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How to build your first model using DSS

GenAI is everywhere, and it’s changing how we approach technology. If you’ve ever wanted to dive into the world of large language models (LLMs) but felt intimidated, there’s good news! Hugging Face recently launched a self-paced course that’s perfect for beginners and more experienced enthusiasts alike. It’s hands-on, approachable, and designed to work on standard hardware thanks to the small footprint of the models.

Your data applications, contained and maintained

It’s time to stop proclaiming that “cloud native is the future”. Kubernetes has just celebrated its 10 year anniversary, and 76% of respondents to the latest CNCF Annual Survey reported that they have adopted cloud native technologies, like containers, for much or all of their production development and deployment. Cloud native isn’t the future – it’s here and now. Data-intensive workloads are no exception.

Automating DORA Compliance Requirements with Policy as Code

For financial institutions across the EU, and for organisations that do business with these institutions, Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) compliance is no longer a “nice to have” — it’s mandatory. No matter how you’re currently meeting and maintaining compliance with the DORA regulation, automation can improve efficiency and effectiveness of the controls you use to stay DORA-compliant.

The SRE Report 2025: Highlighting Critical Trends in Site Reliability Engineering

Catchpoint's annual report reveals the rise of operational toil, the growing importance of user experience as a reliability metric, and the challenges of balancing speed and stability in a rapidly developing AI-driven landscape.

How to Connect to Oracle Database From Python With Devart Python Connector

Connecting Python projects to Oracle databases is an essential step for many workflows, but the process can feel unnecessarily tedious. Dependency-heavy setups, complex setup files like tnsnames.ora, and platform compatibility issues can make even straightforward projects frustratingly complex. To keep workflows running well, developers must discover a reliable and effective approach to connect Python to Oracle.

Choosing the Right Monitoring Solution for Your Microsoft IT Stack

For IT teams seeking speed and agility, agentless monitoring offers a lightweight approach. This is particularly useful for Microsoft servers like Windows Nano Server, where resources may be constrained, or in environments where gaining approval for agent installations could be a hurdle. An agentless Microsoft monitoring tool is ideal if: However, there are limitations.

Real-Time IT Insights: How Commvault Fined-Tuned Microsoft-Centric Monitoring with VirtualMetric

Managing a complex IT environment with both on-premises data centers and multiple cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) brings a unique set of challenges. Commvault’s cloud operations team, led by Ernie Costa, was well aware of the high-performance systems running on technologies like Hyper-V and NVMe storage. In these systems, even a second’s delay could mean missed opportunities to prevent incidents or optimize performance.