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Over £2 billion has been earmarked for the IT modernisation of the NHS. Let's explore some of what this means for IT teams and how Redgate can help. The NHS, England’s national health service, has always been a marvel – a complex, interwoven system delivering life-saving care to millions. But behind the clinical brilliance lies an equally intricate network of databases, servers, and IT systems that keep the whole operation humming.

GenAI is everywhere, and it’s changing how we approach technology. If you’ve ever wanted to dive into the world of large language models (LLMs) but felt intimidated, there’s good news! Hugging Face recently launched a self-paced course that’s perfect for beginners and more experienced enthusiasts alike. It’s hands-on, approachable, and designed to work on standard hardware thanks to the small footprint of the models.

It’s time to stop proclaiming that “cloud native is the future”. Kubernetes has just celebrated its 10 year anniversary, and 76% of respondents to the latest CNCF Annual Survey reported that they have adopted cloud native technologies, like containers, for much or all of their production development and deployment. Cloud native isn’t the future – it’s here and now. Data-intensive workloads are no exception.

Following up on his discussion at IDPCON, Lou Bichard, Product Manager at Gitpod, revisits the topic of the developer inner loop. Lou Bichard|

It is the era of interconnected systems and 24/7 operations. So, it goes without saying that IT needs to support seamless, reliable services. That is where the concept of workload automation (WLA) stemmed from. It was a way for IT to schedule ‘jobs’ that otherwise would rely on a human operator to do. But what exactly is workload automation, and how has it evolved? Organizations today are grappling with increasing complexities in IT infrastructure.

For financial institutions across the EU, and for organisations that do business with these institutions, Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) compliance is no longer a “nice to have” — it’s mandatory. No matter how you’re currently meeting and maintaining compliance with the DORA regulation, automation can improve efficiency and effectiveness of the controls you use to stay DORA-compliant.

Connecting Python projects to Oracle databases is an essential step for many workflows, but the process can feel unnecessarily tedious. Dependency-heavy setups, complex setup files like tnsnames.ora, and platform compatibility issues can make even straightforward projects frustratingly complex. To keep workflows running well, developers must discover a reliable and effective approach to connect Python to Oracle.