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Platform engineering metrics: What to measure and what to ignore

Apr 9, 2026 By Candace Shamieh In Datadog
Platform engineering teams have access to hundreds of metrics, yet over 40% of platform initiatives cannot demonstrate measurable value within the first year. Teams that cannot quantify their impact fail to obtain executive sponsorship, risk being defunded, and ultimately, face deprecation. To accurately calculate a platform’s ROI, platform engineering teams need to differentiate between signals that measure platform effectiveness and those that should be used solely for investigative purposes.
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Best Oracle ODBC Drivers in 2026 for Windows and Enterprise Use

Apr 8, 2026 By Rosemary Asufi In Devart
Even when APIs, cloud connectors, and native integrations dominate the conversation in 2026, Oracle ODBC drivers remain the bedrock of enterprise data flow. They quietly power the BI dashboards you rely on, the Excel reports you trust, and the legacy systems you still depend on. But not all Oracle ODBC drivers deliver the same results. Some are built for speed, stability, and modern analytics workloads, while others struggle to keep up with today’s enterprise demands.
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Top 5 Salesforce ADO.NET Providers for 2026

Apr 8, 2026 By Rosemary Asufi In Devart
Choosing your Salesforce ADO.NET provider is more than ticking boxes; it’s the foundation of how your.NET apps interact with Salesforce data. That’s why this decision requires careful consideration of critical features, like ORM support, Entity Framework compatibility, query flexibility, and security. However, this process is far from simple; many providers don’t provide enough concrete details upfront.
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Top 5 Oracle ADO.NET Providers for 2026

Apr 8, 2026 By Rosemary Asufi In Devart
When you build a.NET app that runs on Oracle, think of your Oracle ADO.NET provider as the engine under the hood. It powers how efficiently your connections run, determining speed, stability, and how smoothly your app deploys. Pick the right provider, and your app hums: fast and reliable. Choose the wrong one? That’s when you hit sluggish performance, driver incompatibilities, deployment headaches, or lack of advanced ORM support. To avoid that, we’ve broken down what works.
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Drastic RAMifications: how UK businesses can weather the global memory shortage

Drastic RAMifications: how UK businesses can weather the global memory shortage

Apr 8, 2026 By Steve Spittal, Technology Director In Pulsant
In recent days, the headlines of most technology titles have been dominated by the perfect storm that has led to a global shortage of Random Access Memory (RAM). As the short-term, temporary memory that handles data for processing and applications, RAM - and specifically Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) - is a foundational business technology.
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Resolving Mystery Performance Drops: A Guide to SQL Server Query Optimization

Apr 8, 2026 By Rosemary Asufi In Devart
Short Summary: This guide shows how to find and fix slow search queries when performance drops for no clear reason. It covers how to use dbForge tools to check execution plans, look at index fragmentation, and understand “warm-up” behavior so things stay consistent as your data grows.
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A Guide to NAT Gateway

Apr 8, 2026 By Ryan Cassily In Megaport
What it is, how it works, when to use it, and how to optimize it. Table of Contents Network Address Translation (NAT) has been around for a long time, playing a critical role in extending the lifespan of IPv4 as well as providing breathing room for deploying IPv6. Enterprises have been using it for decades in their corporate and data center networks as an integral part of their network management and security portfolio.
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What is Chaos Engineering? Explained in 60 seconds | Resilience Testing | Harness

Apr 8, 2026 By Harness In Harness
Discover how leading engineering teams proactively build rock-solid applications using Chaos Engineering. Learn why waiting for real outages is risky and how intentionally injecting controlled failures like pod crashes, network latency, and node restarts helps uncover hidden weaknesses before they impact your users. In this short, explore the simple yet powerful practice that turns fragile systems into resilient ones and how Harness makes running chaos experiments effortless and safe with its intuitive Resilience Testing module.
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How to Implement Self-Service Infrastructure Without Losing Control | Harness Blog

Apr 8, 2026 By Bri Strozewski In Harness
Self-service infrastructure replaces ticket queues with controlled, automated workflows so developers can get what they need safely and on demand. Policy-as-code, standardized templates, and an Internal Developer Portal (IDP) provide guardrails that maintain security, compliance, and cost control. You can demonstrate ROI in 90 days by starting with a single golden path and measuring adoption, speed, and policy outcomes. If platform teams are buried in tickets, they are not operating a control plane.
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