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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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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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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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