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Parallel Execution in Modern CI: Best Practices & Results | Harness Blog

Mar 20, 2026 By Chinmay Gaikwad In Harness
Definition: Parallel execution in CI is the practice of running independent build, test, or deployment tasks concurrently to reduce feedback time, improve resource utilization, and control infrastructure costs. Developers often spend almost half their time waiting for builds that could be faster. Simply adding more resources is not enough. Real improvements come from planned parallelism, using concurrency together with test intelligence, caching, and strong governance.
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Intelligent Caching for CI/CD Build Optimization | Harness Blog

Mar 20, 2026 By Chinmay Gaikwad In Harness
‍ We've all been there. You push a PR, grab coffee, check Slack, maybe start a side conversation — and your build is still running. Multiply that across a team of 50 engineers, and you're looking at hours of lost focus every single day. Slow CI/CD builds don't just waste time. They generate a steady stream of "CI is slow" tickets that eat into your platform team's roadmap. Intelligent caching is one of the fastest ways to break that cycle.
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Day 2 operations: an executive guide to Kubernetes operations and scale

Mar 20, 2026 By Mélanie Dallé In Qovery
Kubernetes success is determined by Day 2 execution, not Day 1 deployment. While migration is a bounded project, maintenance is an infinite loop that often consumes 40% of senior engineering capacity. To protect margins and velocity, enterprises must transition from manual toil to agentic automation that handles scaling, security, and cost.
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How to Manage Icinga with Ansible Webinar

Mar 19, 2026 By Icinga In Icinga
Managing monitoring environments shouldn’t be a manual chore. In this hands-on webinar, we show you how to fully automate your Icinga infrastructure using the Ansible Collection for Icinga. We take you step by step through everything from installing Icinga 2 to configuring master instances, setting up monitoring agents, building core objects, and integrating common components like Icinga Web, all driven by Ansible.
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Architecting MCP for AI Agents: Lessons from Our Redesign | Harness Blog

Mar 19, 2026 By Sunil Gattupalle In Harness
-- Key Takeaways: The Harness MCP server is an MCP-compatible interface that lets AI agents discover, query, and act on Harness resources across CI/CD, GitOps, Feature Flags, Cloud Cost Management, Security Testing, Resilience Testing, Internal Developer Portal, and more. -- The first wave of MCP servers followed a natural pattern: take every API endpoint, wrap it in a tool definition, and expose it to the LLM.
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CI Pipeline Optimization Guide for Platform Engineering Leaders | Harness Blog

Mar 19, 2026 By Chinmay Gaikwad In Harness
Definition: CI pipeline optimization is the practice of reducing build and test time and the cost per build by running only what matters, reusing unchanged components, and enforcing standardized governance. Platform teams are wasting thousands of hours every year because their pipelines aren't working right. Developers wait 45 minutes for builds. Jenkins consumes 20% of your team's capacity on maintenance.
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The Future of UK Digital Infrastructure | Pulsant CEO Rob Coupland Interview

Mar 19, 2026 By PulsantUK In Pulsant
In the latest Platform Insight interview, Pulsant CEO Rob Coupland discusses Pulsant’s evolution into the only truly UK‑wide, interconnected data centre platform. The conversation with Nicola Hayes of @PlatformMarketsGroup explores the growing momentum behind edge and sovereign infrastructure, and why real‑world enterprise demand is shaping the next phase of AI. If you want to understand where the UK digital infrastructure landscape is heading – and why regional platforms matter more than ever – this is a must‑watch.
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Real-Time Data: The Engine of Efficient, Sustainable Data Centers

Mar 19, 2026 By Rajan Sodhi In Hyperview
Imagine knowing every detail of your data center as it happens. Real-time data makes this possible. You can monitor systems, track performance, and adjust resources on the fly. This proactive approach leads to smoother operations and reduced downtime. By constantly having up-to-date information, you can maintain peak efficiency in your facility. Such insights allow you to optimize cooling and power use, which are crucial to keeping costs down.
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Webinar Recap: Building The Finance Function For The Future

Mar 19, 2026 By Keith MacKenzie In CloudZero
Women leaders from CloudZero, Campfire, and Preql AI sat down to talk about what it actually takes to modernize finance in 2026 — AI spend, smarter tooling, and the skills that matter now for finance practitioners and executives looking to manage cloud and AI spend in a rapidly changing and unpredictable financial environment. On March 19, 2026, CloudZero and Campfire co-hosted a virtual panel in honor of International Women’s Month, called Building the Finance Function for the Future.
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