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Introducing Docker Model Runner: A Better Way to Build and Run GenAI Models Locally

Docker Blog

Generative AI is transforming software development, but building and running AI models locally is still harder than it should be. Todays developers face fragmented tooling, hardware compatibility headaches, and disconnected application development workflows, all of which hinder iteration and slow down progress. Thats why were launching Docker Model Runner a faster, simpler way to run and test AI models locally , right from your existing workflow.

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2025 ESG Report: Data centre environmental impact

DCNN Magazine

Structure Research has released its latest 2025 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report , providing an in-depth look at the environmental footprint of data centre providers and hyperscale platforms. The report captures sustainability metrics from 26 data centre operators and nine hyperscale cloud platforms, offering a unique snapshot into carbon emissions, energy consumption and water usage across the global infrastructure ecosystem.

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How YouTube Supports Billions of Users with MySQL and Vitess

ByteByteGo

Postgres for Agentic AI—Now in the Cloud (Sponsored) If you’re building LLM-powered features, you don’t need another black box. pgai on Timescale Cloud gives you full control over your vector data, memory, and retrieval logic—inside PostgreSQL. Everything runs in one place, with SQL and the tools your team already uses. From prototype to production, it's built to scale with you.

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Cisco Industrial Security: Your blueprint for securing critical infrastructure

Cisco Wireless

The updated Cisco Validated Design for industrial security is a comprehensive reference architecture to protect both plant networks and distributed infrastructure and deploy advanced OT security capabilities such as adaptive zone segmentation or zero-trust remote access.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Further fine-tune your AI Feeds with Natural Language Filters for Threat Intelligence

Effective Software Design

Threat Intelligence Further fine-tune your AI Feeds with Natural Language Filters for Threat Intelligence Use precise queries to track niche topics, filter noise, and expand your research 15-Second summary Feedly AI Feeds are already powerful, but what if you could fine-tune them even further? Introducing Natural Language Filters a new way to refine your feeds with precise, natural language queries on top of our AI Models.

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Run LLMs Locally with Docker: A Quickstart Guide to Model Runner

Docker Blog

AI is quickly becoming a core part of modern applications, but running large language models (LLMs) locally can still be a pain. Between picking the right model, navigating hardware quirks, and optimizing for performance, its easy to get stuck before you even start building. At the same time, more and more developers want the flexibility to run LLMs locally for development, testing, or even offline use cases.

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OOP Design Patterns and Anti-Patterns: What Works and What Fails

ByteByteGo

Writing clean, maintainable, and scalable code sounds easy as a requirement, but is a constant challenge when developing real-world applications. As projects grow, the task becomes more complex. One way to simplify it is by identifying recurring design problems, which can be solved using appropriate design patterns. Design patterns are proven, reusable solutions to common software design problems.

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Your frontend, backend, and database — now in one Cloudflare Worker

CloudFaire

In September 2024 , we introduced beta support for hosting, storing, and serving static assets for free on Cloudflare Workers something that was previously only possible on Cloudflare Pages. Being able to host these assets your client-side JavaScript, HTML, CSS, fonts, and images was a critical missing piece for developers looking to build a full-stack application within a single Worker.

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Fine-tune your Feedly AI Feeds with Natural Language Filters

Effective Software Design

Market Intelligence Fine-tune your Feedly AI Feeds with Natural Language Filters Refine your research queries to target niche insights or remove noisy topics 15 Second-summary Feedly AI Feeds are already powerful, but what if you could fine-tune them even further? Introducing Natural Language Filters a new way to refine your feeds with precise, natural language queries on top of our AI Models.

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Run Gemma 3 with Docker Model Runner: Fully Local GenAI Developer Experience

Docker Blog

The landscape of generative AI development is evolving rapidly but comes with significant challenges. API usage costs can quickly add up, especially during development. Privacy concerns arise when sensitive data must be sent to external services. And relying on external APIs can introduce connectivity issues and latency. Enter Gemma 3 and Docker Model Runner , a powerful combination that brings state-of-the-art language models to your local environment, addressing these challenges head-on.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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Portman Partners introduces recruitment service for data centres

DCNN Magazine

Portman Partners is making a strategic investment in Flint DC , a new no-nonsense rapid-hire recruitment service specifically designed to provide data centres industry with the talent and expertise it needs, and help it overcome the ongoing talent challenge it faces at a crucial growth phase. Currently, the sector relies upon the traditional contingent recruitment model, which is proving to be ill-suited for the industry, says Mike Meyer Managing Partner of Portman Partners.

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Sflow on Nexus returning faulty interface values

Network Engineering

Hello fellow networking folks, I'm currently trying to build a small monitoring solution for multicasts. In our lab we have a Nexus9000 C93108TC-EX running version 7.0. I want to start with this device and maybe later continue supporting others. The goal is to see for each interface: "Which multicasts are entering and which are leaving." Sflow seems to be a viable solution for this problem since it "just" samples a defined subset of all the packets passing through the monitor

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Make your apps truly interactive with Cloudflare Realtime and RealtimeKit

CloudFaire

Over the past few years, weve seen developers push the boundaries of whats possible with real-time communication tools for collaborative work, massive online watch parties, and interactive live classrooms are all exploding in popularity. We use AI more and more in our daily lives. Text-based interactions are evolving into something more natural: voice and video.

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Advancing Enterprise Connectivity with Cisco SD-WAN and Google’s Cloud WAN Integration

Cisco Wireless

Cisco and Google Cloud enhance enterprise networking with integrated SD-WAN solutions, offering seamless connectivity, robust security, and simplified management for hybrid environments worldwide.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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New Docker Extension for Visual Studio Code

Docker Blog

Today, we are excited to announce the release of a new, open-source Docker Language Server and Docker DX VS Code extension. In a joint collaboration between Docker and the Microsoft Container Tools team, this new integration enhances the existing Docker extension with improved Dockerfile linting, inline image vulnerability checks, Docker Bake file support, and outlines for Docker Compose files.

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Riello UPS Expands Multi Power2 Modular Series

DCNN Magazine

Critical power protection specialist, Riello UPS , has announced an extension to its ultra-high efficiency modular range Multi Power2. The uninterruptible power supply manufacturer adds to its existing 500 kW MP2 UPS with a 300 kW version, along with a trio of 600 kW cabinets. The expansion increases the flexibility of the range, which is aimed at small to medium-sized data centres and other similarly mission critical applications.

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IP Transit for an SMB — PAYG SD-WANaaS? [closed]

Network Engineering

Simply put: Our company has multiple, occasional projects where our customers need to send us TBs of data from across the US, or the world. Time and again, the real-world transfer speeds are a fraction of the ISP's rated bandwidth. Case in point, our L.A. office and a NYC client. We both have >1Gbps fiber DIA, but we can never get more than 350Mbps between the sites.

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Introducing Workers Observability: logs, metrics, and queries – all in one place

CloudFaire

Were excited to announce Workers Observability a new section in the Cloudflare Dashboard that allows you to query detailed log events across all Workers in your account to extract deeper insights. In 2024, we set out to build the best first-party observability for any cloud platform. Since then, weve improved metrics reporting for all resources, launched Workers Logs to automatically ingest and store logs for Workers, and rebuilt real-time logs with improved filtering.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI pr

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Next Gen Broadcast Begins Here: Cisco and Lawo Modernize IP-based Media

Cisco Wireless

Broadcasters using IP media benefit from flexible infrastructure and seamless interoperability. Cisco and Lawo's collaboration enhances media networks with robust IP solutions, supporting modern media demands and scalability.

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How Netflix Accurately Attributes eBPF Flow Logs

Netflix Tech Blog

By Cheng Xie , Bryan Shultz , and Christine Xu In a previous blog post , we described how Netflix uses eBPF to capture TCP flow logs at scale for enhanced network insights. In this post, we delve deeper into how Netflix solved a core problem: accurately attributing flow IP addresses to workload identities. A BriefRecap FlowExporter is a sidecar that runs alongside all Netflix workloads.

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New PCIe 5.0-compatible broadband optical SSD

DCNN Magazine

KIOXIA Corporation , AIO Core Co. and Kyocera Corporation have announced the development of a prototype PCIe 5.0-compatible broadband SSD with an optical interface (broadband optical SSD). The three companies will develop technologies for broadband optical SSDs to enhance their suitability for advanced applications that require high-speed transfer of large data, such as generative AI, and will also apply them to proof-of-concept (PoC) tests for future social implementation.

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Routing all internet traffic of a wireguard client through another wireguard client [closed]

Network Engineering

Problem Statement: I have two houses ( House1 and House2 ) connected via a WireGuard VPN setup, with routers acting as intermediaries. I need to configure the network so that all internet-bound traffic from a laptop in House2 routes through House1's internet connection (specifically RouterA's public IP ). Current Network Setup: House1: RouterA is connected to the ISP and provides internet access.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Deploy your Next.js app to Cloudflare Workers with the Cloudflare adapter for OpenNext

CloudFaire

We first announced the Cloudflare adapter for OpenNext at Builder Day 2024. It transforms Next.js applications to enable them to run on Cloudflares infrastructure. Over the seven months since that September announcement, we have been working hard to improve the adapter. It is now more tightly integrated with OpenNext to enable supporting many more Next.js features.

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Bridging the Gap Between Provisioning and Customer Experience

Cisco Wireless

Drive superior experiences by ensuring the services you configure match customer expectations. Cisco NSO and Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance can help close the gap between provisioning and customer experience.

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Introducing the Official Heroku MCP Server

Heroku

Were excited to announce the launch of the Heroku MCP Server , designed to bridge the gap between agent-driven development and Herokus AI PaaS. Having defined the platform experience for apps in the cloud, Heroku extends our developer and operator experience to AI capabilities. With the Heroku MCP Server, you can now expose Herokus robust platform capabilities as a set of intuitive actions accessible to AI agents through Model Context Protocol (MCP).

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Castrol and Schneider Electric launch liquid cooling lab in Shanghai

DCNN Magazine

Castrol and Schneider Electric have opened a new liquid cooling technology co-laboratory in Shanghai under a strategic partnership agreement. This collaboration aims to offer customers new innovations in data centre cooling technology. The co-laboratory will support the development of benchmark liquid cooling projects for data centres in the future.

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A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using LLMs in Production

Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace

Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr

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How UNiDAYS achieved AWS Region expansion in 3 weeks

AWS Architecture

UNiDAYS is a fast, free digital platform that provides exclusive student offers and benefits to over 29 million verified members worldwide. With a rapidly growing user base and an increasing number of global partnerships, UNiDAYS recognized the need to enhance its platforms performance to deliver a seamless consumer experience in geographic regions far from its original base of operations.

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Cloudflare Snippets are now Generally Available

CloudFaire

Program your traffic at the edge fast, flexible, and free Cloudflare Snippets are now generally available (GA) for all paid plans, giving you a fast, flexible way to control HTTP traffic using lightweight JavaScript code rules at no extra cost. Need to transform headers dynamically, fine-tune caching, rewrite URLs, retry failed requests, replace expired links, throttle suspicious traffic, or validate authentication tokens?

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From Firewalls to AI: The Evolution of Real-Time Cyber Defense

Cisco Wireless

Explore how AI is transforming cyber defense, evolving from traditional firewalls to real-time intrusion detection systems.

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Hedge 265: Out of Band Networks

Rule 11

Out of band management networks were once more common than they are today. Should we go back to building out of band management networks? Should out of band management networks be virtual or physical? How can we sell out of band management networks to the folks paying the bills? Daryll Swer joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to discuss the importance of OOB management.

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LLMOps for Your Data: Best Practices to Ensure Safety, Quality, and Cost

Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT offer unprecedented potential for complex enterprise applications. However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs. Putting the right LLMOps process in place today will pay dividends tomorrow, enabling you to leverage the part of AI that constitutes your IP – your data – to build a defensible AI strategy fo