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The recent introduction of the DeepSeek R1 (DeepSeek) Large Language Model (LLM) has shaken up the AI landscape, suggesting that new low-cost and open-sourced providers could enter the market. This disruption creates huge opportunities for service providers to drive innovation and for their vendors and suppliers to enhance or innovate in economically feasible ways.

As software grows ever more complex, the growing trend of Internal Development Platforms (IDPs) is becoming undeniable. It doesn't matter if you are the next AI super company or a small tech startup—if you are building software, you should consider having a repeatable set of practices and tooling in place to remove developer friction and supercharge operations. IDPs can be used to solve a number of issues, from context switching and lack of collaboration to lack of visibility and security risks.

AWS cost monitoring tools enable you to track your resource consumption and costs associated with running operations on the AWS platform. These tools vary in capabilities but typically offer customizable reporting, dashboarding, data analytics, built-in automation, and cost alerting. Keep in mind that AWS monitoring differs from AWS management in that monitoring provides usage and cost data without necessarily offering optimization tools.

Enterprises across industry verticals are looking for new ways to increase the efficacy of their businesses. One way to do this is building an efficient pipeline of processes, employees, devices, and services that are all tightly integrated to get the best return on investment. However, this requires an efficient telecommunication system where industry machines, personnel, and business services use continuous, performant, and reliable communications to work together.

OpenTelemetry is the go-to open-source standard for observability, but when it comes to tracking frontend performance and user interactions, things get a little tricky. Unlike backend services, browsers introduce challenges like CORS restrictions, asynchronous execution, and limited access to certain telemetry data. This guide covers everything you need to know about using OpenTelemetry in the browser, from setup to best practices, advanced configurations, and real-world debugging techniques.

Aerospike is a high-performance, real-time NoSQL database built for speed, scale, and low-latency transactions—think millions of reads/writes per second without breaking a sweat. When you're dealing with high-throughput applications, keeping an eye on Aerospike’s performance isn't just a good idea—it's mission-critical to avoid bottlenecks, connection issues, or unexpected slowdowns.

These two types of peering relationship may seem similar at first glance, but there are a few considerations you should make to get the most out of your connection to an IX. When you join an internet exchange, the first thing you’ll need to do after physically connecting is establish some BGP sessions in order to get traffic flowing and to start enjoying the benefits of peering at an IX.

I’m thrilled to announce the general availability of Observo Orion, the industry’s first Agentic AI Data Engineer. This launch represents more than just a new product — it’s a fundamental shift in how organizations will manage their security and observability data pipelines. For years, I’ve watched organizations struggle with data engineering challenges. It’s been a highly specialized discipline, requiring deep technical expertise and significant manual effort.

In the early days, people debated how safe it was to store their money in the bank; now, we debate running databases on Kubernetes. Over the years, Kubernetes has evolved significantly, transforming into a capable platform for handling various workloads, including stateful ones. In this blog, I will consolidate some of the best arguments from both sides and provide you with some points to discuss with your team lead in your next conversation. It's an interesting topic with varying answers.