaport In Megaport
AI is driving data infrastructure to a breaking point. In this episode of Uplink, Jonathan Atkin—Managing Director and Global Head of Communications Infrastructure Investment Research at RBC Capital Markets—joins host Michael Reid to explore how AI is reshaping connectivity, investment, and infrastructure strategy.
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IT Performance Challenges: Why They Persist-and How to Solve Them for Good

May 19, 2025 By Kristy Slimmer In Galileo
IT Ops Problem Solver Series – Part 2: This article is a summary of a full report in our IT Ops Problem Solver Series. In this series, we’ll tackle the biggest problems facing IT Ops leaders and explore how some of Galileo’s clients are addressing them. In this part of the series, we delve into IT performance challenges and how to address them effectively.
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cloudzero

30+ AWS Interview Questions Every Cloud Pro Should Know Now

May 19, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Amazon Web Services (AWS) powers everything from scrappy startups to Fortune 500 giants. So, AWS interview questions are relevant for all kinds of roles, from infrastructure design to cost governance. Now, while some interviews test definitions and acronyms, the best ones dig deeper. They explore how well you understand AWS trade-offs—think of performance vs. cost, scalability vs. complexity, or security vs. usability.
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redgate

Redgate Flyway's latest major release: more flexibility, more control

May 19, 2025 By Victoria Roe In Redgate
With advances in AI and heightened compliance requirements, the way we handle data is changing rapidly. This makes a robust database change management process crucial for organizations who still need to ship value to market, while getting the right data into the hands of decision-makers faster. It’s a tough set of demands for any organization to grapple with as they modernize their data for the future.
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canonical

Rethinking virtualization: open source alternatives for resellers

May 19, 2025 By Matthew de Klerk In Canonical
If you’re a technology reseller in today’s uncertain software virtualization market, you and your customers are probably actively exploring options for virtualized environments. Of course, finding the perfect alternative is easier said than done: it needs to be scalable, easy to migrate to, cost efficient, and provide the same technical capabilities as preexisting virtualization solutions. That’s a seemingly tall order – but luckily, there are a range of options.
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Stay Ahead of India's Data Regulations with Civo's Sovereign Cloud

May 19, 2025 By Civo In Civo
As India continues its digital transformation, data sovereignty and compliance have become top priorities for businesses. Civo's India Sovereign Cloud is designed to meet the evolving needs of Indian businesses, providing a secure and compliant cloud infrastructure that empowers organizations to scale securely within the country. Learn more about our cloud solution and how it can help your business stay compliant, secure, and ready for the future. -► civo.com/India.
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rancher

Is observing TLS traffic through eBPF a security risk?

May 19, 2025 By Bram Schuur In Rancher
Monitoring deployed applications with eBPF is quickly becoming the standard for good reasons, eBPF: Revolutionizing Observability for DevOps and SRE Teams. Not in the least because it allows monitoring to be a purely operations affair, instead of having to instrument each and every application individually. The security-conscious SRE and SRE manager will immediately ask the question: is this secure? And how about this claim that HTTPS traffic can be monitored?
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metricfire

Guide to Monitoring Apache Flink Using OpenTelemetry and MetricFire

May 19, 2025 By Benjamin Pitts In MetricFire
Apache Flink is an open-source, distributed stream processing engine built for real-time, high-throughput data pipelines. It excels at processing continuous data streams with low latency, making it a great fit for use cases like fraud detection, log analytics, real-time dashboards, personalized recommendations, and IoT telemetry.
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circleci

How CircleCI implemented llms.txt for better AI discoverability

May 18, 2025 By Ron Powell In CircleCI
At CircleCI, we’re committed to making our platform work seamlessly with the AI-powered tools that developers increasingly rely on. Our journey into AI integration is focused on creating a robust Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows AI assistants to access and understand CircleCI data in real-time. This enables developers to debug build failures, analyze test results, find and fix flaky tests, and improve pipelines using natural language within their favorite AI tools.
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cloudsmith

XRPL Supply Chain Attack and How to Block it Using Cloudsmith's Enterprise Policy Management

May 16, 2025 By Ian Taylor In Cloudsmith
Yet another supply chain attack has surfaced, this time using the xrpl library to sneak through malicious packages. xrpl.js is recognised as the recommended npm library for integrating the XRP Ledger (XRPL) with JavaScript/TypeScript applications, and has over 140k downloads a week.
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redgate

Database monitoring in Financial Services: why this high-stakes sector requires a scalable, more comprehensive solution

May 16, 2025 By Jess Folkerts In Redgate
IT and data teams in Financial Services must meet the more exacting demands for data integrity, compliance, performance, high availability and security that are expected in the sector. These demands require a dedicated, comprehensive, and scalable monitoring solution to help teams succeed in this high stakes environment.
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gitkraken

See Your Codebase Like Never Before: GitLens 17.1 Revolutionizes Repository Visualization

May 16, 2025 By Melese M In GitKraken
TL;DR: This release transforms repo, folder, and file exploration with a fully reimagined Visual History, introduces powerful AI explanations for branches and changes, expands enterprise AI provider support, and delivers blazing performance on large repos helping you untangle codebase complexity faster than ever.
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Data Sovereignty Demystified: What You Need to Know

May 16, 2025 By Civo In Civo
As data continues to flow across borders, understanding data sovereignty is more important than ever. Kunal Kushwaha, explores the laws and regulations governing data storage and transfer, and the implications of data sovereignty in the UK and India. Learn how data sovereignty affects individuals, businesses, and governments, and discover the challenges and opportunities that arise from it. For organizations looking to maintain control over their data, Civo offers Sovereign Cloud solutions in the UK and India.
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SOC 2 Type 1 Compliance: Netdata is committed to Security and Trust

May 16, 2025 By Shyam Sreevalsan In netdata
We are pleased to announce that Netdata has successfully achieved SOC 2 Type 1 attestation! Following an independent examination performed by AssuranceLab CPAs LLC, the report confirms that—as of April 25, 2025—the design of Netdata’s controls meets the Security, Availability, and Confidentiality Trust Services Criteria defined by the AICPA. At Netdata, the security and integrity of the monitoring data our users entrust to us are paramount.
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Navigating the Cloud: Jonathan Staff on Cost, Flexibility, and the Future of Hybrid | Uplink Ep. 6

May 16, 2025 By Megaport In Megaport
Cloud costs are climbing, and optimization isn’t always enough. In this episode, Jonathan Staff, Head of Private Cloud at Macquarie Cloud Services, explores how organizations are managing the growing complexity of cloud services. He shares his perspective on cost management, the role of hybrid cloud in balancing efficiency and flexibility, and the impact of AI on infrastructure planning.
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cloudzero

30 Cloud Computing Tools To Simplify Cloud Management

May 16, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Cloud computing empowers organizations to access IT resources on demand, over the Internet, and on a pay-per-use basis. Thus, your company does not need to purchase, install, operate, and upgrade hardware for physical data centers. Instead, you can rent resources as needed from cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS). For instance, AWS provides compute, storage, database, networking, machine learning, data lake, analytics, security, and IoT resources/services.
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circleci

How to set up chaos engineering in your CI/CD pipeline with CircleCI and Chaos Toolkit

May 16, 2025 By Kevin Kimani In CircleCI
Distributed architecture is increasingly being adopted in current software systems because it brings great scalability and flexibility, keeping them resilient under real-world conditions, Unfortunately, this new distribution also introduces new points of failure in the systems. Traditional testing methods are no longer enough; they focus only on whether a system works, not on whether it keeps working under stress or failure. That is where chaos engineering comes in.
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Explore CircleCI projects from your IDE with AI assistance

May 16, 2025 By Joel Thompson In CircleCI
CircleCI gives you deep visibility into your builds, workflows, and tests, but jumping between browser tabs, copying project URLs, or re-authenticating across tools can slow things down. What if your IDE could just show you the projects you’re working on and let you act on them directly? This post shows how to use the list_followed_projects tool in the CircleCI MCP server to browse and interact with your CircleCI projects by chatting with an AI assistant inside your IDE.
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qovery

Heroku vs AWS: Differences & What to Choose for Mid-Size & Startups in 2025?

May 16, 2025 By Mélanie Dallé In Qovery
Heroku and AWS offer distinct benefits for startups and mid-size companies. This guide compares pricing, scalability, security, and developer experience to help you choose the right cloud platform based on your team’s needs and growth goals.
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last9

JVM Metrics: A Complete Guide for Performance Monitoring

May 16, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
Your Java app slows down during peak load. A microservice crashes, but logs aren’t helpful. These aren’t rare events—they’re common signs something’s off inside the JVM. For Java developers and DevOps teams, JVM metrics offer clues to what’s going on. This blog covers the key metrics to track, what they tell you, and how to use them to troubleshoot performance issues in a practical, no-nonsense way.
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canonical

Building an end-to-end Retrieval- Augmented Generation (RAG) workflow

May 15, 2025 By Michelle Anne Tabirao In Canonical
One of the most critical gaps in traditional Large Language Models (LLMs) is that they rely on static knowledge already contained within them. Basically, they might be very good at understanding and responding to prompts, but they often fall short in providing current or highly specific information. This is where RAG comes in; RAG addresses these critical gaps in traditional LLMs by incorporating current and new information that serves as a reliable source of truth for these models.
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Simple Talks Podcast | S2 Episode 9 - Coffee chat with Carlos Chacon

May 15, 2025 By Redgate Software In Redgate
Carlos Chacon of Marathon Consulting joins Louis for a lively chat about topics far and wide, from the community and podcasts to security and laundromats. Carlos has his own longstanding podcast and, as they came to the end of the interview, he turned the tables on Louis and made him answer some of his own questions too!
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civo

What's Holding Back AI Adoption in India?

May 15, 2025 By Kunal Kushwaha In Civo
Earlier this year, I spent a few weeks in India, visiting universities, speaking at meetups, and catching up with founders. What stood out wasn’t just the excitement about AI, but the focus on what it can actually do today. The curiosity about GenAI and big-picture questions around AGI is there, but most conversations centered around real needs: learning faster, applying for jobs, and getting healthier.
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Sunbird

Using DCIM to Drive Down Data Center Energy Costs

May 15, 2025 By Sunbird In Sunbird
Data centers are energy-intensive, and with the surge in AI-driven workloads, their global energy consumption is projected to more than double by 2030, potentially surpassing the current electricity consumption of Japan. For most data center operators, energy is one of their largest recurring expenses. As demand for data center capacity continues to grow and energy prices fluctuate, energy efficiency is no longer just a sustainability goal, it's a core business concern.
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last9

Linux Security Logs: Complete Guide for DevOps and SysAdmins

May 15, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Security logs are the quiet sentinels of your Linux systems, recording critical information that can mean the difference between detecting an intrusion and discovering a breach months too late. For most DevOps professionals and system administrators, these logs contain valuable insights that often go untapped. While they're essential for compliance, their real value lies in providing visibility into your system's security posture and operational health.
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rancher

Stop Guessing, Start Measuring: Optimizing Rancher Continuous Delivery With Fleet Benchmarks

May 15, 2025 By Mario Manno In Rancher
Rancher Continuous Delivery (known as Fleet) can be used in a workflow to deploy applications to many clusters. With its GitOps support, it enables downstream clusters to pull updates from a Git repository. We know of users that monitor several hundred Git repositories and deploy to a thousand clusters. To make this scale possible, several intermediate steps are necessary. First, the application is converted into separate bundles, which are then targeted at clusters.
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solarwinds

7 Best Network Configuration Management Tools

May 15, 2025 By Staff Contributor In SolarWinds
If you want a secure, efficient, and compliant network, network configuration management is a must. Whether managing a small network or being responsible for a large enterprise system, having the right solution can make all the difference. Network configuration management tools provide valuable insights into devices on your network, and they can help quickly restore previous configurations in the event of a failure, misconfiguration, or security incident. What is network configuration management?
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Teneo

AI at the Edge: Why Smart Data Placement is the Key to Unlocking Its Power

May 14, 2025 By Teneo In Teneo
As organizations increasingly deploy AI solutions, I am seeing more and more that the strategic placement of data—particularly at the edge—is becoming paramount to unlocking AI’s full potential. This is a viewed shared by our partners at Riverbed, as highlighted in a recent white paper, Accelerating AI and Data Movement at the Edge. Edge computing enables businesses to perform complex operations at production sites by positioning compute resources nearer to users and operations.
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jfrog

JFrog's SPOF Framework for SaaS Ecosystems

May 14, 2025 By Satheesh Balachandran In JFrog
As Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions evolve, organizations face increasing pressure to ensure uninterrupted service delivery. One of the most significant threats to SaaS Service delivery and operational continuity is the presence of known and unknown Single Points of Failure (SPOFs). As a SaaS organization, the team at JFrog deeply understands the risks of SPOFs and works hard to avoid them.
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ribbon

Robocalls Aren't Going Away - But the FCC Is Taking Aim at a Big Vulnerability

May 14, 2025 By Tirthankar Pal In Ribbon
If you've ever received a call that looked like it was from your bank or, worse, a family member, but turned out to be a scam, you're not alone. These spoofed calls continue to be a huge headache, not just for everyday people but for businesses, phone carriers, and regulators too. The good news? The FCC is stepping up again. Last week, the Federal Communications Commission released a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to close a serious gap in our defense against robocalls: non-IP networks.
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cloudzero

Horizontal Vs. Vertical Scaling: Which Should You Choose?

May 14, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
We all want growth, but often find ourselves unequipped to deal with it. It’s a bit like going to the gym, lifting weights, and seeing real results, only to realize that you no longer fit into your old clothes. Now you have to decide whether to modify them or buy new clothes. We can use this very simple analogy to understand horizontal vs. vertical scaling.
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metricfire

Comprehensive Guide to Developing and Deploying a Python API with Docker and Kubernetes (Part I)

May 14, 2025 By Aymen Eralabs In MetricFire
In the evolving landscape of software development, containerization and orchestration have become pivotal. Docker and Kubernetes stand at the forefront of this transformation, offering scalable and efficient solutions for application deployment. This guide provides a detailed walkthrough on developing a Python API, containerizing it with Docker, and deploying it using Kubernetes, ensuring a robust and production-ready application.
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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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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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12: Kubernetes Maturity, Cost Optimization, Automation & AI with Viktor Farcic

May 13, 2025 By Densify In Densify
Welcome to another episode of Densify Talks! Andrew Hillier has a fun and informative conversation with Viktor Farcic. Viktor considers himself a technology critic (think of the old muppet critics on the balcony) and rapscallion. We think he’s also quite the thought leader and author, with some very bold insights on technology that are worth hearing! See Viktor’s biography below for more information about him.
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How to Rent a Server in the Netherlands and Actually Do It Right

How to Rent a Server in the Netherlands and Actually Do It Right

May 13, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Let's imagine a situation. You've launched a project-maybe it's a growing e-commerce site, a traffic-heavy blog, or even a VPN business-and now you're standing at the crossroads. Shared hosting no longer cuts it. Your page loads like molasses, customers are starting to complain, and you're just tired of all the limitations. What's the next step? Right-rent a dedicated server. But where? And more importantly-how?
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cloudzero

90+ Cloud Computing Statistics: A 2025 Market Snapshot

May 12, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Cloud computing was already booming before 2020. But in the following two years, remote work flourished, and cloud adoption soared. The trend continues to accelerate — even faster now. Some companies have since returned to the office. Others are adopting hybrid models, balancing work-from-home and in-office. Yet, there’s more to the rise of cloud computing than remote working.
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Teneo

IBM's AI Just Replaced 94% of HR functions - What's Stopping You?

May 12, 2025 By Teneo In Teneo
At IBM’s Think conference this week, the company made a bold announcement: 94% of its HR functions are now handled by AI, a shift they claim will generate $3.5 billion in savings over the next two years. These are staggering numbers. And while the cynic in me can’t ignore that this announcement was made at what is, effectively, a sales conference – especially one that coincided with the launch of IBM’s AI Agent Store – the scale of those numbers deserves attention.
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Teneo

OpenAI's 'AI in the Enterprise' Report: A Must-Read - But One Crucial Piece Is Missing

May 12, 2025 By Teneo In Teneo
We are standing at the threshold of one of the most transformative technological shifts in modern enterprise history. AI is no longer on the horizon – it’s here, it’s powerful, and it’s already reshaping the way businesses think about productivity, creativity, and competitive advantage. OpenAI’s recent report, ‘AI in the Enterprise‘, offers a concise and thoughtful roadmap for leaders seeking to implement AI within their organizations.
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civo

What is Model Context Protocol (MCP)?

May 12, 2025 By Kunal Kushwaha In Civo
Let’s be honest, most AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools today are relatively smart but not always super useful. You ask them to explain something, write an email, maybe generate some code, but the moment you want them to do something real, like schedule a meeting, file a bug report, or move stuff across your tools, they just stare blankly. That’s where MCP comes in. MCP stands for Model Context Protocol.
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last9

Ubuntu Cron Logs: A Complete Guide for Engineers

May 12, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
Troubleshooting failed cron jobs without proper logging can be frustrating. Ubuntu cron logs record the execution of scheduled tasks, helping you identify what's working and what isn't. This guide covers what engineers need to know about Ubuntu cron logs – from finding them to analyzing their contents and setting up effective monitoring solutions.
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last9

Angular OpenTelemetry Setup and Troubleshooting

May 12, 2025 By Prathamesh Sonpatki In Last9
Implementing observability in Angular applications presents unique challenges. Understanding how users experience your application and identifying performance bottlenecks requires specialized tools and approaches. This guide covers implementing OpenTelemetry in Angular applications, with practical code examples for instrumentation, data collection, and integration with observability backends.
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cloudzero

Will AI Kill Our Talent Pipeline?

May 12, 2025 By Phil Pergola In CloudZero
As AI adoption increases, the race to real, durable AI value intensifies. Almost every organization that can use AI is using AI — but one of the most troubling trends I’ve observed revolves around talent. Right now, most organizations use AI to increase internal efficiencies — do quick research, write quick emails, start a new project at the 50% mark rather than the 0% mark, etc. But some executives I’ve talked to are taking a more aggressive approach.
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puppet

Securing the Software Supply Chain: Why It's More Important than Ever

May 12, 2025 By Puppet In Puppet
The software supply chain has become the backbone of modern IT environments. It powers applications, underpins operational processes, and drives innovation within organizations across industries. Securing the software supply chain has moved from a peripheral concern to a central element of cybersecurity: The vast network of code, dependencies, integrations, and third-party tools that comprise the supply chain is increasingly under siege from cyber threats and at risk of exploitation.
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metricfire

Securing IoT Devices with Firewall Monitoring: A Comprehensive Guide

May 12, 2025 By MetricFire Blogger In MetricFire
The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has transformed various sectors, offering enhanced efficiency and connectivity. However, this expansion also introduces significant security challenges. Implementing robust firewall monitoring is essential to protect these devices and the networks they inhabit.
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Komodor

The Platform Engineer's Guide to Navigating Kubernetes with Confidence

May 12, 2025 By Ilan Adler In Komodor
Kubernetes has quickly made itself known as the de facto platform for today’s applications and the most common way to build an infrastructure platform for application developers. Kubernetes offers immense flexibility and power, but it can introduce its own unique set of operational challenges. If you find yourself spending more time chasing down cluster issues than helping your developers work hassle-free, this guide is for you.
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devart

How to Use SQL Server Filtered Indexes for Better Queries

May 9, 2025 By Victoria Lazarus In Devart
SQL Server’s filtered index is one of the most effective features for improving query performance and reducing index maintenance. Whether you’re working with big tables that don’t have much data or queries that constantly filter by the same conditions, filtered indexes offer a smart way to focus only on the rows that matter most.
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metricfire

From Logs to Metrics Part 2: Building an Open-Source Logs-to-Graphite Pipeline

May 9, 2025 By Benjamin Pitts In MetricFire
Monitoring doesn't always need to be complex. In this guide, we'll show you how to transform some raw logs into usable metrics using a lightweight, open-source setup. We'll also use the Telegraf agent to convert logs into Graphite metrics that you can easily visualize and alert on. This is ideal for system admins, DevOps beginners, or anyone interested in building more innovative monitoring pipelines from scratch.
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last9

OpenTelemetry PHP: A Detailed Implementation Guide

May 9, 2025 By Preeti Dewani In Last9
Monitoring complex PHP applications can be challenging. When systems span multiple services and environments, traditional logging approaches often fall short. OpenTelemetry offers a solution - an open-source, vendor-neutral framework that standardizes how we collect and export telemetry data. This guide covers practical implementation steps for DevOps engineers working with PHP applications.
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rancher

Shut Down Cryptojackers and Strengthen Kubernetes Security with NeuVector

May 9, 2025 By jhuang@suse.com In Rancher
The threat landscape for cloud-native environments like Kubernetes is always on the move. Attackers continuously apply sophisticated techniques. Cryptojacking, the unauthorized use of computing resources to mine cryptocurrency, is a particularly concerning threat. Cryptojacking can lead to performance degradation, increased operational costs, and potential security breaches. Recent high-profile incidents underscore the importance of addressing these threats.
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cloudzero

How To Use Azure Budget Alerts To Avoid Surprise Bills

May 9, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
You spin up a few test environments. Someone forgets to shut one down. A cost spike hits your Azure bill. And no one saw it coming. Does this sound familiar? Surprise cloud bills are still a thing today. For teams trying to balance innovation with financial discipline, the Azure Budget feature offers a first line of defence against surprise cloud costs.
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Reducing Database Complexity and Size using Subsetting | The Tony and Tonie Show

May 9, 2025 By Redgate Software In Redgate
Getting realistic test data from large production databases can be a challenge, especially when you're trying to keep dev environments lightweight and secure. Tony and Tonie discuss how subsetting CLI in Redgate Test Data Manager will help you quickly generate smaller, fully representative subsets automatically.
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last9

CloudWatch vs OpenTelemetry: Choosing What Fits Your Stack

May 9, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Choosing the right observability setup isn’t just a checkbox—it affects how quickly you can detect issues, debug them, and keep your systems reliable. CloudWatch and OpenTelemetry take different paths to that goal: one is a managed service tightly coupled with AWS, the other a flexible, open-source framework that's becoming a go-to in modern monitoring stacks.
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spike

What is PagerDuty? Key Features & Benefits Explained

May 9, 2025 By Sreekar In Spike
PagerDuty. You’ve probably heard it mentioned during outages or seen it in tech forums. Maybe your DevOps team talks about it, or you found it while looking for ways to handle system failures. So, what is PagerDuty exactly? And why do teams rely on it? This post breaks down PagerDuty in simple terms, explores its key features and benefits, and shows you how to get started. We’ll also introduce you to a PagerDuty alternative that might work better for your team’s needs.
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Real-time Linux with Ubuntu: low-latency performance for embedded systems

May 9, 2025 By Canonical Ubuntu In Canonical
Need deterministic response times for latency-sensitive applications? In this session, Edoardo Barbieri (Product Manager at Canonical) breaks down the fundamentals of real-time Linux on Ubuntu, and how it meets the demands of telco, industrial automation, and robotics use cases. Learn how Ubuntu enables predictable, low-latency performance across embedded environments. Subscribe. Fuel your curiosity.
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Why Performance Optimization Should Start at the Architecture Level - Not Just the Frontend

Why Performance Optimization Should Start at the Architecture Level - Not Just the Frontend

May 9, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Ask most teams how they plan to optimize performance, and the answer sounds predictable: compress images, lazy-load assets, remove unused CSS, maybe run a Lighthouse audit and fix whatever it screams about. That's all great - until it does nothing. Because truth is, frontend tweaks can only take you so far. If your database queries choke under load, your API returns 1MB JSON blobs, or you're calling third-party services synchronously in the checkout flow - no amount of image compression will save you.
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metricfire

The Best Open-Source Dashboard Tools for 2025: Expert Guide to Choosing the Right One

May 8, 2025 By Vipul Gupta In MetricFire
Table of Contents In today’s digital operations, dashboards aren’t just nice-to-haves—they’re essential. Teams across engineering, product, operations, and business intelligence rely on real-time data visibility to monitor systems, analyze trends, and catch anomalies before they escalate. For many organizations, open-source dashboard tools offer the best combination of flexibility, transparency, and cost-efficiency.
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upsun

Common Magento deployment pitfalls and how cloud automation fixes them

May 8, 2025 By Jared Wright In Upsun
Magento is a powerful eCommerce platform, trusted by businesses large and small for its flexibility and robust feature set. Yet, anyone who has managed a Magento project knows it can be an adventure—especially during deployment. Misconfigured environments, extension conflicts, and unpredictable performance are just a few issues that can turn a routine release into a hair-pulling session.
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circleci

Fix flaky CI tests by chatting with your IDE

May 8, 2025 By Joel Thompson In CircleCI
Flaky tests are a serious productivity problem. When tests sometimes pass and sometimes fail without code changes, they undermine trust in your CI pipeline and drain time from engineering teams. Debugging them often turns into a slow process of chasing logs, rerunning builds, and trying to guess what went wrong. This post shows how to quickly detect and fix flaky tests directly in your IDE by chatting with an AI assistant.
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RITA Demo

May 8, 2025 By Resolve In Resolve
Watch a demo of RITA, the first AI Agent powered by Resolve Actions. RITA brings smart, real-time assistance to IT ticket handling, where delays often occur. From auto-populating ticket fields and translating user inputs to generating new knowledge articles, RITA enhances the efficiency and accuracy of every support interaction.+ Increases first call resolution rates+ Scales your service desk capacity while retaining quality.
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cloudzero

Empowering Engineers To Act On Cloud Costs - Right From Where They Work

May 8, 2025 By Kevin Lamb In CloudZero
At CloudZero, our mission has always been clear: power efficient innovation in the cloud by connecting engineering decisions with business outcomes. But here’s the truth — we’re not just solving for visibility. We’re solving for action. In order to turn theoretical savings into actual waste elimination and tangible outcomes, you have to enable engineers to act on cost insights within the tools and workflows they already use. CloudZero’s new Jira integration does just that.
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solarwinds

What Is a Network Assessment, and What Is a Network Audit?

May 8, 2025 By Staff Contributor In SolarWinds
These days, networks are larger and more complex than ever. It’s all too easy to fall short when managing performance, security, and compliance. That’s where network assessments and network audits can help. Both network assessments and network audits can give you a more comprehensive understanding of your network and its current strengths, weaknesses, and threats. As a result, you can quickly identify and resolve issues.
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How to test Istio and other service meshes

May 8, 2025 By Gremlin In Gremlin
Part of the Gremlin Office Hours series: A monthly deep dive with Gremlin experts. Service meshes bring applications together, but not always reliably. Even the most well-configured Istio deployment can have unexpected reliability risks that aren’t apparent until you’re already in production. Latency, single points of failure, poorly defined APIs—these problems can grow beyond a single service and impact the user experience for your entire application.
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last9

The Complete Guide to Observing RabbitMQ

May 8, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
Message queues quietly power a lot of what happens behind the scenes in distributed systems. RabbitMQ is no exception—when it’s working, you don’t notice it. But when it’s not, things break in ways that are hard to trace. This guide walks through what you need to monitor in RabbitMQ, how to set it up, and how to troubleshoot when things go wrong—so you’re not stuck guessing when messages go missing.
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last9

Track MongoDB Performance Metrics Without the Noise

May 8, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
When your MongoDB database slows down, it affects your entire application stack. Performance issues can range from minor inconveniences to major outages, making a solid understanding of MongoDB metrics essential for any DevOps engineer. This guide covers the key performance metrics you need to monitor in MongoDB, how to interpret what you're seeing, and practical steps to resolve common issues.
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DevSecOps in Bitbucket Cloud | The Developer's Edge | Atlassian

May 8, 2025 By Atlassian In Atlassian
In this video, we’ll discuss how to implement DevSecOps workflows within Bitbucket. I’ll also explain our native security scanning tools, which help developers identify vulnerabilities before they deploy, and how platform teams set merge and deployment policies and enforce them at scale across the organization. About Atlassian: Behind every great human achievement, there is a team. From medicine and space travel to disaster response and pizza deliveries, we help teams all over the planet advance humanity through the power of software. Our mission is to help unleash the potential of every team.
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resolve

From Firefighting to Future-Building: The Human Journey to Zero Ticket IT

May 8, 2025 By Mor Peter In Resolve
In today’s era of AI-powered transformation, the excitement around automation is palpable. Technology leaders race to deploy AI agents, build self-healing systems, and create digital environments that seem almost magical in their seamlessness. But amid all the buzz about automation and efficiency, it’s crucial we don’t lose sight of the most powerful force behind any successful transformation: people.
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kosli

How to Strengthen Your SDLC Audit Trail with Improved Access Control in Kosli

May 8, 2025 By Bruce Johnston In Kosli
Automating SDLC Governance is one of our key use cases. Kosli gathers all of the evidence your engineering teams need for change management and audit by recording every step in their SDLC, from commit to production, across all of their CI/CD tools. But robust SDLC governance doesn’t just depend on gathering all the necessary data - it also depends on controlling who can add to that data. And that’s exactly what our new access control feature solves.
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upsun

Which hosting strategy wins for enterprise Magento?

May 8, 2025 By Guillaume Moigneu In Upsun
When you’re running an enterprise-level Magento store, you can’t afford to leave infrastructure decisions to chance. With large product catalogs, high transaction volumes, and complex integrations, your hosting choices can directly impact your bottom line—and your sanity. The right solution gives you the performance, reliability, and scalability you need while reducing complexities, maintenance overhead, and cost.
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last9

Essential Python Monitoring Techniques You Need to Know

May 7, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Python powers critical applications across countless organizations, from data processing pipelines to web services that handle millions of requests. While Python's readability and extensive ecosystem make it a developer favorite, its performance characteristics require thoughtful monitoring. As systems grow in complexity, understanding what's happening inside your Python applications becomes increasingly important.
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last9

Kubernetes Alerting That Won't Burn You Out

May 7, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Kubernetes production environments require robust alerting to catch problems before they impact users. While monitoring shows system state, proper alerting tells you when something needs attention. This guide outlines 15 key Kubernetes alerts that help DevOps teams avoid outages and minimize downtime. For each alert, we provide implementation guidance and troubleshooting steps to resolve common issues quickly.
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canonical

CRA compliance: Things IoT manufacturers can no longer do under the CRA (and what to do instead)

May 7, 2025 By Stephanie Domas In Canonical
I’ve written about the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) on our Canonical blog a few times now, and I think now’s the perfect time to talk about the implications of this new regulation and what it means for IoT and device manufacturers on the practical level of how they design and build Products with Digital Elements (PDEs).
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cloudsmith

OWASP CI/CD Part 3: Dependency Chain Abuse

May 7, 2025 By Nigel Douglas In Cloudsmith
As more teams rely on public repositories in their software supply chain, the dependency chain has become both a critical foundation and a potential blind spot. Dependency chain abuse is not new, but a growing list of attack vectors - like typosquatting, dependency confusion, and now slopsquatting - means security leaders need to respond quickly as attackers adopt new techniques.
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firehydrant

Get Set Up in 5 Minutes or Less: A Fresh, Seamless Onboarding Experience

May 7, 2025 By Dylan Nielsen In FireHydrant
When you’re up and running with FireHydrant, there’s no better incident management experience out there. We built it that way — fast, intuitive, reliable when it matters most. Now, the first five minutes are just as streamlined and enjoyable as the rest. We rebuilt our onboarding flow from the ground up and cut setup time by over 90% in the process. With the new onboarding experience, you get a guided experience to connect your tools and get the most out of FireHydrant.
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Vibe Coding for Production | full video

May 7, 2025 By Sleuth TV In Sleuth
Vibe coding, even on a large production application, can change how a developer works. In this video, I live vibe code a real shipped feature end to end with (mostly) no edits. I'm pretty new to the practice, but I wanted to share what I've found to work pretty well. If you want to see how vibe coding works on legacy code in the real world, this may be for you. Chapters.
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last9

A Detailed Guide on Docker Container Performance Metrics

May 7, 2025 By Preeti Dewani In Last9
Docker containers isolate application environments, making performance monitoring essential for visibility and stability — especially at scale. To manage production effectively, teams need clear insights into resource usage, bottlenecks, and failure points. This guide covers key Docker metrics, how to collect them, and how to use that data to keep your containerized systems running smoothly.
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env0

Expanding Drift Remediation: Keep Your Code Aligned with Cloud Changes

May 7, 2025 By Hadas Weinrib In env0
Managing infrastructure drift doesn't always start with your code. Changes are often made directly to cloud resources—whether through urgent security hotfixes, manual fixes, or automated optimization and security tools. To ensure your Infrastructure as Code stays fully aligned, env0 now suggests a pull request based on those cloud-side changes, allowing you to easily review, merge, and sync your environments. This enhancement expands drift remediation to cover the full lifecycle.
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What Makes dotConnect Data Providers So Powerful?

May 7, 2025 By Devart In Devart
Supercharge your.NET development with dotConnect data providers! Easily access data from multiple sources — including Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and more — all within your.NET applications. Whether using ORM or raw SQL, dotConnect gives you robust, secure, and efficient connectivity tools with zero hassle. Watch now to see how it works!y Subscribe to our channel and get dozens of tutorials about Devart tools.
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cloudzero

AWS Forecasting: A Practical How-To Guide

May 7, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Running cloud infrastructure without forecasting is a lot like operating a delivery company without checking the weather. You might plan for smooth traffic and sunny skies, only to be hit with a sudden storm, delays, and unexpected costs. The same happens when your cloud usage spikes and your AWS bill catches you off guard. For engineers, CTOs, and CFOs alike, AWS forecasting isn’t just about estimating future costs.
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Introducing relaxAI by Civo: The AI Assistant That Puts Your Data First

May 7, 2025 By Civo In Civo
Learn how relaxAI, our cutting-edge AI assistant, can help you unlock the full potential of artificial intelligence with a focus on data privacy and security. With its advanced LLM models and user-friendly interface, relaxAI is designed to make AI more accessible and powerful for businesses and individuals alike. In this video, Ben Norris, AI Engineer at Civo, will take a closer look at the features and capabilities of relaxAI and show you how it can help you streamline your workflow, improve productivity, and drive innovation.
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console connect

What AI workloads really need from your network

May 7, 2025 By Lily Bennett In Console Connect
The rapid advancement of generative AI has brought with it new challenges and complexities - particularly when it comes to networking. As organisations globally rush to leverage large language models (LLMs) to transform their operations, it’s imperative to understand that AI isn’t just about algorithms and data science, it’s also about the network that underpins it all.
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metricfire

Easiest Way to Monitor Loki Performance With Telegraf

May 6, 2025 By Benjamin Pitts In MetricFire
Loki is a powerful, scalable log aggregation system designed by Grafana to efficiently collect, store, and query logs. It’s often deployed alongside Prometheus as part of modern observability stacks. Loki’s design emphasizes cost-effective storage by indexing only metadata, which makes it a great choice for high-volume environments. But while Loki excels at log ingestion and indexing, many teams overlook the critical task of monitoring Loki itself.
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ribbon

Powering MNO's 5G Future - A Collaborative Vision

May 6, 2025 By Luc Boucher In Ribbon
Most Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) prioritized the deployment of 5G RAN infrastructure for both data and voice. Refarming 3G radio spectrum, implementing network slicing, adopting cloud native architectures, and driving automation are key for mobile networks. This blog will explore these ideas and show how Ribbon’s solutions are focused on this accelerated adoption.
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civo

ChatGPT vs. relaxAI: What's the difference?

May 6, 2025 By Josh Mesout In Civo
The AI chatbot market has grown exponentially since ChatGPT's launch in 2022, with millions of chatbots now in use. At a surface level, AI chatbots are a computer program that simulates human conversation with an end user (IBM). As the market continues to evolve, the differences in their approaches to data privacy, security, and user control have become increasingly important. This is particularly relevant for organizations seeking to leverage AI chatbots while ensuring the protection of sensitive data.
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cloudzero

Top Cloud Cost News From April 2025

May 6, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Can you believe one-third of 2025 is already behind us? Just in case the Easter Bunny didn’t leave anything good in your basket this year, we’ll treat you to a little Easter egg — if you’re willing to follow the clues — along with the scoop from this past month. Here’s what you might have missed in April: Read on for the details!
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resolve

AI-Governed Infrastructure: The Next Phase of IT Operations Management

May 6, 2025 By Ari Stowe In Resolve
The automation era brought speed. The AI era brings judgment. And now, a new chapter is unfolding—one where infrastructure no longer waits for human instruction but instead governs itself. We’re entering the age of AI-governed infrastructure, the natural evolution of AI operations management. It’s not about replacing people; it’s about eliminating inefficiency, unlocking resilience, and empowering IT systems to heal, respond, and optimize on their own.
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Connecting DigitalOcean and AWS

May 6, 2025 By Megaport In Megaport
Connecting DigitalOcean and AWS with Megaport In this demo, Kevin Dresser, Solution Architect at Megaport, shows you how to connect your infrastructure across DigitalOcean and AWS using a Megaport Cloud Router (MCR). You’ll learn how to: Deploy a Cloud Router Create a virtual connection (VXC) to DigitalOcean via Partner Network Connect Set up a connection to AWS via Direct Connect Configure BGP and validate route learning Achieve seamless, private connectivity between cloud environments.
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puppet

Why Patching is Important: The Risks of Ignoring It & How to Stay Ahead of Patch Management This Year

May 6, 2025 By Puppet In Puppet
Let's face it: no one likes patching. For some IT ops teams, it's such a burden that it's easy to forget why patching is important. Lots of teams put off patching until it's deemed absolutely necessary, like a vital app update or a piece of critical software going EOL. We all know ignoring patches, or letting them pile up, is a bad practice. Read this blog to remind yourself why patching is crucial, what can happen if you don't patch, and how to stop putting it off.
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gitkraken

GitKraken Desktop 11.1: Auto-gen PR Title & Descriptions, Stash Messages, & More

May 6, 2025 By Jonathan Silva In GitKraken
Tasteful AI features? Is that even a thing? With GitKraken Desktop 11.1, we think we’ve struck the right balance of adding useful AI capabilities that stay out of your way until you actually need them. In our previous release, we introduced GitKraken AI, which helps explain selected commits and generate commit messages. With 11.1, we’re building on that foundation with two major enhancements that bring even more context-aware assistance to your workflow.
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last9

The Definitive Guide to OpenTelemetry Exporters for High-Performance Monitoring

May 6, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
In modern distributed architectures, observability has shifted from optional to necessary. OpenTelemetry has emerged as the standard framework for telemetry data collection, with exporters serving as the critical bridge to your backend monitoring systems. For developers at any stage—those new to observability practices or those refining existing monitoring setups—a solid grasp of OpenTelemetry exporters will significantly reduce debugging time and improve system visibility.
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last9

SQL Server Observability: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Best Practices

May 6, 2025 By Preeti Dewani In Last9
For DevOps teams managing mission-critical databases, SQL Server observability is a fundamental capability that provides comprehensive insight into database performance and health. Effective observability practices enable teams to identify potential issues before they impact end users and provide the context necessary to resolve problems efficiently. SQL Server observability involves collecting and analyzing metrics, logs, and traces to build a complete picture of database behavior.
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cloudzero

A Guide To AWS Cost Allocation Tags And When To Use Them

May 6, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Knowing only how much you spent on your AWS bill each month isn’t enough to provide the cost visibility you need to make cost-aware engineering and business decisions. It’s why AWS introduced tags. Tags enable AWS users to label their resources to track cost and usage in the vast AWS infrastructure. Tagging helps you understand who, what, and why your cloud spend is changing.
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Platform Engineering with a Product Management Mindset: 10x Your Developer Experience - Jabed Amin

May 6, 2025 By Cortex In Cortex
In this 5-minute session, Jabed Amin, Developer Relations at Cortex.io, will explain how platform engineers can enhance their impact by treating their Internal Developer Portal as a product. By understanding internal customers’ needs, prioritizing features, and ensuring a seamless developer experience, platform engineers can 10x their team’s productivity. Join us to discover how adopting this mindset can transform your platform engineering efforts into a high-impact, developer-centric initiative that empowers your teams and drives organizational success.
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qovery

Internal Developer Platform vs. Internal Developer Portal: Which to Choose?

May 6, 2025 By Mélanie Dallé In Qovery
Discover the key differences between Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and Internal Developer Portals and why modern engineering teams need both to streamline DevOps, boost developer productivity, and scale software delivery with confidence.
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haproxy

The State of SSL Stacks

May 6, 2025 By Willy Tarreau In HAProxy
A paper on this topic was prepared for internal use within HAProxy last year, and this version is now being shared publicly. Given the critical role of SSL in securing internet communication and the challenges presented by evolving SSL technologies, reverse proxies like HAProxy must continuously adapt their SSL strategies to maintain performance and compatibility, ensuring a secure and efficient experience for users. We are committed to providing ongoing updates on these developments.
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gitkraken

Introducing Git Integration for Jira Cloud: Advanced Edition

May 6, 2025 By Ken Paetzold In GitKraken
Git Integration for Jira (GIJ) is evolving. For over a decade, we’ve helped tens of thousands of organizations bring Git repository activity from any provider into Jira. Soon, our mission will expand beyond connecting Git and Jira—to helping your team cut through the noise and surface the signals that drive better decisions.
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gitkraken

GitKraken Desktop 11.1: AI That Pulls Its Weight

May 6, 2025 By Jonathan Silva In GitKraken
Written by author, adapted by AI Tasteful AI features? Is that even a thing? With GitKraken Desktop 11.1, we think we’ve struck the right balance of adding useful AI capabilities that stay out of your way until you actually need them. In our previous release, we introduced GitKraken AI, which helps explain selected commits and generate commit messages. With 11.1, we’re building on that foundation with two major enhancements that bring even more context-aware assistance to your workflow.
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Smart Strategies for Scaling Your Website Hosting as Your Business Grows

Smart Strategies for Scaling Your Website Hosting as Your Business Grows

May 6, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
For small businesses, website growth presents both opportunities and challenges. As visitor numbers increase and your site adds functionality, the hosting plan that once served you perfectly may become a limitation rather than an asset. Understanding when and how to upgrade your hosting environment is critical to maintaining performance, security, and the overall user experience that keeps customers coming back. This guide will help you recognize the signs it's time to scale up and navigate the options available for your growing business.
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devart

Best Database Diagram Tools- Free and Paid

May 5, 2025 By Rosemary Asufi In Devart
Scalable systems thrive on schema clarity—without it, you pay in rework. That’s why 96% of engineers now use visual tools, particularly database diagram tools, to map and manage their databases. Diagramming tools bring structure to complexity. They surface design flaws early, improve collaboration across teams, and turn undocumented systems into shared infrastructure. These advantages are fueling widespread adoption.
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devart

Database Protection Guide: Best Practices for Ensuring Database Security

May 5, 2025 By Victoria Shyrokova In Devart
These days, information has enormous power. If you have access to sensitive data, you can do anything with it. It all depends on your imagination. As we know, all data is stored in databases. The reputation, efficiency, and profitability of many companies often depend on the private information they collect and store in databases. One of the most dangerous things that can happen to your database is a data breach.
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cloudzero

2025 Cloud Computing Market Size And Trends

May 5, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Over the next few years, the cloud computing market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.3%. Cloud-based services are becoming increasingly popular among businesses of all sizes, contributing to the market’s growth. When you consider the other benefits involved, that makes a lot of sense for business.
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last9

React Logging: How to Implement It Right and Debug Faster

May 5, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
React logging is the practice of recording relevant information about your application's behavior during runtime. Unlike traditional server-side logging, React logging happens in the browser and focuses on frontend concerns: component lifecycle events, state changes, user interactions, performance metrics, and network requests. Effective logging creates breadcrumbs that help you understand application flow and quickly pinpoint problems.
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last9

How Docker Logging Drivers Work

May 5, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Troubleshooting containerized applications can quickly become complex when logs are scattered across multiple systems. Most DevOps teams face this challenge daily—what starts as a simple container deployment often evolves into a complex logging puzzle. This guide explores Docker logging drivers in depth, covering configuration options, best practices, and practical solutions.
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megaport

A Guide to Improving Network Performance

May 5, 2025 By Morgan Wang In Megaport
Discover practical ways to boost speed, reduce latency, and optimize your architecture with our complete guide to better network performance. Dropped video calls and audio troubles, payment delays, customer churn, frustrated employees, unfinished projects, lost revenue – the ripple effect of poor network performance can quickly become disastrous for your business. But when it comes to improving this performance, it’s hard to know where to start.
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AI on constrained embedded devices with Ubuntu Core

May 2, 2025 By Canonical Ubuntu In Canonical
As AI moves closer to production, running inference on embedded devices is becoming essential, but challenging. In this session, Gabriel Aguiar Noury (Product Manager at Canonical) explores how snaps and Ubuntu Core simplify the packaging and deployment of AI models on resource-constrained devices, while maintaining security and updatability.
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squared up

Getting started with Jenkins dashboards

May 2, 2025 By Sameer Mhaisekar In Squared Up
Jenkins is an open-source automation server widely used for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), enabling developers to automate the building, testing, and deployment of software projects. Jenkins requires a good layer of visualization as it provides real-time visibility into pipeline performance, build statuses, test results, and deployment progress.
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Komodor

Kubernetes v1.33: An Insider Perspective

May 2, 2025 By Udi Hofesh In Komodor
I was lucky enough to serve on the v1.33 Release Team as Comms Shadow, and it was truly awe-inspiring to see the inner workings of the world’s biggest open-source project. There is a lot to cover around the structure, governance, processes, and maintenance of the Kubernetes project, but in this blog post, I want to focus on the exciting new features that v1.33 brings and what it means for all of us. Check out the official Kubernetes release blog for more details!
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cloudzero

AWS Data Transfer Pricing Guide And How To Reduce Costs

May 2, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
You’re probably familiar with finding surprise, hidden charges if you’ve been using the cloud for a while. Data transfer fees are the most common source of unanticipated Amazon Web Services (AWS) charges. They can be so costly that some companies, like Netflix and Pinterest, have spent fortunes on data transfer fees — up to $30 million a year. In this post, we’ll share tips for navigating AWS data transfer pricing and how you can optimize costs.
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jfrog

Scaling Docker Usage with JFrog

May 2, 2025 By Sean Pratt In JFrog
Earlier this month the development industry was preparing for rate limit changes at Docker Hub. Ultimately, any rate limit changes were put on hold. Many JFrog customers have asked us, “How would Docker Hub rate limit changes impact us?” In this post we’ll discuss what you can do to ensure uninterrupted usage of Docker, now and into the future, regardless of rate limits.
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circleci

Building a real-time AI autocomplete app with Next.js and Vercel AI SDK

May 2, 2025 By Victor Mayowa In CircleCI
Over the past ten years, Azure has become one of the most prominent cloud computing platforms available, rivaled only by AWS. Part of Microsoft’s suite of Azure services, Azure web apps provide a packaged environment for hosting web applications built in many languages. Because this environment is fully managed by Azure, developers have limited options for control.
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Incident.io

The EU AI Act and what it means for managing incidents

May 2, 2025 By Chris Evans In Incident.io
If you've been in earshot of tech leadership lately, you've probably heard the words 'EU,' 'AI,' and 'compliance' in conversation. The EU AI Act is officially upon us, and with it comes a whole new set of incident response and reporting requirements that might feel like a yet another bureaucratic set of requirements to worry about. But there's a different way to look at this legislation.
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last9

A Practical Guide to Monitoring Ubuntu Servers

May 2, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Running Ubuntu servers without proper monitoring can lead to unexpected issues. For DevOps engineers and SREs, effective tracking is crucial for maintaining system health and performance. This guide covers everything you need to know about monitoring Ubuntu servers, from the basics to advanced strategies, helping you keep your systems running smoothly, whether you manage a single server or a large fleet.
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last9

Apache Logs Explained: A Guide for Effective Troubleshooting

May 2, 2025 By Faiz Shaikh In Last9
Apache logs are a critical tool for monitoring your web server, but they can often feel overwhelming. For DevOps teams, understanding these logs is essential for diagnosing issues and maintaining system reliability. In this guide, we'll explore the setup and analysis of Apache logs, offering practical tips to help you make sense of them and use them effectively for troubleshooting and optimization.
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last9

Easily Query Multiple Metrics in Prometheus

May 2, 2025 By Preeti Dewani In Last9
In monitoring setups, working with a single metric rarely tells the complete story. The real power of Prometheus lies in its ability to query multiple metrics simultaneously, creating connections between different data points that reveal the true state of your systems. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know about crafting effective multi-metric queries in Prometheus – from basic concepts to advanced techniques that will help you monitor and troubleshoot your infrastructure.
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How AI Is Reframing the Software Development Operation Rules

How AI Is Reframing the Software Development Operation Rules

May 2, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
There's a revolution in the making in software development. It's about working smarter. Teams scale without lag and produce consistently high-performing systems. And artificial intelligence is stepping up as a game-changing partner. This shift isn't automation - it's intelligence. AI is bringing sense to complexity, allowing teams to cut through noise and ship quality code. It makes DevOps pipelines stronger than ever. Let's get in there and look at how AI is taking drudgery off the table and redefining operational excellence for the tech stack.
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speedscale

Eliminating Flaky Tests with Traffic Replay

May 1, 2025 By Matt Tanner In Speedscale
There are few things that can derail developer productivity and undermine your pipeline like a flaky test. Testing is the backbone of a good development process, ensuring that your code is as accurate and usable as possible. When these tests point towards faulty development, the impacts can be significant. This information is predicated on an assumption, however – the assumption that what the test says is accurate.
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circleci

Streamline your LangChain deployments with Langserve on GCP

May 1, 2025 By Armstrong Asenavi In CircleCI
Deploying Large Language Model (LLM) applications can transform ideas into valuable services. But, deployment challenges can slow down even experienced developers. In this tutorial, you will build and deploy a LangChain application using LangServe and CircleCI on Google Cloud Run. You will create a text summarization tool powered by Google’s Gemini model. You will use Langserve to expose it as an API. You will automate testing and deployment to Google Cloud Run using CircleCI.
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circleci

Use AI to resolve CI test failures with zero guesswork

May 1, 2025 By Enosh Anwar In CircleCI
Test failures are inevitable. A broken condition, a missed edge case, or a last-minute refactor can trip up even the most careful changes. That’s part of shipping software. What shouldn’t be part of the job is spending half your afternoon parsing logs and chasing down the root cause. Now, there’s a faster way. This guide shows how to use the CircleCI MCP server to identify, understand, and resolve failing tests in a CI/CD build without ever leaving your editor.
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REST v. GraphQL v. gRPC #speedscale #developers #softwaredevelopment #shorts #softwaretesting #api

May 1, 2025 By Speedscale In Speedscale
When it comes to building APIs and enabling communication between different software components, three prominent architectural styles and frameworks often come up: REST, GraphQL, and gRPC. Each has its own approach, strengths, and weaknesses, making them suitable for different use cases.
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squared up

Azure DevOps agent pools: diving deeper

May 1, 2025 By John Hayes In Squared Up
Most of the time the build and deployment pipelines we create will run on compute provided by the Azure DevOps cloud and the only decision we need to make is whether to select a Windows or Linux Agent. Sometimes though, the specification for the VM that Azure DevOps spins up may not be right for our needs. We may need more memory or a particular OS version. This is when custom agents and Agent Pools come into play.
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civo

The use of AI has become the expectation, are you keeping up?

May 1, 2025 By Kendall Miller In Civo
In the last few months, it feels like LLMs have gone from a nice place to consult for a few ideas to the first place you might turn for input. An AI can offer insight on that work presentation you need to put together, it will write you a business plan outline with two lines of prompting—and include categories you might forget to add, and, most impressively for me recently, it will even criticise your tone in work correspondence.
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pulsant

Shift Left: The Public to Private Cloud Evolution

May 1, 2025 By Pulsant In Pulsant
We're taking a look at our clients' journey to a hybrid-cloud architecture, exploring the benefits private cloud boasts over public, and how this helps an organisation's digital transformation. In a previous post, we explored the drivers behind an organisation moving from an on-premise strategy to the use of private clouds.
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Teneo

Dynamic Demands, Dynamic Solutions: IT's Role in the Next AI Workflow Evolution

May 1, 2025 By Teneo In Teneo
I have just finished reviewing the Microsoft Work Trend Index Annual Report for 2025, which offers fascinating insights into the next wave of organizational evolution. I am particularly excited about the section titled ‘Journey to the Frontier Firm’ and what is possible in phase three, where employees will harness the power of multiple AI agents, creating an ‘agentic swarm’ capable of executing tasks at a scale and speed previously unimaginable.
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Densify

Densify and Nutanix Partner to Deliver AI-Driven, Fully Automated Kubernetes Optimization

May 1, 2025 By Densify In Densify
We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Nutanix, integrating Densify’s AI-powered Kubernetes optimization solution, Kubex, with the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP). This collaboration brings together two leading technologies to radically improve how enterprise Kubernetes environments are managed—through AI-driven insights and end-to-end automation of resource optimization.
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