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Here's a scenario that probably sounds familiar: a developer needs a sandbox environment to test something. They file a ticket. Then they wait. And wait. Maybe a day goes by, maybe three. Meanwhile, your platform team is buried in provisioning requests, and somewhere, someone has already spun up an unsanctioned workaround that bypasses every governance policy you've put in place. It's a lose-lose. Developers lose velocity, platform teams lose their sanity, and security gaps quietly multiply.

A typical Next.js deployment can execute code in up to three different runtimes: Edge, Node.js, and the browser. You may already be capturing logs from server-side code, but if you are not capturing the full request from middleware through server rendering to the browser, you are missing a lot of debugging info when things go wrong. TL;DR: A typical Next.js deployment can run in up to three environments; Node, Edge, and the browser.

At Aiven, we believe that you should have the freedom to deploy your data wherever your business needs it to be. Whether you are optimizing for performance, compliance, or regional proximity, our goal is to ensure that the underlying infrastructure supports your innovation without friction. Today, we are excited to expand those choices by officially announcing that OVHcloud is now available as a supported infrastructure provider for Aiven customers.

One of the hot topics from our recent Citrix-focused webinar was the Citrix License Activation Service (LAS). I had the chance to present alongside George Spiers— Citrix Expert and EUC Architect —and we walked through what LAS is, how it works, and what teams should be aware of.

30 years after its introduction, Secure Shell (SSH) remains the ubiquitous gateway for administration, making it a primary target for brute force attacks and lateral movement within enterprise environments. For system administrators and security architects operating under the weight of regulatory frameworks like SOC2, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS, default SSH configurations are an “open door” that represents an unacceptable risk.

The way enterprises are thinking about their infrastructure has changed. Digital sovereignty of all kinds – data sovereignty, operational sovereignty, and software sovereignty – have begun to dominate the infrastructure discussion. Today, these abstract terms have become practical concerns for platform teams.

On March 19th, Richard Hicks, one of our customers, emailed us about a certificate that had renewed after only a week. It was a 90-day certificate and he had not initiated the renewal. That’s the kind of thing that sends you straight to the logs. We found the answer right away. The certificate’s ARI renewal window had been shortened dramatically.

Keeping an IT inventory organized is harder than it sounds. As environments grow, assets quickly multiply across locations, owners, statuses, and lifecycles. Manually grouping devices becomes time-consuming and error-prone, often leading to outdated inventories and teams spending valuable time building lists instead of taking action. That’s where InvGate Asset Management’s Smart Tags come in.

At SaaS Metrics Palooza 2025, CloudZero CEO Phil Pergola delivered a keynote on the software industry’s most pressing question: can SaaS survive the AI revolution, or will AI rewrite the SaaS playbook outright? Phil’s answer wasn’t doom and gloom, but he didn’t sugarcoat the challenges. “Churn rates are up,” he told moderator Ray Rike of Benchmarkit on Oct. 9, 2025. “The payback from a customer acquisition cost perspective is taking longer.

Reliability is the foundation of successful startups. Your product could have the most innovative features, but if it's plagued by downtime or performance issues, customers will eventually jump ship. Fortunately, creating an effective DevOps workflow strategy doesn't have to be complicated. This guide breaks down the essential components and implementation steps that startup DevOps and SRE teams need to focus on.