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Information Security Outsourcing 2.0: Balancing Control, Cost, and Capability

Outsourcing security saves time but risks control. Learn how developers can choose trusted partners and stay secure without losing visibility.

February 11, 2026

by Alex Vakulov

CORE

· 1,639 Views

The AI Firewall: Using Local Small Language Models (SLMs) to Scrub PII Before Cloud Processing

Learn how to run small language models locally as an AI firewall to detect and scrub PII from data before sending it to cloud AI services.

February 10, 2026

by Rambabu Bandam

· 3,668 Views · 1 Like

OCI Images as Kubernetes Volumes: A New Era for Data Management

A new volume type has recently joined the Kubernetes ecosystem: the image volume. This feature promises to change how we manage static data and configurations.

February 10, 2026

by Manuel Morejón

· 2,073 Views

Designing a Real-Time Data Activation Platform Using Segment CDP, Databricks, and Iterable

We rebuilt a failing activation stack as a governed platform using Segment, Databricks, and Iterable, reducing incidents and enabling safer self-service.

February 10, 2026

by Shweta Puri

· 810 Views

Query-Aware Retrieval Routing for Analytics on AWS: When to Use Redshift, OpenSearch, Neptune, or Cache

Use a query router for LLM analytics — Redshift (KPIs), OpenSearch (definition), Neptune (lineage), and Cache (repeats) — to improve accuracy, latency, and costs.

February 10, 2026

by Anusha Kovi

CORE

· 1,180 Views · 1 Like

Secure Multi-Tenant GPU-as-a-Service on Kubernetes: Architecture, Isolation, and Reliability at Scale

GPU-as-a-Service makes it easier to share accelerators, but it also raises concerns about isolation and security. This introduces a secure Kubernetes architecture.

February 10, 2026

by Harvendra Singh

· 1,911 Views

The New Testing Pattern: Standardizing Regression for Cloud Migrations

Migrating legacy monolithic systems to the cloud is risky. Here is a proven pattern for automating regression testing at scale by replaying production traffic.

February 9, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 1,172 Views

Distributed Systems and Cloud Efficiency: A Deep Dive

Cloud cost is a distributed systems failure mode. This article explains how to make it observable, prevent waste, and manage spend as an operational metric.

February 9, 2026

by David Iyanu Jonathan

· 820 Views

Building a Self-Healing Observability System with AWS Bedrock AgentCore

This article explains how to build a self-healing observability system with AWS Bedrock AgentCore using AI agents to analyze and remediate infrastructure issues.

February 9, 2026

by Lakshmi Narayana Rasalay

· 1,817 Views

An AI-Driven Architecture for Autonomous Network Operations (NetOps)

NetOps teams often face a skills gap when troubleshooting complex infrastructure. This article presents an automation pattern for an AI co-pilot for incident response.

February 9, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 1,704 Views

Model Context Protocol Vs Agent2Agent: Practical Integration with Enterprise Data

MCP is production-ready for LLM-to-tool integration; A2A enables emerging multi-agent collaboration. They complement, not compete, and neither replaces Spark or Airflow.

February 9, 2026

by Ram Ghadiyaram

CORE

· 1,891 Views · 1 Like

Understanding AI Agent Types:Guide to 8 Modern AI Architectures

A guide to eight AI agent types with implementations, real-world use cases, and selection framework. Learn about LCM, HRM, LAM, SLM, VLM, LRM, MOE, and GPT architectures.

February 6, 2026

by Ram Ghadiyaram

CORE

· 3,497 Views · 1 Like

Enabling Single-Sign-On in SaaS Application

Single sign-on plays an important role in enhancing the security of your application. Let's deep dive into implementing SSO in an Angular-based web application.

February 6, 2026

by Jiwan Gupta

· 1,507 Views

The Real Cost of DevOps Backup Scripts

Backup scripts are one way to protect data, but are they the most secure backup solution? Let’s explore the potential alternatives.

February 6, 2026

by Milosz Jesis

· 711 Views

The Self-Healing Directory: Architecting AI-Driven Security for Active Directory

Active Directory is the heartbeat of the enterprise, and a favorite target of attackers. Here is an architectural pattern for AI-driven anomaly detection and remediation.

February 6, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 1,110 Views

ITSM Uncovered: How IT Teams Keep Businesses Running Smoothly

Modern ITSM is evolving from ticket-based incident handling into intelligent, automated resilience for cloud-native systems.

February 6, 2026

by Akshay Pratinav

· 1,736 Views · 1 Like

Architecting Immutable Data Integrity with Amazon QLDB and Blockchain

Hashing detects tampering, but it doesn't prevent it. Here is an architectural pattern for securing business-critical files using Amazon QLDB and the Symbol Blockchain.

February 5, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 1,094 Views

When Your Cloud Bill Becomes an Outage

A deep dive into cost-aware reliability engineering, exposing how autoscaling, retries, and serverless systems can cause financial outages.

February 5, 2026

by David Iyanu Jonathan

· 544 Views

Principles for Operating Large-Scale Global Production Systems with AI Innovation Across the Stack

AI speeds detection and remediation, protects error budgets, and boosts availability, linking reliability to user satisfaction at scale.

February 5, 2026

by Sayantan Ghosh

· 949 Views

AI RAG Architectures: Comprehensive Definitions and Real-World Examples

Learn the three production-proven Modern RAG architectures Basic, Agentic, and Multi-Agent RAG and how to choose the right one based on cost, complexity, and scale.

February 5, 2026

by Ram Ghadiyaram

CORE

· 2,830 Views · 1 Like

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