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Unmasking the Resolute Raccoon

You’ve almost certainly seen them… In the forest, rummaging through a dumpster, in poorly aging millennial memes. Raccoons are ubiquitous and endlessly entertaining creatures. YouTube and TikTok are full of videos documenting their clever antics and escapades. One such intrepid raccoon gained fame for making their way to the most unlikely places, from liquor stores to karate studios.

Managing AI Models and Datasets with Harness Artifact Registry | AI/ML Artifact Management

Building AI applications often means juggling multiple models, scattered datasets, and version chaos across local systems. But what if you could bring it all together — securely and efficiently — in one place? In this walkthrough, Shibam Dhar, DevRel Engineer at Harness, demonstrates how Harness Artifact Registry makes it easy to manage and govern your AI/ML assets — from models and datasets to prompts and agents — with built-in support like Hugging Face and generic registry types.

Escalation policies for low-priority incidents

Teams put a lot of thought into how critical incidents are handled. Low-priority incidents usually don’t get the same attention. And without a proper escalation policy, they just land in a shared channel, waiting for someone to acknowledge. Setting up a clear policy for them is worth doing. Not because they need the same urgency as a critical incident, but because having a defined path for every incident makes the whole system more reliable.

Cisco and Megaport: Redefining the Edge of Modern Networking

Explore four Cisco and Megaport Virtual Edge solutions that bring secure, high-performance networking closer to users and clouds. Enterprises have quickly outgrown the constraints of legacy WAN architectures. As cloud and SaaS dominate and users grow more distributed, rigid infrastructure models—complete with backhaul-heavy designs and unpredictable internet performance—no longer work.

Smarter Custom Metrics for Redgate Monitor: Additional Alert Text Query

This is a guest post from Nick Coombe. Redgate Monitor's built-in metrics cover the most common database pressure points out of the box. However, every estate has a few KPIs and metrics that are specific to the business, and users can create custom metrics to track those signals and receive an alert when they cross a threshold.

Azure Tagging In 2026: A Complete Guide to Organizing Resources, Costs, and Governance

Azure tags are like sticky notes for your cloud resources. They help you label and organize infrastructure in ways that make sense to your organization. Tags enable you to assign categories to resources, making it easy to group, monitor, track, and filter them across any environment. So, how do tags and tagging work in Azure?

Harness AI February 2026 Updates: Securing & Making the SDLC Reliable and Shipping Faster with Agents | Harness Blog

February is all about making AI in software delivery secure and easier to operate at scale. This month’s updates span enterprise-grade application security, API security via MCP, SRE automation, and a major upgrade to the DevOps Agent.

A compass for designing your escalation policy

The first time you sit down to design an escalation policy, it can feel a little like a crossroads. You know incidents need to reach the right people. You just aren’t sure which structure makes the most sense. Should you route by severity? By who’s available? Or by team? There’s no single right answer. Think of this guide as a compass. A compass doesn’t tell you exactly where to go. It helps you orient yourself based on where you already are.