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Lightning-Fast Kubernetes Management with Rancher's Vai Project

If you manage Kubernetes at scale with Rancher, you know that UI performance is not just a “nice-to-have”—it’s crucial for productivity. The Rancher team is on a continuous journey to enhance our platform’s ability to handle increasingly complex environments. In this post take a deep dive into an exciting, evolving improvement we’ve been developing: a project codenamed “Vai” (also called UI Server-Side Pagination or SQLite-backed caching).

Acumen - AIOps Automation Platform

Ribbon Acumen is an AIOps & Automation platform for voice and data networks. It's comprised of a series of ready-made applications and a Builder capability that enables organizations to combine those applications with AI to create custom workflows. Those workflows can analyze and react to data from devices and applications, enabling Acumen to automate network deployment and operations, as well as provide tools to rapidly resolve issues.

ECS Vs. EKS Vs. Fargate: AWS Container Services Compared

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides more than 200 services. Among those, Amazon Elastic Compute Service (ECS), Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and AWS Fargate help deploy and manage containers. Choosing between these services can be challenging. They seem similar on the surface (and are all popular). But each offers unique benefits and limitations. In this guide, we compare the three services, discussing the best use cases for each, and helping you choose the best fit for your business.
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Accelerating Cloudnative Development & DevOps

Cloud-native development, and the resultant rise of DevOps, has transformed how software is built, deployed, and maintained. By embracing containerization, microservices, and continuous delivery, organizations have been able to deliver features faster, scale with demand, and recover from failures more gracefully than ever before. Many organizations are adopting these practices to keep up with industry demands and improve efficiency and security. But this speed and flexibility come with a significant cost - complexity.

Building a .NET PostgreSQL MCP Server for Claude Desktop

Querying PostgreSQL in plain English is no longer a futuristic idea; it’s something you can build today. With a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, Claude Desktop connects securely to external systems, including databases, through a structured interface. Here, MCP acts as the bridge between Claude and PostgreSQL, allowing it to run queries, explore schemas, and return results instantly in Markdown. This guide walks you through building that bridge in C#.

Major DAC Update: Expanded Database Support, Enhanced Security, and AI-Powered Features

We are thrilled to announce a significant update across our DAC (Data Access Components) product line. This release focuses on expanding compatibility with the latest development environments, extending support for modern databases, strengthening security, and adding powerful new functionality for AI-driven applications.

Modern Integration Stratergies: Moving from BizTalk to the Azure cloud

In this episode, Martin Abbott sits down with Ahmed Bayoumy, a Microsoft MVP and integration expert, to discuss his unique journey into the world of integration - from a background in construction project management to becoming a passionate integration professional. They explore the evolution of integration technologies, the impact of AI on integration, and the importance of adapting to new tools and trends.

Azure Integration Services and AI

Join Mick and Sebastian as they dive deep into the world of enterprise integration, exploring the evolution from BizTalk Server to Azure Integration Services and the growing impact of AI on integration projects. Discover how integration is crucial for breaking down data silos to power AI models, the importance of data privacy and compliance especially in the EU and the challenges developers face in keeping up with rapid technological change.

Introducing PostgreSQL Static Data in Flyway

One kind of data in most relational databases is what we call static data. This is also referred to as lookup data, code data, domain data or even list data. Whatever you like to call it, it’s usually smaller data sets consisting of data that never changes, or changes very slowly. One example might be Canadian postal codes. Another example, and one I’m going to use, is the amateur radio band definitions within a given country.

Reliability means smooth on-call and a strong team

True reliability is when your engineers have confidence in their systems and their teams. Full transcript: Reliability to me means my on-call shift is gonna be smooth because everybody is making the attempts to be smart about the type of code that we're writing. And we're regularly testing to make sure that our system has redundancy and can withstand latency spikes, it can withstand resource spikes.