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DevEx Unpacked 002 - DevRel, Donuts & Distributed Systems with Dan McKinney

Episode 002: In this episode of DevEx Unpacked, Alan Carson sits down with Dan McKinney, one of Cloudsmith’s earliest team members and now Head of Solutions Engineering. Dan reflects on his unique journey from writing docs and filming DevRel videos to leading high-stakes enterprise sales. Discover how Cloudsmith scaled from a two-person start-up to a platform trusted by global enterprises, why software supply chain security is more urgent than ever, and what features make developers and security teams lean in.

The 3 Es of Diskless Kafka BYOC

Diskless Kafka splits storage from compute, delegating replication to cheap object storage and turning Apache Kafka Brokers into a stateless compute layer. It’s 100% Kafka, and 80% cheaper. But in the cloud, a cheaper underlying technology does not always mean you pay less. The cost varies significantly depending on the deployment model - SaaS or BYOC. In this article, we will learn why.

7 critical Active Directory metrics every IT admin should monitor

Across vast enterprise networks, Active Directory (AD) serves as the foundational layer for identity and access management. It's the critical service enabling user authentication, managing authorizations, and ensuring smooth operations across your network. Given its central role, any hiccup in AD can lead to widespread outages, security vulnerabilities, or frustrating user experiences.

The best of both worlds with the Splunk Cloud Platform

This video describes how the value of migrating to the Splunk Cloud Platform provides a comprehensive environment that offers everything from efficiency and sustainability to agility and security plus and lower your costs. How can you be sure? With the Splunk Cloud Calculator we’ll show you the real dollar savings you could get from migrating to the Splunk Cloud Platform.