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certkit

Last call on 398-day certificates

Mar 2, 2026 By Todd H. Gardner In CertKit
The bell rings. Last call for 398-day certificates is March 15. After that, every CA is required to cut you off at 200 days. Some have already stopped serving them early. The rest follow in two weeks. The irony of good certificate management is that when it works, nobody notices. No alerts, no outages, no 2am pages. The only time it gets attention is when something expires. Which means the teams doing it well rarely have the budget or the political capital to fix the process before it breaks.
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cloudzero

What Is Lift And Shift? Is It Right For You?

Mar 2, 2026 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Cloud migration strategies range from quick rehosting to complete application refactoring. Lift and shift migration (also called rehosting) moves applications from on-premises to the cloud with minimal changes, promising speed and lower initial costs compared to other strategies. But does lift and shift actually deliver long-term savings? This guide examines when lift and shift makes sense, when it creates hidden costs, and what alternatives exist.
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ribbon

The Strategic Shift to Managed Optical Fiber Networks (MOFN)

Mar 1, 2026 By Mitch Simcoe In Ribbon
As digital transformation accelerates, the underlying infrastructure supporting your enterprise or service provider network faces unprecedented pressure. The exponential growth of data, driven by cloud computing, 5G, and particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), demands a fundamental rethink of how you approach connectivity.
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Komodor

When AI Writes the Code, Who Pays the Cloud Bill?

Mar 1, 2026 By Ilan Adler In Komodor
This is part two of a series of the implications of AI generated code becoming mainstream. We recently wrote about how AI-generated code is overwhelming SRE teams with production complexity they can’t manage. Turns out that’s only half the problem. The other half shows up on the cloud bill. A prospect reached out to us last month. They’d been using Cursor and Claude Code for six months, shipping features at unprecedented velocity. Product was thrilled.
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The Rise of Technical Virtual Assistants: QA Testing, Documentation, and DevOps Support in 2026

The Rise of Technical Virtual Assistants: QA Testing, Documentation, and DevOps Support in 2026

Mar 1, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Virtual assistants are no longer just handling emails and scheduling meetings. In 2026, a growing number of tech companies are outsourcing QA testing, technical documentation, project coordination, and even DevOps support tasks to skilled virtual assistants - at 60-70% less than hiring equivalent local talent.
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devart

ODBC Driver for MySQL: Open-Source vs Commercial (2026)

Feb 28, 2026 By Dereck Mushingairi In Devart
The MySQL ODBC driver is what keeps BI tools, reporting systems, and ETL pipelines connected to MySQL without errors. Teams have depended on it for years, and it’s still vital today, especially with MySQL ranked worldwide in February 2026. However, not all ODBC drivers are built alike. There are two categories: open-source options and commercial ones. While both connect applications to MySQL, they differ in areas like stability, performance, security, and support.
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Humanized AI Text for Stronger DevOps and Operations Content

Humanized AI Text for Stronger DevOps and Operations Content

Feb 28, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
You create content for operations teams, DevOps engineers, SREs, and IT decision-makers. Topics include monitoring, incident management, cloud infrastructure, ITSM processes, and observability tools. AI generates initial drafts quickly. The results frequently come across as mechanical. Sentences follow predictable patterns. Technical explanations lose nuance. Readers in this field expect precise, practical language from experienced practitioners. They detect generated text easily. Engagement drops when content feels detached from real-world ops challenges.
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Galileo

IT Cost Optimization Strategy: Eliminating Guesswork with Observability

Feb 27, 2026 By Andy Wojnarek In Galileo
IT organizations are being asked to reduce costs, manage risk, and maintain performance at the same time. Meanwhile, infrastructure complexity continues to grow, and vendor pricing changes are reshaping budget assumptions. Too often, an IT cost optimization strategy is shaped by incomplete data around sizing, licensing, refresh timing, and platform decisions. That uncertainty leads to overprovisioning, budget surprises, and reactive operations. Observability changes that equation.
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devart

Mastering Temporal LEFT OUTER JOINs for Historical State Analysis in SQL Server

Feb 27, 2026 By Rosemary Asufi In Devart
Short Summary: This guide shows how to use time-based LEFT OUTER JOINs with SQL Server temporal tables, step by step. You’ll see how dbForge tools help you fine-tune these queries so you can get accurate reports for specific points in time, fully understand how your data changes, and confirm that your logic is correct.
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