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Redgate Monitor has long helped data teams and DBAs keep track of SQL Agent Jobs. Now, with version 14.0.53, it extends that visibility to Azure Elastic Jobs, giving you a centralized view of all your scheduled tasks, whether they run on SQL Server, Azure SQL Managed Instances, or Azure SQL Databases.

Logging and auditing activity across your AWS environment is a must for security, governance, and compliance. Yet, between management events, data events, and optional insights, it’s easy to overspend on tracking activity without realizing it. In this guide, we’ll break down CloudTrail pricing in plain terms and see what impacts your final bill. We’ll also share immediately actionable ways to keep your CloudTrail costs in check without sacrificing full observability.

AI is no longer just a buzzword. According to a 2024 McKinsey survey, 72% of companies now use AI in at least one area of their business. By 2027, nearly all executives expect their organizations to use generative AI for both internal and external purposes. However, with this rapid adoption comes significant security risks. As organizations rush to implement AI solutions, many overlook a critical vulnerability: prompt security.

Modern systems throw off logs like confetti—and making sense of all that noise is half the battle. OpenTelemetry logging offers a way to bring some order to the chaos. It helps DevOps teams collect logs in a consistent format, no matter what language or framework they’re working with. In this guide, we’ll walk through what OpenTelemetry logging is, why it matters, and how to put it to work in your stack.

Modern applications rely on numerous interconnected endpoints to function properly. Maintaining visibility into these critical connection points is fundamental to both system reliability and security. When endpoints fail, degrade, or become compromised, the impact cascades to users, teams, and ultimately affects your bottom line. Effective endpoint monitoring provides the visibility needed to prevent these issues.

Internal developer portals (IDPs) have become essential tools in platform engineering, helping standardize developer workflows and reduce friction by providing self-service access to tools, APIs, and infrastructure. During my time on a platform team, I experienced firsthand the transformative power of IDPs. Our team implemented custom solutions that significantly reduced load on developers, allowing them to focus on writing code rather than navigating complex infrastructure.

One of my favourite authors, Douglas Adams, once said that “we are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” Whilst Adams is right about a lot of things, he got this one wrong – at least when it comes to infrastructure. As our Infra Masters 2025 event demonstrated, infrastructure is the technology that makes everything work – from managing a satellite in outer space, to, say, livestreaming an event.