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Today, I’m excited to share that Perforce Puppet has launched the first build of Puppet Core! Here’s why the inaugural release of this new product marks a huge step forward for Open Source Puppet users.

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has already begun to reshape the financial landscape in the European Union and beyond. As of January 2025, EU financial entities and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) third-party providers must demonstrate robust operational resilience against ICT disruptions.

Keeping your team informed about service disruptions has never been easier. The StatusGator Integration directory, available in the Menu on our website, allows you to explore all the integrations we support in one place. From collaboration tools to incident management platforms, we help you integrate status updates seamlessly into your workflow.

We consistently roll out helpful updates and fun features in Grafana Cloud, our fully managed observability platform powered by the open source Grafana LGTM Stack (Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for traces, and Mimir for metrics). In case you missed them, here’s our monthly round-up (the first of 2025!) of the latest and greatest Grafana Cloud updates. You can also read about all the features we add to Grafana Cloud in our What’s New in Grafana Cloud documentation.

While Kubernetes aims to streamline containerized application management, its multi-layered architecture creates potential points of failure. Problems in any of these layers can manifest as application crashes, resource overutilization, or failed deployments, making cluster maintenance a persistent challenge. Kubernetes meticulously logs all aspects of cluster activity and application output, from individual Pods to ReplicaSets.