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Log Management and Query Optimization in Kibana

When troubleshooting with the Elastic Stack, Kibana is often the interface you’ll rely on to query and visualize logs. It doesn’t change the data—it just makes it searchable and a bit easier to work with under pressure. If you’re investigating an outage, tracking performance issues, or trying to correlate events across services, Kibana’s log exploration tools can speed up the process, assuming they’re configured and used well.

What is Container Orchestration

In the simplest of terms, container orchestration is the automated process of deploying, managing, scaling and networking containers. Containers are lightweight, portable self contained units that include an application or the processes needed to run applications. Docker is a great example of a project that helps to containerize or package applications, and was a large reason why containers gained such popularity around 2013. Before Docker there were Linux Containers (LXC).

Telstra Programmable Network Is Being Discontinued. Here's How to Migrate

Learn how you can use Megaport to successfully migrate from TPN. Telstra has announced that its Telstra Programmable Network (TPN) service will be fully retired by January 2026, with key service milestones beginning as early as July 2025. But for teams that rely on TPN, this change doesn’t have to disrupt operations.

Infra Assistant in Puppet: Talk to Your Infrastructure with Natural Language

Improve productivity and get critical insights faster — no Puppet experience required. Infra Assistant is a natural language interface for interacting with Puppet data and services, saving time and making critical insights available faster than ever. Powered by Perforce Intelligence, Infra Assistant helps teams increase efficiency, reduce manual effort, eliminate bottlenecks, and unlock the goldmine of data on your infrastructure — all while maintaining enterprise-grade security and compliance.

AWS Vs. GCP: Which Platform Offers Better Pricing?

Although Amazon Web Services (AWS) still holds about a third of the cloud services market, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has grown rapidly in recent years. Among the reasons for GCP’s rapid adoption is its simpler pricing structure compared to Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Is that really the case? And how do AWS and GCP pricing differ? But first, a quick background.

Access Logs: Format Specification and Practical Usage

Your server's been logging everything—it’s just easy to overlook until something breaks. Every incoming request, database call, or auth check ends up in your access logs. They’re not flashy, but they quietly document every interaction your system handles. For developers, they’re often the most reliable starting point when things go wrong. In this blog, we'll take a look at what an access log is, its format, types, and a few best practices.

AI is now writing code at scale - but who's checking it?

As Generative AI (GenAI) reshapes the software development landscape, the risks and complexities around managing what gets built, where it comes from, and how it’s secured are growing just as fast. The Cloudsmith 2025 Artifact Management Report dives into this shift, offering critical insights into how teams are adapting their infrastructure and software supply chain security practices in response to the AI-generated code.

Fewer Bindings, More Power: Rancher's RBAC Boost for Enhanced Performance and Scalability

Managing permissions in sprawling Kubernetes landscapes can often feel like untangling an ever-growing knot. As clusters and user bases expand, so does the intricate web of RoleBindings, impacting everything from UI responsiveness to the very stability of etcd. This complexity, if unaddressed, can become a significant hurdle to achieving scalability and maintaining optimal performance in Rancher. SUSE is committed to improving its container management platform.

Engineering Excellence Summits Recap

The best engineering teams ship quality software quickly, but doing that consistently requires more than just speed. It requires careful attention to reliability, security, ease of maintenance, and developer experience. The Engineering Excellence Summits were designed to create a community of engineering leaders looking to connect with others facing similar challenges, share approaches that are working, and learn what “better” can look like.

Platform engineering with a product-management mindset

To really make an impact, platform engineering teams need to start thinking like product managers. That means deeply understanding their users, measuring outcomes instead of outputs, and tying everything they do to real business value. Organizations who care about total cost of ownership and fast time to value are adopting this mindset.