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Managing Network Change to Minimize Unnecessary Drama

In today’s fast-paced IT world, keeping your network rock-solid is more crucial than ever. Businesses depend on their networks to keep things running smoothly, but with all the complexity and rapid changes, risks are always lurking around the corner. Nailing network changes is key to cutting downtime, staying compliant, and keeping services up and running. By tapping into automation and smart observability, IT teams can boost efficiency and keep disruptions at bay.

Federation Done Right: Cycle's LowOps Approach

Federation allows for distributing control and services across not just multiple regions, but multiple providers and environments as well. This is a critical capability for today's multi-cloud and bare metal deployments, and the idea has gained momentum for several practical reasons such as compliance, resilience, and latency. Now, more than ever, teams are expected to support multi-cloud deployments, navigate regional compliance requirements, and deliver those low latency experiences to users globally.

Mastering MySQL connection pooling: Why monitoring matters

Because you've navigated here, it's clear you know the significance of managing your databases. We all agree that maintaining the speed and responsiveness of our applications depends upon how we manage our database connections. In this blog post, we will focus on MySQL databases. MySQL connection pooling is revolutionary because it speeds up queries, conserves resources, and allows applications to handle high traffic effortlessly.

Unifying risk and business strategy, Karl Triebes, CPO, Ivanti

How do we break down silos between security and IT and move to an all-encompassing, unified view of risk? Karl Triebes, Ivanti Chief Product Officer, shares original research from Ivanti’s 2025 State of Cybersecurity Report (report link: ivanti.com/stateofcyber) highlighting how security and IT silos undermine organizations’ cybersecurity postures and make it difficult to identify and prioritize risk.

Tech debt and mutual accountability, Dennis Kozak, CEO, Ivanti

Why is such a critical security concern for most organizations? And why are customers and vendors divided over who is responsible for software security? Ivanti CEO Dennis Kozak shares original research from Ivanti’s 2025 State of Cybersecurity Report (report link: ivanti.com/stateofcyber) addressing the significant challenge of tech debt and its impact on cybersecurity.

Exposure management makes risk a business priority, Mike Riemer, Field CISO, Ivanti

How does transforming traditional vulnerability practices and help organizations more proactively protect themselves from cyber risk? Mike Riemer, Field CISO at Ivanti, shares original research from Ivanti’s 2025 State of Cybersecurity Report (report link: ivanti.com/stateofcyber) and explains the goals of exposure management for businesses and cybersecurity leaders.

Uplink | Episode 1: The Future of AI Consumption with Chris Sharp, CTO of Digital Realty

Welcome to Uplink, the podcast where digital infrastructure leaders reveal the underlying technology powering AI and cloud innovation. In this episode, our host Michael Reid sits down with Chris Sharp, CTO of Digital Realty, to discuss how enterprises are consuming AI today, the role of private interconnection, and what the future of AI workloads looks like.

Breaking Barriers: Women Shaping the Future of Technology

The technology industry has traditionally led innovation and economic growth, but women are heavily underrepresented in this sector. While progress has been made in increasing gender diversity, obstacles such as workplace bias, reduced access to mentorship, and systemic issues persist to deter women from taking their careers in technology forward. A new generation of women in technology, however, is breaking these barriers, remolding the industry in their image, and building a more inclusive future.

Online Safety 101: What All Students Should Know

Online safety is more urgent than ever in the digital world today-especially now that college students utilize technology for coursework, communication, and financial transactions. Amidst growing cyber threats, it's imperative to understand how to stay away from phishing scams, identity theft, and data breaches. One security lapse can expose individual and financial information, leading to serious consequences such as theft of personal information or financial identity theft. Students are able to successfully safeguard their digital persona by creating good cybersecurity habits and staying informed about the latest best practices.

How to Convert WebP to PNG Without Losing Quality

WebP is a modern format that offers smaller file sizes than JPEG or PNG. Originally developed by On2 Technologies and later acquired by Google in 2010 it uses advanced compression to keep pictures sharp with less storage overhead. People use it to load images faster. PNG is widely used for web graphics and digital images because it supports transparent backgrounds and uses lossless compression. It's often the preferred format when users need compatibility across various devices and platforms.