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As containerized microservices architectures grow more complex, developers struggle to diagnose performance issues across interconnected services. OpenTelemetry and Jaeger offer the visibility needed to troubleshoot problems faster and reduce downtime.
Storage decisions directly impact how fast and efficiently OpenShift Virtualization can run containerized and virtualized applications. Getting this choice right unlocks performance gains and operational flexibility.
As companies like Mercer and Robinhood race to deploy AI agents for hiring and financial analysis, developers are discovering that moving these systems from prototype to production involves far more complexity than earlier chatbot deployments.
eBPF delivers powerful observability and security capabilities but demands careful deployment to sidestep performance degradation and vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, infrastructure tooling vendors roll out new capabilities for Kubernetes management and cloud cost optimization.
Slack's widespread service failure Wednesday revealed vulnerabilities in its sharded MySQL infrastructure, prompting industry experts to question whether the company's legacy database approach can scale reliably.
Site reliability engineers and developers can overcome their traditional disconnect by adopting a shared ownership model and unified service catalogs that provide visibility into deployments, dependencies and incident response.
Amazon's latest Kubernetes offering, introduced at re:Invent 2024, automates the heavy lifting of cluster administration, from provisioning to scaling to upkeep.
