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🚨 Azure Service Health Built-In Policy (Preview) – Now Available! 

Microsoft just droppedAzure Service Health Built-In Policy(Preview). It lets teams push Service Health alerts across every Azure subscription—automatically—using Azure Policy. No more piecemeal setup. It folds in AMBA lessons, supports custom rules and action groups, and locks in alert coverage at ..

🚨 Azure Service Health Built-In Policy (Preview) – Now Available! 
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Kali Linux can now run in Apple containers on macOS systems

Cybersecurity professionals can now launch Kali Linux in a virtualized container on macOS Sequoia using Apple's new containerization framework. Apple announced a new framework at WWDC 2025, allowing Apple Silicon hardware to run isolated Linux distros in a virtualized environment. There are limitati..

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From Manual Testing to AI-Generated Automation: Our Azure DevOps MCP + Playwright Success Story

A team wired up Azure DevOps’MCP serverwithGitHub Copilotto crank outPlaywrightend-to-end tests from manual test cases. They now run tests on demand from Azure Test Plans, convert entire test suites in bulk, and drop the results into CI pipelines—no hand-holding required. System shift:AI's not just..

From Manual Testing to AI-Generated Automation: Our Azure DevOps MCP + Playwright Success Story
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MariaDB Kubernetes Operator 25.08.0 Adds AI Vector Support and Disaster Recovery Enhancements

MariaDB Kubernetes Operator 25.08.0 drops some real upgrades. First up:physical backups. Now supported through native MariaDB tools and Kubernetes CSI snapshots—huge win if you're dealing with chunky datasets and tight recovery windows. It alsodefaults to MariaDB 11.8, which brings in anative vect..

MariaDB Kubernetes Operator 25.08.0 Adds AI Vector Support and Disaster Recovery Enhancements
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Cloud native is not just for hyperscalers

CNCF just dropped anAI workload conformance program, built like the Kubernetes one—so AI tools play nice across clusters. Portability, meet your referee. It’s tightening the loop betweenOpenTelemetry and OpenSearch, turning ad-hoc hacks into actual cross-project coordination. AndBackstage and GitOp..

Cloud native is not just for hyperscalers
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How I eliminated networking complexity

A fresh pattern’s gaining traction:Docker + Tailscale sidecarsreplacing old-school reverse proxies and clunky VPNs. Each service runs as its ownmesh-routed node, containerized and independent. The trick?Network namespace sharing.App containers hook into the Tailscale mesh with no exposed ports, no ..

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AI inference supercharges on Google Kubernetes Engine

Google Cloud's pushingGKEbeyond container orchestration, framing it as an AI inference engine. Meet the new crew: theInference Gateway(smart load balancer, talks models and hardware),custom compute classes, and aDynamic Workload Schedulerthat tunes for both speed and spend. The setup handles GPU an..

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Cloudera Acquires Taikun for Managing Kubernetes and Cloud

Cloudera acquired Taikun for seamless deployment of data and AI workloads in any environment. This move reinforces Cloudera's commitment to flexibility and innovation in managing complex IT infrastructures...

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Kubernetes Observability: Pillars, Tools & Best Practices

Kubernetes observability isn’t just about catching metrics or tailing logs. It’s about stitching togethermetrics, logs, and tracesto see what’s actually happening—across services, over time, and through the chaos. Thing is, Kubernetes doesn’t come with this built in. So teams hack together toolchai..

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Accessing the Kubernetes API from SQL Server 2025

SQL Server 2025 rolls outspinvokeexternalrestendpoint, a new way to hit REST APIs straight from T-SQL. That includes calling the Kubernetes API—thanks to a reverse proxy in front. The setup’s not exactly plug-and-play. You’ll need custom TLS certs, an nginx reverse proxy, and Kubernetes RBAC to kee..

Accessing the Kubernetes API from SQL Server 2025