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devart

dotConnect 2025.1 Release: Built for speed. Designed for security.

Dec 19, 2025 By dotConnect Team In Devart
We’re excited to announce dotConnect 2025.1, a major update that brings full support for the newest versions of.NET and Visual Studio. This release boosts performance with new batch update capabilities, adds built-in OAuth for easier cloud integration, and streamlines the product lineup by removing outdated technologies so developers can rely on a more modern, focused data access stack.
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VictoriaMetrics

VictoriaMetrics 2025 Developer Experience: A Year in Review

Dec 19, 2025 By Diana Todea In VictoriaMetrics
2025 was a landmark year for VictoriaMetrics — defined not only by product improvements, new capabilities, and wider adoption, but by a strong and consistent presence across the global open-source and cloud-native ecosystem. Our mission has always been clear: to build open-source monitoring and observability solutions that are simple, reliable, and efficient for metrics, logs, and traces.
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redgate

Streamlining Flyway Setup with the Guided Shadow Configuration

Dec 19, 2025 By Daniel Osborne In Redgate
Guided Shadow Configuration removes the setup overhead of shadow databases in Flyway Desktop, allowing teams to adopt migrations-based workflows quickly and safely with minimal configuration. A Shadow Database is a disposable, ‘sandbox’ database that Flyway uses to generate and verify migration scripts.
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7 Strategies for IT Ops Teams to Monitor and Optimize Real-Time Commodity Pricing Systems for Financial Reliability

7 Strategies for IT Ops Teams to Monitor and Optimize Real-Time Commodity Pricing Systems for Financial Reliability

Dec 18, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Real-time commodity pricing systems have become mission-critical infrastructure for financial institutions, trading desks, and enterprise resource planning operations. As of December 2025, with 72% of trading firms migrating to cloud-native CTRM and ETRM platforms, IT Ops teams face mounting pressure to maintain pricing accuracy, minimize latency, and ensure system resilience during volatile market conditions.
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devart

Guide to Connecting Dynamics 365 and Visual Studio With Devart ODBC

Dec 17, 2025 By Dereck Mushingairi In Devart
Integrating Dynamics 365 with Visual Studio should be simple. Yet, developers and solution architects often run into challenges when trying to establish a direct, standards-compliant connection. From dealing with fragmented integrations to handling complex data security requirements, these obstacles slow down development, increase maintenance costs, and hinder the full strategic use of CRM data.
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devart

How Oracle AI Transforms SQL Performance and Accuracy

Dec 17, 2025 By Dereck Mushingairi In Devart
Today, about 20-40% of developer time is spent on debugging and maintenance, which is why Oracle AI is redefining SQL optimization altogether. As AI-driven automation accelerates across the Oracle ecosystem, Oracle AI Database 26ai brings machine learning, generative AI, and real-time analytics directly into the SQL engine: reducing the need for manual tuning with built-in, AI-powered automation.
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metricfire

How to Connect Your MySQL Instance to a Grafana Datasource

Dec 17, 2025 By Benjamin Pitts In MetricFire
Grafana’s MySQL datasource makes it easy to turn raw database rows into clean, interactive dashboards. Whether you're testing out a new monitoring setup or experimenting with time-series data, MySQL + Grafana gives you a powerful foundation for building visualizations quickly.
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VictoriaMetrics

Spotify's performance & control across large monitoring environments with VictoriaMetrics

Dec 16, 2025 By Adam Yates In VictoriaMetrics
When your active time series is in the billions and the total number of data points you need to monitor runs into the tens of trillions, you need a high-performance observability solution with operational simplicity. Streaming behemoth Spotify is one such case. Their observability team chose VictoriaMetrics as the fastest monitoring and observability solution on the market.
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