Continuous integration (CI) pipelines are an important part of building and deploying reliable software. Whether it's building a Docker image, running tests, or even just doing code linting, CI pipelines help you automate repetitive tasks and ship better code even faster. GitHub Actions lets you create pipelines to build containers, test source code, and publish software.

As technology evolves, the skills gap within IT departments continues to widen. New technologies are being adopted more quickly to keep pace with business changes, necessitating a constant update of skills. Yet, fully outsourcing these skills isn’t always the solution, as they are a core part of any IT organization. To effectively address this issue, we need a strategy that focuses on continually closing the skills gap.

The OKR (Objectives and Key Results) framework is an approach used by companies that sets goals to improve alignment, engagement, and performance. OKRs became well-known after being used by Google and Intel and are now widely accepted across various industries, especially SaaS businesses.

One method that developers use to submit code modifications for evaluation is known as pull requests (PRs). We discussed the advantages of testing PRs in software development in a previous post but before merging into the main branch, they give team members a chance to talk about the changes, make suggestions, and accept or reject the code. To keep code quality high and make sure that the team reviews all changes, this approach is essential.

BigQuery data preparation is an AI-first solution that streamlines and simplifies the data preparation process as part of Gemini in BigQuery.

What if your document processing system could do more than categorize documents and extract data, no matter the format? That’s exactly what you can do with intelligent document processing (IDP) software. IDP tools adapt to varying structures and formats and understand content to summarize lengthy documents, identify anomalies, and flag errors. The best part? IDP software continuously improves in accuracy the more you use it.

Your docs are a lot like your family—not in the corporate jargony “we are a family” way, but more in the “can’t live with them, can’t live without them” way. Yes, these docs are crucial in more ways than one, but teams that regularly work with them know that the time they spend searching for, cleansing, and prepping their docs can be better utilized elsewhere.

Our new per-minute, consumption-based pricing model offers granular control over your costs, eliminating the need to pay for peak users or connections. Whether you're building a proof of concept or handling massive user loads, our pricing model provides what you need to succeed - volume discounts, cost optimizations and business critical support. Consumption-based pricing has become widespread in SaaS and PaaS businesses, and it's easy to understand why: you should only ever pay for what you consume.

The GenAI revolution is well and truly here. To take inspiration from our favorite comfort show, Gilmore Girls, “It’s GenAI’s world, and we’re just living in it.” In fact, McKinsey reports the number of organizations regularly using GenAI has doubled in ten months between their 2023 and 2024 surveys.

Security log management provides an organization with a unified and centralized way of collecting, monitoring, and analyzing different security-related activities and events, fostering easier audits and reporting. It offers organizations, the ability to quickly access and analyze logs to understand the scope and impact of security incidents, facilitate regulatory compliance, and enhance visibility and accountability.