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Snowflake is an AI data cloud platform that breaks down silos within an organization to enable wider collaboration with partners and customers for storing, managing, and analyzing data. With Snowpark and Snowpark Container Services (SPCS), organizations can leverage a set of libraries and execution environments directly in Snowflake to build applications and pipelines with familiar programming languages like Python and Java, all without having to move data across tools or platforms.

The 2024 EMA Network Megatrends surveyed hundreds of IT professionals about their approach to managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting their networks. In this post, we examine the report’s findings to learn the business and technology trends shaping network operations strategy.

When you want to host your website, you have many choices. Two common choices are cloud hosting and shared hosting. In this article, we'll compare these two hosting types, looking at their performance, security, reliability, scalability, and flexibility. By understanding the differences between cloud hosting and shared hosting, you can choose the best option for your website's needs.

Observability is a broad topic that provides visibility into the key metrics powering customer-facing applications. These applications range from external facing applications ( e.g., Internet banking/online education/e-commerce/government records ) to internal facing applications ( e.g., Trading systems by brokers, Logistics controllers, Traffic Management, and Hotel Reservations). Observability also incorporates backend systems powering industries that ensure smooth operations of tools and processes.

Welcome to this blog series which explores innovative uses of Ubuntu Core. Throughout this series, Canonical’s Engineers will show what you can build with this Core 24 release, highlighting the features and tools available to you. In this third blog, Farshid Tavakolizadeh, engineering manager from our Industrial team, will show you how to build a Matter lighting device with a Raspberry Pi.

CIS Benchmarks are important for security and compliance. In this blog, you'll get an overview, plus learn how to enforce CIS Benchmarks with Puppet.

As modern applications and IT infrastructures become increasingly complex, the need for effective monitoring and management tools has never been more critical. Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is a comprehensive approach that provides visibility into application performance, availability, and user experience. APM is an important tool for platform engineers and developers who are tasked with ensuring that applications run smoothly and efficiently and meet end-user needs.