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Introducing Environment Policy- Gain Unified Control Over Compliance Requirements Across Your Runtime Environments

In modern software development, different environments often have different compliance requirements. Your development environment might allow more flexibility, while production demands strict controls around security scans, testing, and code review. Environment Policy helps you codify these requirements and enforce them consistently.

Sustaining the demand for AI in Asia with investment in subsea cable infrastructure

Across the Asia Pacific region significant investment is going into new subsea cable infrastructure that will help sustain the long-term demand for AI. We’ve written a lot on this blog about the impact of AI on networks and how AI workloads require low latency, high-capacity data transfer. This in turn puts more pressure on existing network infrastructure and in particular subsea cable systems - which provide the global backbone for cloud platforms and data centres.

DevEx Unpacked 001 - Scaling Secure Software with Alison Sickelka

Episode 001: In this inaugural episode of DevEx Unpacked, host Alan Carson sits down with Alison Sickelka, VP of Product at Cloudsmith, for a deep dive into the evolution of software supply chain security. Alison shares her journey from journalism to product leadership, the unique talent landscape in Belfast, and how Cloudsmith is pioneering secure artifact management. Learn how Cloudsmith's Enterprise Policy Management is shaping compliance strategies, why SBOMs are crucial, and where AI fits in a secure DevOps future.

Introducing GitKraken MCP: AI Agents Just Got a Power-Up

With the latest iteration of the GitKraken CLI, you can now connect to a local MCP server to deliver more functionality to your agent of choice. Whether you are using GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, or any other tool, you can now leverage the power of GitKraken’s MCP server to enhance your workflows.

#045 - Beyond Cluster Creation: Mastering Multi-Cluster Kubernetes with Gianluca Mardente (Cisco)

Join Itiel as he chats with Gianluca Mardente, a Principal Engineer at Cisco Systems. Gianluca shares his path to tech and Kubernetes, including his work history and the inspiration behind his open-source project, Sveltos. They dive into the significant challenges of managing a large fleet of Kubernetes clusters – ensuring consistency, handling upgrades, and coordinating resources across different clusters.

Multi-Stage Malware Attack on PyPI: Malicious Package Threatens Chimera Sandbox Users

Open-source package repositories like the Python Package Index (PyPI) play a crucial role in software development. However, these platforms are also potential targets for malicious actors attempting to exploit application software vulnerabilities. The JFrog Security Research team regularly monitors open source software repositories using advanced automated tools, in order to detect malicious packages.

Rancher Live: Balancing Open Source Activities in Corporate Environments

Join the discussion about how to balance Open Source Activities in the context of corporate live. Based on Amanda and Kim's talk at KubeCon Europe 2025 in London - Achieving a balance between corporate goals and open source activities is essential for organizations that offer and rely on both commercial and open source technologies. This balance can be hard to achieve when you have goals, needed results, and resource constraints all pulling in different directions.

Accelerate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure monitoring with Datadog OCI QuickStart

Datadog’s Oracle Cloud Infrastructure integration enables you to collect metrics and logs from your entire OCI stack and monitor them within a single platform alongside other third-party technologies. Datadog’s new OCI QuickStart is a fully managed, single-flow setup experience that helps you monitor your OCI infrastructure and applications in just a few clicks.