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Microsoft has made Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Automatic generally available, offering an “opinionated” — but fully Kubernetes‑compatible — managed mode that stitches together autoscaling, node lifecycle management, observability, and security defaults to deliver production‑ready clusters...

Azure has made a decisive push to lower the operational friction of Kubernetes with the general availability of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Automatic — an opinionated, fully managed mode of AKS that ships production-ready clusters with preselected networking, security, scaling, and...

VLink today announced it has achieved the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Digital & App Innovation (Azure) — a formal recognition that positions the company as a validated provider of cloud-native application development, application modernization, and DevOps-led delivery on...

Source code management is no longer a niche developer convenience — it is the central nervous system of modern software delivery, and choosing the right system in 2025 determines how fast teams ship, how well they secure supply chains, and how easily they scale across distributed workforces and...

Microsoft’s Azure DevOps no longer sits unchallenged as the default CI/CD and ALM suite for every team — in 2025 a broad set of alternatives have matured into real, production-ready choices that often outpace Azure DevOps on ease of setup, GitOps alignment, cloud-native scale, or AI-assisted...

Source code management remains the backbone of modern software delivery — and in 2025 the landscape reflects both continuity and rapid evolution as teams balance Git’s ubiquity with specialized tools for scale, binary assets, security, and integrated DevSecOps workflows. The Analytics Insight...

Nano11’s demo-sized ISO and sub‑3GB installed footprints are headline‑grabbing — but they’re the result of deliberate surgical removals and heavy compression that trade serviceability, security, and general compatibility for raw minimalism. Background / Overview Windows 11’s default footprint...

NTDEV’s new Nano11 Builder takes the Windows‑11 debloat movement from pragmatic trimming to experimental minimalism, producing bootable ISOs and installed images measured in single‑digit gigabytes by surgically removing inbox apps, servicing infrastructure, and even parts of the Windows...

Microsoft has confirmed that Phase 2 of its mandatory multi‑factor authentication (MFA) enforcement for Azure will begin a tenant‑by‑tenant rollout this autumn, extending MFA requirements from portal sign‑ins down into the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) control plane and affecting command‑line...

Microsoft’s public preview of a self-service quota management experience for Azure App Service brings a long-requested level of transparency and control to scaling web apps — a dedicated App Service Quota blade in the Azure portal that shows usage per SKU, lets teams request new limits inline...

CISA’s release of “A Shared Vision of Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for Cybersecurity” marks a deliberate, coordinated push to normalize software composition transparency across governments, suppliers, and operators — a concrete step toward reducing systemic risk in the software supply chain...

Elon Musk’s xAI has quietly escalated its play for the developer tooling market with Grok Code Fast 1 — a model explicitly tuned for agentic coding that promises rapid tool calls, low-latency edit loops inside IDEs, and pricing that aims to make continuous, agent-driven development economically...

Elon Musk’s xAI has stepped into the agentic coding ring with Grok Code Fast 1, a new model the company is pitching as a speed-focused, budget-friendly assistant for real-world developer workflows — one optimized to call tools, edit files, and iterate inside IDEs with minimal lag. The...

Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) and its relationship with Windows Server have once again become a focus. Recent reports from Hong Kong and international media, along with practical feedback from community forums, show that as Microsoft continues to release security patches and...

The Australian Taxation Office is preparing to pilot an enterprise-grade AI coding assistant for its roughly 800 core developers, a move that could reshape how government software is produced — from legacy COBOL modernization to automated test generation — while raising familiar questions about...

GitHub Spark plus Codespaces now makes it practical to generate a modern single‑page application (SPA) and deploy it directly into Microsoft Power Pages using the Power Platform CLI — a workflow that compresses days of setup into a few web-driven steps while keeping the final code and deployment...

GitHub’s CEO Thomas Dohmke has confirmed he will leave the company at the end of 2025, saying he’s ready to “become a founder again” after steering the developer platform through its most AI‑intensive transformation to date. Background Thomas Dohmke became GitHub’s CEO in late 2021 and has...

GitHub Actions’ relentless pace of innovation shows no signs of slowing, with the latest announcement poised to reshape how developers and organizations manage workflow settings and automation environments. The recent unveiling of new REST APIs and a consequential migration of the...

GitHub Actions users and Windows developers alike should brace for some far-reaching changes beginning this September. With the global popularity of GitHub Actions—GitHub’s industry-leading CI/CD platform—increasingly becoming central to enterprise development and open-source collaboration, even...

The Rise of Container-Native Infrastructure: Bridging DevOps and Enterprise Scale In the evolving landscape of cloud computing and modern application delivery, container-native infrastructure represents a crucial shift for enterprises adapting to DevOps methodologies at scale. While application...