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SQL Server Observability: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Best Practices

For DevOps teams managing mission-critical databases, SQL Server observability is a fundamental capability that provides comprehensive insight into database performance and health. Effective observability practices enable teams to identify potential issues before they impact end users and provide the context necessary to resolve problems efficiently. SQL Server observability involves collecting and analyzing metrics, logs, and traces to build a complete picture of database behavior.

A Guide To AWS Cost Allocation Tags And When To Use Them

Knowing only how much you spent on your AWS bill each month isn’t enough to provide the cost visibility you need to make cost-aware engineering and business decisions. It’s why AWS introduced tags. Tags enable AWS users to label their resources to track cost and usage in the vast AWS infrastructure. Tagging helps you understand who, what, and why your cloud spend is changing.

Platform Engineering with a Product Management Mindset: 10x Your Developer Experience - Jabed Amin

In this 5-minute session, Jabed Amin, Developer Relations at Cortex.io, will explain how platform engineers can enhance their impact by treating their Internal Developer Portal as a product. By understanding internal customers’ needs, prioritizing features, and ensuring a seamless developer experience, platform engineers can 10x their team’s productivity. Join us to discover how adopting this mindset can transform your platform engineering efforts into a high-impact, developer-centric initiative that empowers your teams and drives organizational success.

Internal Developer Platform vs. Internal Developer Portal: Which to Choose?

Discover the key differences between Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and Internal Developer Portals and why modern engineering teams need both to streamline DevOps, boost developer productivity, and scale software delivery with confidence.

The State of SSL Stacks

A paper on this topic was prepared for internal use within HAProxy last year, and this version is now being shared publicly. Given the critical role of SSL in securing internet communication and the challenges presented by evolving SSL technologies, reverse proxies like HAProxy must continuously adapt their SSL strategies to maintain performance and compatibility, ensuring a secure and efficient experience for users. We are committed to providing ongoing updates on these developments.

Introducing Git Integration for Jira Cloud: Advanced Edition

Git Integration for Jira (GIJ) is evolving. For over a decade, we’ve helped tens of thousands of organizations bring Git repository activity from any provider into Jira. Soon, our mission will expand beyond connecting Git and Jira—to helping your team cut through the noise and surface the signals that drive better decisions.

GitKraken Desktop 11.1: AI That Pulls Its Weight

Written by author, adapted by AI Tasteful AI features? Is that even a thing? With GitKraken Desktop 11.1, we think we’ve struck the right balance of adding useful AI capabilities that stay out of your way until you actually need them. In our previous release, we introduced GitKraken AI, which helps explain selected commits and generate commit messages. With 11.1, we’re building on that foundation with two major enhancements that bring even more context-aware assistance to your workflow.

Powering MNO's 5G Future - A Collaborative Vision

Most Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) prioritized the deployment of 5G RAN infrastructure for both data and voice. Refarming 3G radio spectrum, implementing network slicing, adopting cloud native architectures, and driving automation are key for mobile networks. This blog will explore these ideas and show how Ribbon’s solutions are focused on this accelerated adoption.

ChatGPT vs. relaxAI: What's the difference?

The AI chatbot market has grown exponentially since ChatGPT's launch in 2022, with millions of chatbots now in use. At a surface level, AI chatbots are a computer program that simulates human conversation with an end user (IBM). As the market continues to evolve, the differences in their approaches to data privacy, security, and user control have become increasingly important. This is particularly relevant for organizations seeking to leverage AI chatbots while ensuring the protection of sensitive data.