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Simple Talks Podcast | S2, Episode 5 - Coffee chat with Kellyn Gorman

In this Coffee Chat episode, Louis sits down with Redgate Advocate Kellyn Gorman. Kellyn tells her origin story of becoming a leader in the data community, which is as inspiring as it is interesting, and the conversation also covers security (and the inherent trust issues data professionals have!), fact-checking ourselves, aging DBAs, Lego obsession, and Raspberry Pi. Also, ever wondered why Kellyn’s social media handle is dbakevlar? Listen in to find out!

Kosli Raises $10 Million Series A led by Deutsche Bank and Heavybit to Transform Software Delivery Governance.

We are delighted to announce that Kosli has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) group, with participation from Heavybit, Defined Capital, Transpose Platform, and a number of angel investors. Alongside this funding milestone we are launching Kosli Enterprise, a new offering designed to meet the complex governance and compliance needs of large financial institutions.

How Telco Automation Tools Expedite Service Delivery While Simplifying Network Operations

Telco automation tools are some of the most powerful instruments that telecom providers can harness. Automation empowers telcos to streamline their network operations centers (NOC), reduce costs, achieve a defragmented view of their digital ecosystem, and ultimately improve service delivery for customers. Though process automation and auto-remediation are unquestionably powerful, it’s natural for network teams to wonder which telco automation tools might be best for their specific needs and niches.

How Xero Scaled Engineering Excellence with Cortex

Xero is a global technology company offering cloud-based accounting solutions designed specifically for small businesses. With engineering teams spread across Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, and Toronto, managing clear ownership, consistency, and effective collaboration presented significant operational challenges.

Priority-Based Escalation Policies: Because Not All Notifications Burn the Same

Let's face it – not all notifications are created equal. That paper cut of a CSS bug probably doesn't need the same response as your production database doing its best impression of a black hole. Today, we're thrilled to announce Priority-Based Escalation Policies, a powerful new way to ensure your team's response matches the notification severity.

Rethinking WhatsApp Alerts - A Data-Driven Approach

WhatsApp has become a major alerting channel for incident response teams. It's popular and for many, a great alternative to SMS. In our 2024 recap, we mentioned how Spike sent over 25,000 alerts on WhatsApp. It is now the 2nd most used alert channel for responders on Spike (rising from 4th spot in 2023). But... I will be the first one to admit – the WhatsApp alerts experience needed work to help responders react to incidents quicker!

Proactive Monitoring: How DinoCloud Uses CloudWatch to Save Clients Money

At MetricFire, we love talking with engineers about their tech stacks, SRE challenges, and how they approach infrastructure monitoring. Recently, we had a great chat with Yoimer Roman from DinoCloud, a Latin American company that helps clients make smarter business decisions by leveraging AWS CloudWatch monitoring. Yoimer wears many hats: mentoring his team on all things AWS, designing custom cloud environments, and bridging the gap between technical challenges and non-technical stakeholders.

Using CircleCI to test and deploy Python serverless functions on Microsoft Azure

Serverless computing simplifies app development by abstracting away server management. Azure Functions provides a robust platform for event-driven, on-demand code execution. In this tutorial, we’ll create and deploy a Python-based Azure Function—one that parses incoming JSON—using CircleCI. For a more granular and enable programmatic access to Azure resources, we’ll use service principal for secure authentication and the Azure CLI orb to streamline our CI/CD pipeline.

Unlocking Edge AI: a collaborative reference architecture with NVIDIA

The world of edge AI is rapidly transforming how devices and data centers work together. Imagine healthcare tools powered by AI, or self-driving vehicles making real-time decisions. These advancements rely on bringing AI directly to edge devices. However, building a robust architecture for diverse edge environments presents significant hurdles. This blog introduces our new reference architecture, designed to simplify edge AI deployment.