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I Have SD-WAN, Do I Just Need SSE Security for the Branch?

As businesses increasingly adopt Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solutions to enhance connectivity and performance across their branch offices, a common question arises: “Do I just need Security Service Edge (SSE) security for the branch?” The answer is a resounding “no”. While SSE provides essential security features, it is not sufficient on its own.

How IDPs "nudge" developer behavior

I was recently cruising LinkedIn and saw Abi Noda from GetDX reference a paper Meta wrote in 2022 on improving code review time. Meta’s focus on this metric was sparked by a developer survey, but what they did as a result is even more interesting (at least to me!). Meta developed a “NudgeBot” to alert reviewers to take action on stale diffs. And it worked; both time to review and time in review went down.

AWS Instance Types Compared: Choosing The Right Option

You might wonder how companies using Amazon Web Services waste more than $10 billion annually. It’s easy to ask, “why don’t they just reduce their spending?” Well, it’s because there’s more to it than that. AWS offers many options — over 200 different services, for example. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides over 300 AWS instance types spread over five unique instance families.

Accelerating Product Delivery: A CTO's Guide to Automating Development Environments

In today’s fast-paced tech industry, CTOs of growing scaleups face the challenge of delivering products faster while maintaining high quality and controlling costs. One powerful way to tackle this challenge is by automating development environments, which can significantly improve productivity, reduce errors, and speed up the entire development process.

How Growing Companies Can Achieve Faster Feedback Loops with Ephemeral Environments

For growing companies, speed and agility are essential to staying competitive in today’s fast-paced market. One of the most critical factors in accelerating product development is creating faster feedback loops. The quicker your team can test, identify issues, and refine code, the faster you can ship high-quality features. One of the best tools to achieve this goal is ephemeral environments.