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Free vs Commercial ORM Tools: Best Picks Compared

Apr 1, 2026 By Rosemary Asufi In Devart
When you’re building.NET applications, the choice between free ORM tools and commercial ones can make or break your project’s future. It’s not about one side winning, both have standout strengths. Free tools like Entity Framework Core or Dapper offer flexibility without the price tag. However, as projects grow, teams need commercial tools to deal with larger schemas, more complex mappings, and multiple developers working on the same data layer.
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Bridging the Gap: Keeping On-Premises SQL Server Competitive in a Cloud-First World

Apr 1, 2026 By Rosemary Asufi In Devart
Short Summary: Many companies evaluate cloud platforms when they reach scalability limits on existing infrastructure, with migration decisions typically driven by a broader mix of factors: cost optimization, availability, security, and access to managed services. However, despite this shift, a lot of teams still run SQL Server on their own servers. Keeping these systems running well requires good monitoring, performance tuning, and regular maintenance.
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Resolve Webinar: ITSM is Not Your Orchestration Platform

Apr 1, 2026 By Resolve In Resolve
Is your ITSM platform quietly limiting your automation strategy? In this webinar, Resolve breaks down a critical misconception in modern IT operations: why ITSM systems were never designed to serve as orchestration engines, and what it’s costing your organization when they do. You’ll learn.
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Introducing kosli evaluate: Rego Policy Evaluation for Your Compliance Data

Apr 1, 2026 By Steve Tooke In Kosli
If you’re evaluating compliance controls against your Kosli trail data today, there’s a good chance you’ve written some glue code to make it work. A script that pulls trail data from the API. Another that downloads attestations one by one. Something that mangles the JSON together into a shape that your chosen compliance engine can evaluate. And then that engine itself, whether it’s OPA, a custom Python script, or something else, installed and configured in your pipeline.
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2026 CMA investigation: What it means for the cloud industry

Apr 1, 2026 By Civo Team In Civo
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has now set out its latest actions under the Digital Markets Competition Regime (DMCR), following its multi-year Cloud Services Market Investigation. While the regulator has now expanded its focus into business software ecosystems, we must not lose sight of the core issue: the entrenched dominance within the UK's cloud infrastructure.
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How to Measure & Improve Engineering Ops (with Cortex)

Apr 1, 2026 By Cortex | Engineering Operations Platform In Cortex
Is your engineering org actually getting better, or just shipping more? In this overview, we dive into how leadership and platform teams use Cortex to move beyond manual audits and spreadsheets. Learn how to transform "tribal knowledge" into a data-driven culture of engineering excellence by centralizing visibility and automating operational standards. Key Highlights: Mission Control: Using the Service Catalog to map dependencies and ownership without the Slack-pinging or Wiki-hunting.
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Secure and Compliant DevOps in an AI-Enabled World

Apr 1, 2026 By Perforce Puppet In Puppet
Is Your DevOps Strategy Ready for the AI Era? AI is accelerating modern software delivery—but it’s also raising the stakes for security, compliance, and auditability. As AI-driven change increases, many organizations are discovering that incomplete DevOps practices are creating new risk. Based on insights from 800+ global IT professionals, the 2026 State of DevOps Report reveals why vendor‑backed, enterprise‑grade DevOps platforms are becoming critical for managing AI‑driven risk and meeting evolving regulatory demands.
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