Red Hat Enterprise Linux Pricing update
As announced, Red Hat is updating its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) royalty model to a scalable model to achieve better consistency with the most common model for cloud virtual machines. These…
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Earlier today Microsoft announced that AKS Automatic is officially Generally Available (GA) on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). AKS Automatic enables organizations to build, deploy, and scale applications on Kubernetes with enhanced efficiency and minimal operational overhead. By default, AKS Automatic runs on Azure Linux, providing a secure, performant, and Azure-optimized foundation…
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