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Why MCP is becoming part of your product surface

AI assistants are quickly becoming a primary interface for how people interact with software. Developers ask them how to integrate APIs. Users ask them how products work. Buyers ask them how tools compare. Increasingly, the first explanation someone receives about your product does not come from your website, your documentation, or your sales team. It comes from an AI assistant. That shift has an important consequence that many organizations are only starting to notice.

Backstage Alternatives: IDP Options for Engineering Leaders | Harness Blog

Backstage alternatives fall into three real choices: build and own a framework, buy a fully managed IDP product, or choose a hybrid path that reduces maintenance but keeps Backstage at the core. The trade-off is not "free vs paid" but engineering headcount, governance maturity, time to value, and how actionable your portal is across CI/CD, IaC, and environments. The best commercial IDPs go beyond catalog and documentation.

Architecting Trust: The Blueprint for a "Golden Standard" Software Supply Chain | Harness Blog

We’ve all seen it happen. A DevOps initiative starts with high energy, but two years later, you’re left with a sprawl of "fragile agile" pipelines. Every team has built their own bespoke scripts, security checks are inconsistent (or non-existent), and maintaining the system feels like playing whack-a-mole. This is where the industry is shifting from simple DevOps execution to Platform Engineering.

Helping Businesses Manage Blocked Calls: How SIP 603+ improves transparency in troubleshooting Call Failures

Imagine pulling up to a gas pump, inserting your credit card, and having the display on the pump say “denied”. You call your credit card company, and they say, “Oh, we don’t know, maybe it’s the merchant’s fault, or the card reader is bad…, we can look into it and get back to you in a few weeks.” Most of us would be pretty upset with that response.

What is Cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity refers to the processes and technology used to protect information technology networks, data, people, servers, endpoint devices and other IT-related systems from cyberattacks. The need for this protection has never been greater. All organizations (in both private and public sectors) now exist in a threat landscape that allows attacks against their IT infrastructure.

Sync Your Users Into Icinga Notifications: Introducing the Contacts/Groups API

If you’ve ever onboarded a teammate at 4:57 PM on a Friday (or offboarded one at 4:58 PM… ), you know the pain: keeping notification contacts and groups up to date is work. With the Icinga Notifications REST API, you can automate that and avoid drift.

From Paper to App: Modern Pest Control Workflow

There's a moment every pest control business owner recognizes. When the filing cabinet is full, the paperwork takes longer than the actual service call, and you're spending more time managing documents than managing growth. That moment represents more than frustration; it signals a fundamental business constraint. The pest control software evolution reflects an industry acknowledging that paper-based workflows have become the single biggest bottleneck in field service operations that demand speed, accuracy, and accountability.

10 Best Digital Signage Software Platforms to Check Out in 2026

Looking to get your message across on screens at your office, school, or storefront? Digital signage software can help you do just that. These platforms let you manage what shows up on your displays without having to run around with USB drives or mess with complicated tech setups. Whether you run a small coffee shop with a single menu board or manage screens across dozens of locations, the right software makes all the difference. We put together this rundown of standout options to help you figure out which one fits your needs.

Why Company Values Are the Backbone of Strong Workplace Culture

Workplace culture is a subject of frequent debate as an immeasurable resource; something that is not very specific and therefore cannot be defined, but everyone knows it is a critical element of organizational success. However, a solid workplace culture lies not behind closed doors. It is embedded on clear, genuine organizational values that offer a logical guideline on how individuals interact, make decisions and what is important in the organization. When the values of companies are real, portrayed constantly and integrated in organizational systems and practices, they form the foundation on which the culture is mounted.

Top 9 Observability Tools for AI-Assisted Development & Deployment

AI-assisted development is rapidly becoming the default way software is built. Code generation, AI copilots, agentic pull requests, and automated refactoring are now embedded directly into engineering workflows. While this shift dramatically increases delivery speed, it also introduces a new operational reality: production systems are changing faster than humans can fully reason about them. This is where observability becomes mission-critical.