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Managing SSL certificates can feel complicated for many teams. It often involves remembering renewal dates, keeping track of certificate details, ensuring that websites stay secure, and avoiding costly downtime caused by expired or invalid certificates. While many people call these solutions “SSL certificate management tools,” most organizations do not need a full PKI automation platform.

For IT leaders who need to move fast without breaking governance. If you’re running IT for a bank, a SaaS company, or a Higher education institution, you’re carrying a brutal balancing act on your shoulders. On one side, your developers are pushing for autonomy, velocity, and the freedom to ship. On the other hand, you’re on the hook for governance, compliance, security, cost controls, and now that AI has entered the chat, innovation at scale.

This post is based on Greg Qualls, Director of Product Marketing, presentation, "Accelerating QA and Testing," at SymfonyCon 2024. We utilized AI tools for transcription and to enhance the structure and clarity of the content. Before we dive in, I have over 18 years of experience in sales. If, at times, I sound like I'm trying to sell you something, please forgive me. I promise I'm not.

On December 15, 2022, Catchpoint launched Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM) as a new category for monitoring solutions with our foundational article, “What is Internet Performance Monitoring and How is it Different from APM?” In it, we said: How prophetic those words turned out to be.

Get alerted and fix issues with full context. Qovery Observe notifies you when something goes wrong and guides you straight to the metrics and signals that explain why, all in one place.

If you’ve already worked through cloud cost optimization strategies, the fundamentals aren’t new. CloudZero’s State of Cloud Cost report shows that cloud cost optimization is now a priority for most organizations. We’ve also covered these foundations in depth, including how cloud cost optimization works in practice and how FinOps teams approach cost accountability. What’s less discussed is what happens next. Cloud environments don’t stand still. Architectures change.

In the cloud computing industry, we hear the word “scaling” a lot. We talk about scaling up resources to meet demand, scaling our teams, and scaling our platforms. What tends to get lost is whether your costs are scaling in proportion to the value you’re delivering. If those two metrics don’t move in tandem, it’s likely you’re leaving money on the table. It’s not enough to simply use the cloud.

There’s been buzz around CVE-2025-56383 (published on Sept. 26, 2025), a hijacking vulnerability in Notepad++ v8.8.3 in which a DLL file can be swapped to execute malicious code. The CVE has been disputed by multiple parties, but we’re not here to comment on that. However, we are here to comment on DLL hijacking and discuss the very real threat that it poses to an organization. Let’s look into what DLL hijacking is and what measures you can take to keep your DLLs safe.

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The cloud landscape is no longer just about "getting to the cloud"—it is about mastering the complexity once you are there. For organizations using VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), the stakes have never been higher. As infrastructure converges, the margin for error shrinks, and the need for precision grows. To understand how the industry is navigating these changes, we dive into the VMUG Cloud Operations and VCF User Experience Report 2026.