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Datadog integrations 2025 recap: Observability for AI, security, and hybrid cloud

Jan 9, 2026 By Alex Guo In Datadog
The year 2025 marked a major milestone in the Datadog integrations ecosystem as we surpassed 1,000 integrations. Along the way, we also added over 110 new technology partners and expanded coverage across the fastest growing software categories, including AI, distributed security, hybrid infrastructure, and data intelligence. This recap highlights the most impactful integrations we released this year and how they connect to these broader technology trends.
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Kubernetes is Hard. Here is the "Easy Mode" for 2026

Jan 9, 2026 By Speedscale In Speedscale
Is Kubernetes actually hard, or are we just using the wrong tools? In 2026, the Kubernetes ecosystem has become a "dependency jungle." Between GitOps, YAML configuration, kubectl mastery, and complex CI/CD pipelines, developers are spending more time managing infrastructure than writing code. In this video, Ken breaks down the "hard parts" of K8s and introduces a more efficient workflow using Speedscale. Learn how to gain instant visibility into your cluster, pull logs without the headache, and turn real-world traffic into actionable load tests.
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Is Kubernetes actually HARD? #speedscale #kubernetes #k8s #devops #cloudnative

Jan 9, 2026 By Speedscale In Speedscale
Thinking about learning Kubernetes in 2026? You’ll need GitOps, kubectl, and CI/CD pipelines... OR you can just use Speedscale. See how a single operator replaces a million dependencies and gives you the traffic insights you actually need to survive production.
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cloudzero

Budget Variance In The Cloud Era: Here's How To Turn Surprises Into Business Value

Jan 9, 2026 By Lyne Carolyne In CloudZero
In the traditional finance world, budget variance was a static comparison between actual and budgeted spend. But in the cloud era, where costs scale with usage, experimentation, and engineering decisions, variance tells a much richer story. Done right, budget variance helps you distinguish between healthy growth and margin erosion. It can signal strong feature adoption, rising customer demand, or successful launches. It can also reveal waste, inefficiencies, and weak cost controls.
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rapidspike

RapidSpike Status Pages: Clearer, Smarter, More Transparent

Jan 9, 2026 By Georgina Grant-Muller In RapidSpike
Clear communication is everything when it comes to service availability. Whether you’re managing a critical website, a SaaS platform, or customer-facing infrastructure, your users expect clarity, honesty, and real-time insight when things don’t go to plan. That’s why we’re excited to introduce the newly refreshed RapidSpike Status Pages, redesigned to look better, work smarter, and provide deeper, more meaningful insight at a glance.
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ribbon

Optimizing DCI for AI Growth: All Roads Lead to Managed Optical Fiber Networks

Jan 9, 2026 By Mitch Simcoe In Ribbon
The accelerating demand for artificial intelligence and cloud-based applications is fundamentally altering how organizations approach physical infrastructure. As data center construction shifts toward rural geographies in search of affordable power and real estate, the connectivity binding these facilities together has become a critical bottleneck. Network architects and CIOs are currently facing a complex decision matrix regarding Data Center Interconnect (DCI) deployment.
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catchpoint

Why Synthetic Tracing Delivers Better Data, Not Just More Data

Jan 9, 2026 By Gerardo Dada In Catchpoint
In modern observability practices, distributed tracing has become table stakes. Most application performance monitoring (APM) platforms encourage an “instrument everything” approach: Deploy an SDK or agent, hook into every service call and capture every user interaction at scale. On paper, this sounds like complete visibility. In practice, it can turn into a costly firehose of data with diminishing returns.
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Harness | Docker Artifact Registry | How to Push and Pull Images

Jan 9, 2026 By Harness In Harness
This video provides a clear and practical walkthrough of the Harness Artifact Registry, demonstrating how to work with Docker images in a secure and reliable manner. You will see the complete flow of pushing images into the registry and pulling them back for builds, deployments, and platform workflows. The goal is to help developers and platform engineers understand how the registry fits into everyday delivery pipelines.
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