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7 Best Network Configuration Management Tools

If you want a secure, efficient, and compliant network, network configuration management is a must. Whether managing a small network or being responsible for a large enterprise system, having the right solution can make all the difference. Network configuration management tools provide valuable insights into devices on your network, and they can help quickly restore previous configurations in the event of a failure, misconfiguration, or security incident. What is network configuration management?

Stop Guessing, Start Measuring: Optimizing Rancher Continuous Delivery With Fleet Benchmarks

Rancher Continuous Delivery (known as Fleet) can be used in a workflow to deploy applications to many clusters. With its GitOps support, it enables downstream clusters to pull updates from a Git repository. We know of users that monitor several hundred Git repositories and deploy to a thousand clusters. To make this scale possible, several intermediate steps are necessary. First, the application is converted into separate bundles, which are then targeted at clusters.

Linux Security Logs: Complete Guide for DevOps and SysAdmins

Security logs are the quiet sentinels of your Linux systems, recording critical information that can mean the difference between detecting an intrusion and discovering a breach months too late. For most DevOps professionals and system administrators, these logs contain valuable insights that often go untapped. While they're essential for compliance, their real value lies in providing visibility into your system's security posture and operational health.

Using DCIM to Drive Down Data Center Energy Costs

Data centers are energy-intensive, and with the surge in AI-driven workloads, their global energy consumption is projected to more than double by 2030, potentially surpassing the current electricity consumption of Japan. For most data center operators, energy is one of their largest recurring expenses. As demand for data center capacity continues to grow and energy prices fluctuate, energy efficiency is no longer just a sustainability goal, it's a core business concern.

What's Holding Back AI Adoption in India?

Earlier this year, I spent a few weeks in India, visiting universities, speaking at meetups, and catching up with founders. What stood out wasn’t just the excitement about AI, but the focus on what it can actually do today. The curiosity about GenAI and big-picture questions around AGI is there, but most conversations centered around real needs: learning faster, applying for jobs, and getting healthier.

Simple Talks Podcast | S2 Episode 9 - Coffee chat with Carlos Chacon

Carlos Chacon of Marathon Consulting joins Louis for a lively chat about topics far and wide, from the community and podcasts to security and laundromats. Carlos has his own longstanding podcast and, as they came to the end of the interview, he turned the tables on Louis and made him answer some of his own questions too!

Building an end-to-end Retrieval- Augmented Generation (RAG) workflow

One of the most critical gaps in traditional Large Language Models (LLMs) is that they rely on static knowledge already contained within them. Basically, they might be very good at understanding and responding to prompts, but they often fall short in providing current or highly specific information. This is where RAG comes in; RAG addresses these critical gaps in traditional LLMs by incorporating current and new information that serves as a reliable source of truth for these models.

Robocalls Aren't Going Away - But the FCC Is Taking Aim at a Big Vulnerability

If you've ever received a call that looked like it was from your bank or, worse, a family member, but turned out to be a scam, you're not alone. These spoofed calls continue to be a huge headache, not just for everyday people but for businesses, phone carriers, and regulators too. The good news? The FCC is stepping up again. Last week, the Federal Communications Commission released a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to close a serious gap in our defense against robocalls: non-IP networks.

JFrog's SPOF Framework for SaaS Ecosystems

As Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions evolve, organizations face increasing pressure to ensure uninterrupted service delivery. One of the most significant threats to SaaS Service delivery and operational continuity is the presence of known and unknown Single Points of Failure (SPOFs). As a SaaS organization, the team at JFrog deeply understands the risks of SPOFs and works hard to avoid them.

AI at the Edge: Why Smart Data Placement is the Key to Unlocking Its Power

As organizations increasingly deploy AI solutions, I am seeing more and more that the strategic placement of data—particularly at the edge—is becoming paramount to unlocking AI’s full potential. This is a viewed shared by our partners at Riverbed, as highlighted in a recent white paper, Accelerating AI and Data Movement at the Edge. Edge computing enables businesses to perform complex operations at production sites by positioning compute resources nearer to users and operations.