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Considerations for Testing gRPC Streams

If you’ve spent any time building cloud-native systems, you’ve probably tripped over the tricky beast that is gRPC streaming. It’s powerful, flexible, and feels like magic when it works. But the minute you need to test it? Suddenly, you’re in “hold my coffee, I need a week” territory. One of the most common places we see gRPC streams in the wild is when clients connect to asynchronous message buses like Google Pub/Sub.

The 2025 Network Modernization Benchmark: Why Resilience, Speed, and Services Now Rule the Enterprise Backbone

When the network is down, everything grinds to a halt—sales calls, SaaS log-ins, factory robots, even patient monitors. That blunt truth is pushing connectivity from an IT afterthought to a board-level mandate, according to the new C1 Edge 2025 Network Modernization Benchmark Report. The C1 Edge research—conducted in partnership with Hanover Research—surveyed 175 U.S. IT and business leaders who buy and run enterprise networks across multiple industries.

Simple Talks Podcast | S3, Episode 2 - Coffee chat with Jeff Foster

Steve Jones sits down for a chat with Jeff Foster, Redgate’s Director of Technology & Innovation, at the company’s Cambridge, UK headquarters. The main subject covered is hugely topical – AI – with Jeff explaining how he feels about AI today and how it might impact us, and our jobs, in the future. You’ll also learn a bit more about Jeff’s background and Redgate’s ways of working.

The Hidden Costs of VMware

VMware. A name synonymous with virtualization, a powerhouse in the infrastructure space and seemingly the enterprise standard for those managing VMs, to put it simply. But if you haven't noticed yet, behind that familiar name is a new age of license complexity, unexpected renewals, and sharp price hikes that have left many organizations scrambling. Since Broadcom acquired VMware, these challenges have only intensified, with customers blindsided by costs increasing several hundred percent overnight.

Episode 25: The dark side of GenAI: deepfakes, data and the future of trust ft. Malini Christina Raj

Generative AI is changing the way we work, create, and even trust what we see online. In this episode of Server Room, we sit down with Malini Christina Raj, Head of LATAM AI Research at Zoho Corp, to unpack the realities behind GenAI. From building models and the math that powers them, to data curation, privacy, AI agents, reinforcement learning, and the growing threat of deepfakes, we cover it all. Whether you’re an engineer, policymaker, or just AI-curious, this conversation will help you understand where AI is today and where it’s headed next.

N-able EDR - A Strategic Leap That Doubled Growth for ITC

How does a leading MSP like ITC stay ahead of today’s evolving cyber threats? In this exclusive interview, we dive deep into ITC’s strategic approach to cybersecurity—from endpoint detection to enterprise-wide threat response. Discover how ITC leverages N-able EDR to enhance visibility across client environments, and provide peace of mind through proactive threat mitigation. What you’ll learn.