GenOps: learning from the world of microservices and traditional DevOps
GenOps is a new operational platform for Generative AI. Learn the difference between AI agents and microservices and how to implement GenOps.
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August 2024
13 Snowflake Cost Optimization Strategies And Best Practices To Implement Now
Snowflake has gained significant traction in the data warehousing space due to its unique architecture, flexibility, and ease of use. Heck, after using a legacy approach for some time, we at CloudZero went with Snowflake. While at it, we noticed Snowflake customers express concerns about costs more often than they would like. So, in this guide, we’ll share our best tips for getting the most out of Snowflake without overspending.
N-able x 1Path | Cloud Commander: Leading the charge on improving efficiency
See how 1Path, a leading IT solution provider, uses N-able Cloud Commander to manage all their Microsoft cloud in just one place to boost their efficiency.
Turbo360 for Frends - Part 1 Business Activity Monitoring
If you are a Frends user, then you have chosen to use the Frends Platform to implement an iPaaS solution. You may have come from a BizTalk background where you chose to migrate to Frends as an alternative to Azure, or you may be a new greenfield Frends implementation. Frends customers have been successful implementing their integration solutions with Frends and when we visited the Autom8 conference we spoke to a lot of Frends customers about how they are using the product.
BizTalk to Azure migration - Everything you need to know!
In this episode of the "Integrate experts - unplugged" series from the Azure on Air podcast, two integration experts, Sandro Pereira and the host, Lex Hegt, talk about the evolution of integration solutions, focusing on BizTalk Server and Azure Integration Services. They delve into the process of migrating from BizTalk to Azure Integration Services, sharing their experiences and best practices. The speakers also address challenges and considerations, such as cost, sizing, and performance, to help viewers better understand the migration process.
2024's Best Cloud Monitoring Tools: Updated Insights
Get a detailed look at the top cloud monitoring tools of 2024. Compare leading solutions to understand their features and performance, helping you choose the best fit for your cloud infrastructure.
Bonus Myth of Apache Spark Optimization
In this blog series we’ve examined Five Myths of Apache Spark Optimization. But one final, bonus myth remains unaddressed: Bonus Myth: I’ve done everything I can. The rest of the application waste is just the cost of running Apache Spark. Unfortunately, many companies running cloud environments have come to think of application waste as a cost of doing business, as inevitable as rent and taxes.
Cloudcraft by Datadog Demo
Whether you’re building a cloud architecture from scratch, documenting your current environment, or looking to optimize cloud cost, Cloudcraft allows you to visualize and communicate your architecture with ease.
What's new in Turbo360 SAML Certificate monitoring, Support for SQL Managed Instances, Enhanced VM
Turbo360 brings a suite of enhancements added to elevate your Azure management experience. Hit play to hear what's in store for this month.
Data Storage Evolution from Early Commodore to Cloud-Based Storage
Today, most people have SSDs and use cloud storage to keep their data connected on all devices. However, do you ever wonder how we came to possess such sophisticated technology? In order to understand how we got to the era of SSD and cloud, we must take a step back and remember all the solutions we used before. With that in mind, here's a brief story of data storage evolution from early commodore to cloud-based storage.
Cloud monitoring: A complex yet essential aspect of effective cloud management
This blog explores the complexities of cloud monitoring, the limitations of native tools, and how ManageEngine Applications Manager can provide a comprehensive solution.
Kubernetes Cost Optimization: 9+ Ways To Lower Costs in 2024
If cost optimization is your only reason for adopting Kubernetes and containers, you might be in for a rude surprise — many companies find that costs increase after moving to Kubernetes. Even companies who adopt Kubernetes for other reasons, like time-to-market advantages, should follow basic cost control best practices to stay within the budget. Optimizing cloud costs related to running Kubernetes doesn’t have to involve trade-offs for performance or availability.
The Essential Guide to Cloud Migration Planning
Cloud migration is the process of moving your infrastructure, applications, and data to the cloud. While the potential benefits—like cost savings, scalability, and modernization—are significant, the risks are just as high if you don’t have a solid plan in place. Without clear strategies, you could face unexpected costs, technical challenges, and security issues.
Azure Reserved Instances - Your Ultimate Guide
If your business has predictable compute workloads and wants to save on Azure spend, Azure Reserved Instances can make you the FinOps department’s new favorite person. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Before we tell you how you can start saving on your cloud spend, let’s define a few terms.
How to Choose Workflow Management Software for Your Business
Every team faces challenges in its daily operations that affect its operational efficiency, preventing it from hitting its weekly, monthly, and quarterly KPIs. It could be miscommunication, repetitive tasks on their to-do list requiring manual input, or a disjointed team. Fortunately, a good workflow management tool can help you streamline all your business tasks, improve team connectivity, and reduce operational errors.
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How to get the most from SAP on Azure
In this post, we'll show you how to get started with SAP on Azure. We'll also cover the key features of SAP on Azure and how they can benefit your organization. We'll show you how to set up SAP on Azure using Azure Active Directory (AD) and how to configure your SAP on Azure account. We'll also show you how to access your SAP on Azure account. Give Avantra a try today for free. In addition to being a cost-effective alternative to legacy, on-premises installations, Azure SAP systems can be deployed automatically with minimal time invested in configuration and preparation.
How gen AI is driving the next wave of network and cloud innovation
In a recent panel discussion, “Navigating the Convergence of Networks, Clouds, and Generative AI,” hosted by Digital Realty and Console Connect, industry experts shared their views on the challenges associated with AI adoption and its future impact on business operations. The panel featured industry experts from both Digital Realty and Console Connect, alongside Jacky Chan from Votee AI, a multi-stacked AI start-up based in Hong Kong.
AWS EKS 101: When To Use And Tips To Optimize
According to Gartner, 90% of global organizations will run containerized applications in production by 2027. The need for continuous innovation, performance, and availability is driving this shift to meet customer expectations. Kubernetes plays a crucial role in this transformation. It offers a robust open-source platform for managing containerized applications. Yet, ensuring optimal application performance is only possible with observability.
Cloud Migration: Achieving Uninterrupted Enterprise Service Management
Uninterrupted Enterprise Service Management (ESM) is essential to maintaining business productivity, efficiency and employee satisfaction. Traditional on-premises ESM systems can be limited in scalability, lack updated security measures and be hard to maintain and upgrade. Relying on on-premises systems raises the additional risk of complete data loss and reduces service availability due to the reliance on only one or two potential failure points.
Catch The Highlights Of This 2024 Live CloudZero Demo
It’s all well and good to say that “every engineering decision is a buying decision.” It’s one of our favorite phrases here at CloudZero! However, it’s one thing to say it and quite another to LIVE IT. That’s pretty much the driving force behind CloudZero: We want your team to be able to access your company’s cloud spend data, analyze it from every angle that might be helpful, and use that information to grow the business.
11.2 Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant in Public Preview (Demo) | Grafana
In this video, Mitch, the Director of Product Management at Grafana, introduces the Cloud Migration Assistant, available in public preview in Grafana 11.2. This tool simplifies the process of migrating dashboards and data sources from Grafana Open Source or Enterprise to Grafana Cloud. Mitch demonstrates how users can easily transfer their configurations with a point-and-click UI, generate a token for secure connection, and use Private Data Source Connect to access private data sources.
How to Send Rightsizing Recommendations to Azure DevOps - Expert insights
In this video, Michael Stephenson ( A FinOps certified practitioner & Azure MVP) will demonstrate on how you can identify Azure rightsizing recommendations using Turbo360 and then send them to Azure DevOps as a work item so that your team can implement the same in the next sprint. By integrating Turbo360 with Azure DevOps, you can streamline the rightsizing process, reduce manual effort, and ensure that your Azure resources are optimized for performance and cost.
How to Enhance Cloud Security with Proactive Proxy Strategies
Cyber threats can hit businesses of any size, anywhere. A single breach might do more than just leak data (which is already bad) - it could also halt operations, endanger your budget, and damage your reputation. Luckily, you don't have the battle of data security alone. You have a wide range of tools at your disposal, starting with antivirus solutions, two-factor authentication, and going further to network monitoring software and more.
How Long Does it Take to Learn Cloud Computing?
Whether you're transitioning into tech from another field or upskilling to advance in your current role, investing in cloud computing education is a strategic move. With the demand for cloud skills continuing to grow, now is the perfect time to embark on this learning journey.
AWS cloud monitoring in Applications Manager
As businesses continue to migrate their applications and services to the cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has become a popular choice for its scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. However, with the increasing complexity of cloud environments, it has become crucial for businesses to have a robust monitoring system in place to ensure the smooth functioning of their applications. This is where AWS monitoring tools, like ManageEngine Applications Manager, come into play.
AWS Vs. Azure Vs. Google Cloud: Which Is Right For Your Organization?
Here is the thing. You don’t need more than one cloud service provider unless you are considering a multi-cloud strategy. And even if you plan to work with all three cloud vendors, you’ll want to know which one is right for specific services. To help you decide, we’ll share the strengths, pricing, and other differences between Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) below. Let’s start from the very beginning.
Azure SQL Managed Instance cost optimization
Azure SQL Managed Instance is a fully managed Platform as a Service offering. It closely resembles the on-premises SQL database server, making it an excellent choice for users who want to set up a hybrid environment. SQL Managed Instance has good feature compatibility with the on-premises SQL Server. There are three main factors that directly contribute to or affect the pricing. Here’s a quick breakdown to help you understand how the costs add up.
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Realistic Strategies for FinOps Driven K8s Optimization
Reduce node counts to drive down infrastructure costs (on-prem and in the cloud). Get an overview of common issues that drive excess cost and understanding the 3 core strategies for tackling them. Done right, you can reduce node counts, which in turn impacts infrastructure cost and potentially reduces expensive software licenses such as OpenShift. In this 20-min session we cover the 3 core strategies.
Cloud Infrastructure Explained - Components and Benefits
Cloud infrastructure provides the hardware and software components that power cloud computing. It allows you to focus on your business logic instead of managing physical resources. In this article, you'll learn about cloud infrastructure, its benefits, and core components. You'll also explore delivery and deployment models that cater to different business needs, and discover how SigNoz can help you monitor and optimize your cloud infrastructure.
Ep. 26 An expert's guide to navigating CloudOps certifications with Andrew Brown
In this episode, host Shon Harris interviews Andrew Brown, CEO and founder of ExamPRO, a platform offering “Cloud Obsessed Certification Training”! Andrew shares his journey of creating ExamPRO and discusses the changing landscape of certifications in the tech industry. He emphasizes the importance of practical knowledge and building projects, rather than solely relying on certifications.
Ep. 25 Apache Kafka and Beyond: Exploring Open Source Frontiers
In this episode of the Cloud Control podcast, host Shon Harris interviews Andrew Mills, a Senior Solutions Architect at Instaclustr by NetApp. They discuss open source data solutions, particularly focusing on Apache Kafka and its surrounding ecosystem. Andrew shares his journey in the tech industry, his experience with open source technologies, and his role in helping organizations adopt event-driven architecture and become cloud-native. He emphasizes the importance of being curious and continuously learning from mistakes.
SolarWinds named Leader in Network and Cloud observability in GigaOm Radar Reports
SolarWinds Observability and Hybrid Cloud Observability recognized for providing full-stack visibility across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.
Multi-cloud monitoring made easy: monitor AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud services all in one app
Managing multi-cloud environments often means juggling different monitoring tools for each provider, leading to increased complexity and operational overhead. To solve for that, we’re excited to introduce Cloud Provider Observability — an application for monitoring AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud services, all in Grafana Cloud.
Introducing Cloud Provider Observability in Grafana Cloud | Demo | Grafana Labs
Learn how multi-cloud monitoring just got easier with Cloud Provider Observability in Grafana Cloud. In this video, you'll get glimpse at how the new app can enhance your observability strategy for all your major cloud providers. Plus you'll get a quick walk-through of the app.
How to Reduce Metrics Costs with Grafana Cloud Adaptive Metrics | Grafana Labs
Grafana Cloud Adaptive Metrics has helped users save up to 70% on observability costs by automatically aggregating unused and partially used metrics. This video features a demo on Adaptive Metrics, where you’ll learn what we mean by “adaptive” — automating the process of recommending which metrics to drop while giving you the flexibility to determine any exemptions. This boils down to maintaining effective observability while reducing costs.
How to Efficiently Manage Reserve Commitments
Say goodbye to the constant struggle of optimizing cloud costs and resource utilization. With Spot Eco, you can effortlessly gain visibility into overspending and effortlessly manage cloud cost management, allowing you to focus on what matters most.
Why is AWS Cloudwatch not preferred as a logging tool?
Why is AWS Cloudwatch not preferred as a logging tool?
How To Build A Successful Cloud Strategy in 2024
Businesses move to the cloud for several reasons. For some, moving to the cloud means gaining access to the best enterprise-level technology without the associated costs of handling, maintaining, and managing the underlying infrastructure. For others (like startups), the ability to scale quickly and respond faster to market demands is at the top of the list.
DevFinOps: What it is and why it matters
DevFinOps presents a paradigm where cost responsibility is linked with development and operations. This system is particularly good if you work in Cloud environments. Introducing of FinOps or the Finance + DevOps practices into the development cycle could supply your business with hidden cost-saving possibilities.
Strategies that foolproof your AWS disaster recovery strategies
AWS disaster recovery strategies In today's interconnected world, business continuity is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Disasters, both natural and man-made, can cripple operations, leading to significant financial losses and reputational damage. To mitigate these risks, organizations are increasingly turning to cloud-based solutions, with Amazon Web Services (AWS) emerging as a preferred platform for disaster recovery (DR) strategies.
What is Tiered Pricing? Definition, Examples, Best Practices
Pricing matters. Charge too little and you won’t earn enough revenue to stay afloat. Charge too much and you could lose thousands in potential business. You don’t want to price out some customers. So what can you do? This is where tiered pricing comes into play. The SaaS pricing approach can be helpful for companies looking to meet the needs and budgets of their different customer personas.
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The Top 8 Open-Source Software Providers for Storage, Media, & More
Open-source platforms are rapidly overtaking the proprietary software market as more people value open-source software's transparency and resources. We all have many options for tools to integrate into our lives, from media streaming to managing our files; choosing the right open-source tools can help save money and offer greater flexibility, encourage collaboration and shared knowledge within communities.
How can you create a schedule for your UAT environment?
This video demonstrates the workload optimization feature within a Turbo360. This feature allows users to schedule automatic resizing or turning off resources in Azure to minimize costs. The video shows how to set up a schedule to manage resources, such as App service plans, Cosmos DB, Data Factory Pipelines, Logic Apps, SQL databases, and VMs, and how to configure notifications and cost savings.
10 metrics every Azure DevOps engineer should monitor
As a DevOps engineer maintaining deployment pipelines in Azure DevOps, it's crucial to monitor several aspects to ensure the pipelines are efficient, reliable, and secure. Here are 10 key metrics you should focus on.
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Your Data Your Cloud: Cribl Stream Managed Worker Groups in Microsoft Azure
One of our most commonly asked questions is when we will support Worker Groups in Azure. We’ve heard you loud and clear; some exciting news will make your data management much more straightforward. We’re introducing a Cribl-managed Cribl Stream data plane, also known as Worker Groups, in Microsoft Azure. These Worker Groups are oil to your engine—essential for data operations, handling everything from shaping and transforming to enriching and processing your data.
Amazon EBS Optimization: A Guide To Maximizing EBS Efficiency
The Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) service should provide high-performance block storage for Amazon EC2 instances. Yet, without careful management, Amazon EBS can become inefficient, leading to performance bottlenecks and cost overruns. For example, EBS volumes persist even after an EC2 instance has been terminated. The unused EBS volumes continue to incur costs.
Kentik Bytes - Identifying Idle Cloud Resources
Phil Gervasi introduces a method for identifying idle resources in AWS using the Kentik platform. By selecting dimensions such as Logging Status, Observing VPC ID, and Observing Region, users can filter the data to determine if a resource is actually doing anything from a network perspective. “No Data” messages indicate resources with no network activity, and a more specific filter can be created based on this message to isolate idle resources. By adjusting the time frame and observing bits per second, users can determine how long resources have been idle.
Kentik Bytes - Cloud Network Performance Metrics
Phil Gervasi introduces a quick and easy way to see network performance metrics among multiple cloud instances. Synthetic tests can be deployed in multiple public clouds to test for loss, latency, and jitter among public cloud instances, such as between AWS and Azure. Phil demonstrates the ability to adjust the time range and shows inbound and outbound traffic, average latency, packet loss, and jitter. A spike in any of these metrics would trigger an alert tied to the ticketing system. He also shows the ability to click into the path view between cloud instances to see a hop-by-hop breakdown.
Top 11 Cloud Observability Tools To Use In 2024
Cloud observability tools offer visibility into your cloud infrastructure. They collect data from various sources to help you understand your applications’ performance. The tools enable you to monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot your cloud environment. In this guide, we’ll share why cloud observability is important and the best tools to consider.
How to monitor the Azure App Registration Certificate expiration monitoring?
Azure App Registration is registering an application with Azure Entra ID to access the required Azure resources securely.
Understanding and Controlling AWS Transit Gateway Costs with Kentik
AWS Transit Gateway costs are multifaceted and can get out of control quickly. In this post, discover how Kentik can help you understand and control the network traffic driving AWS Transit Gateway costs. Learn how Kentik can help you understand traffic patterns, optimize data flows, and keep your Transit Gateway costs in check.
Don't get caught in the dark: Lessons from a Lumen & AWS micro-outage
While major outages like the recent CrowdStrike incident dominate headlines, those of us in the trenches ensuring Internet Resilience know that most of our issues are not necessarily global but localized by geography, autonomous systems, or something else. Micro-outages – those elusive, localized incidents – can pose the most persistent threat to observability.
Exploring Ubuntu Confidential VMs with Intel TDX on Google Cloud
Confidential computing is a revolutionary technology that disrupts the conventional threat model of public clouds. In the past, vulnerabilities within the extensive codebase of the cloud’s privileged system software, including the operating system and hypervisor, posed a constant risk to the confidentiality and integrity of code and data in operation. Likewise, unauthorized access by a cloud administrator could compromise the security of your virtual machine (VM).
Azure Security Do's and Don'ts: A Developer's Checklist for Secure Azure Applications
This conversation from the INTEGRATE expert voices unplugged series from Azure on Air discusses the importance of a security-first mindset in software development, particularly in the context of Azure and cloud computing.
Integrating dbForge Studio With Azure for Advanced Java Web UI Development
Developing web-based applications often requires a robust, scalable, and efficient database solution that can handle dynamic data needs. Azure SQL Server provides developers with a cloud-based platform that fulfills these requirements. By combining Azure SQL Server with modern web development technologies, developers can build powerful, data-driven web applications that offer distinctive user experiences.
Shuffle Data Store Now Available for Ocean for Apache Spark
NetApp is excited to announce the addition of Shuffle Data Store for Ocean for Apache Spark. Customers running on AWS can now benefit from improved resilience and efficiency for multi-step data preparation pipelines that require Apache Spark to shuffle data. The external shuffle solution is backed by either Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP storage or Amazon S3 storage, which have been optimally configured for Spark workloads.
What is SharePoint REST API? Explained for Beginners
The SharePoint REST API is a powerful tool that allows developers to interact with SharePoint data and resources remotely. Whether you’re managing documents, configuring sites, or building custom applications, the REST API provides a flexible, efficient way to programmatically access and manipulate data within a SharePoint environment.
OpenAI Cost Optimization: 11+ Best Practices To Optimize Your OpenAI Spend
It’s a fast-paced business world out there. This means artificial intelligence (AI) models that help modern businesses win are more than welcome. The right model can drive innovation, streamline workflows, and save you money. But OpenAI’s powerful models can have a catch: High-frequency API usage, complex queries, and data processing can lead to unexpectedly high costs. Surprise costs eat up budgets and threaten other critical investments. Not good.
The Cost of Cloud 2024: Rising Prices, Challenges, and Sustainable Solutions
In 2024, the cloud computing landscape faces significant challenges as costs and complexities rise. Our latest report, The Cost of Cloud 2024, explores these issues, focusing on the dominance of Azure, AWS, and GCP, and offers strategies for navigating this evolving landscape.
Myth #5 of Apache Spark Optimization: Spark Dynamic Allocation
In this blog series we’re examining the Five Myths of Apache Spark Optimization. The fifth and final myth in this series relates to another common assumption of many Spark users: Spark Dynamic Allocation automatically prevents Spark from wasting resources.
Myth #5 of Apache Spark Optimization | Spark Dynamic Allocation
Spark Dynamic Allocation is a useful feature that was developed through the Spark community’s focus on continuous innovation and improvement. While Apache Spark users may believe Spark Dynamic Allocation is helping them eliminate resource waste, it doesn’t eliminate waste within applications themselves. Watch this video to understand SDA's benefits, where it falls short, and the solution gaps that remain with this component of Apache Spark.
Top 3 Challenges of Securing Hybrid Cloud Environments
The hybrid approach to cloud implementation is by far the most widely adopted of the possible configurations available to modern businesses. In spite of this, it is not without its drawbacks. To understand the downsides, you first need to know what they are, so let's go over the main examples and focus on how to overcome them.
11 Cloud Automation Tools Powering The Future Of SaaS
Gartner predicts that by the end of 2025, 80% of organizations will use cloud automation tools to orchestrate workloads. The firm also forecasts that spending on public cloud services will hit $679 billion by the end of 2024, with SaaS leading the cloud computing market. This surge in cloud spending will shape the future of SaaS, and cloud automation tools will play a key role in this transformation.
How CloudZero Gave Duolingo Engineers What They Really Wanted
Many SaaS companies struggle to get engineers to take charge of costs and lower cloud expenses. Confused business leaders often put the problem on the shoulders of the engineers: Surely, it’s just that the engineers don’t care enough to stay within budget, or maybe they just don’t want to participate in the culture of cost efficiency leadership is trying to build. But what if your engineers actually do want to optimize costs—they just don’t have the tools and data to do so?
The 8 Best AI Tools for Productivity in 2024
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, the world has seen a huge shift in our personal, business, and creative lives. Although we often use AI daily, its addition to our lives has not been without problems. It has caused writer strikes and worries about how AI handles our data and what it means for privacy, and many people are worried about AI taking over their jobs.
15 Cloud Migration Statistics and Trends for 2024
As the world of work continues to evolve and the technological needs of companies change, cloud migration has seen some interesting developments in recent years. At Auvik, we’ve collected three key takeaways and 15 cloud migration statistics that point to emerging trends and help IT professionals better position themselves for the future. First, some quick definitions: Public clouds are managed by providers, while private clouds are managed by the company or a third party.
Machine Learning Inference Model at Scale with Graviton
Sharpen your machine learning knowledge with our upcoming virtual event, "Machine Learning Model Inference at Scale with Graviton." In collaboration between 2bcloud and Amazon Web Services (AWS), this event will provide you with a comprehensive, step-by-step tutorial on setting up a high-performance and cost-optimized machine learning inference environment, using Graviton processors.
Enhancing SRE with Gemini for Google Cloud
How do you jump start your SRE capabilities on Google Cloud? Jai Campbell, Google Developer Expert, explains how to enable Gemini on Google Cloud to boost observability and productivity. Speaker: Jai Campbell Products Mentioned: Google Cloud.
Cost Effective Web Hosting on AWS Graviton
Elevate your knowledge at the second webinar of our Graviton series, "Cost Effective Web Hosting on AWS Graviton." In collaboration between 2bcloud and Amazon Web Services (AWS), this event will provide you with an in-depth, hands-on demonstration on setting up an energy-efficient, cost-optimized web hosting environment using AWS Graviton processors, followed by an expert-led Q&A.
GreenOps - a guide to creating a sustainable cloud
Green Operations (GreenOps) is an approach to creating an eco-friendly cloud. The aim is to minimize energy waste, increase renewable resources, and decrease their carbon footprint on the planet. Several public cloud providers are aiming to become carbon-negative. By 2030, Google Cloud plans to operate on carbon-free energy around the clock. Microsoft Azure has committed to being carbon-negative by 2030, and AWS aims to run its operations on 100% renewable energy by 2025.
Cut Cloud Infrastructure Costs By 5x - Guide For Startups
Managing costs while scaling operations is a challenging balancing act. One significant cost center is cloud infrastructure and its maintenance. This article aims to provide CTOs, VPs, and Head of Engineering with insights on optimizing these expenses. It highlights the benefits of leveraging DevOps Automation Platforms like Qovery to cut up to 5x their Cloud infrastructure costs.
AI Summer Camp | Episode 4: AI on public cloud with open source
Welcome to AI Summer Camp. Join 5 essential trainings on AI from Canonical experts and level up your skills while on holiday. Episode 4: AI on public cloud with open source This will cover: Scenarios in which open source tooling on public cloud solves a problem for AI initiatives Main benefits of using open source tooling on the public cloud for AI projects Use cases from our customers Hybrid cloud and multi cloud opportunities for AI projects.
AI Summer Camp | Episode 5: AI on private cloud in the hyperscalers era
Welcome to AI Summer Camp. Join 5 essential trainings on AI from Canonical experts and level up your skills while on holiday. Episode 5: AI on private cloud - why is it relevant in the hyperscalers era? This will cover: Why consider a private cloud for AI? Key considerations when building a private cloud for AI projects Performance acceleration options for private cloud Guidance for Kubernetes on OpenStack for AI initiatives.
How AWS Regions Affect Cloud Costs (And How To Reduce Fees)
AWS is the most popular cloud service provider partly due to its global data center network. The distribution enables organizations to configure their workloads to meet the needs of their global clients. The thing is AWS Regions charge different rates for almost everything, from compute and storage to data backup and retrieval services. And these cost variances can add up quickly.
Control Plane's Tamper-Proof, Immutable Audit Trail
Control Plane's audit trail service provides an immutable record of all resource mutations, whether initiated by the API, CLI, UI, Terraform, or other means. Users can leverage a user-friendly interface to search, filter, and review these actions, gaining visibility into timestamps, resource details, user information, and raw event data. Apply filters to refine the displayed actions based on resource type, audit context, resource name or ID, subject name, and date range, streamlining the audit review process and ensuring compliance with ease.
Control Plane's Aggregated Metrics
Metrics play a fundamental role in cloud computing, enabling the monitoring, optimization, and cost-effective operation of resources. They contribute to performance enhancement, efficient resource utilization, and overall operational excellence in the dynamic and scalable cloud environment. The Control Plane platform facilitates the collection of custom metrics from workloads, allowing applications to emit Prometheus-formatted metrics at a specified path and port. This configuration option extends to each container in a workload, providing flexibility in metrics management.
Exploring API Center: A Deep Dive with Julia Casper
This episode of "INTEGRATE expert voices - Unplugged" from the Azure on Air podcast, features Julia Casper from Microsoft's API Management team.
Optimizing Business Performance With Flexible IT Infrastructure
Is your business struggling to keep up with the ever-changing business landscape? Well, many companies find it challenging to adapt quickly to new technologies and market changes. But here's the good news: a flexible Information Technology (IT) infrastructure could be the key to boosting your business performance. With that said, here are a few tips on optimizing business performance with flexible IT infrastructure.
How To Start an MSP: Tips for a Successful Venture
For many businesses, downtime, security breaches, and outdated systems can cripple productivity and drain resources. The demand for reliable IT services is skyrocketing. If you have a knack for technology and a passion for problem-solving, launching MSP services could be your ticket to a successful and fulfilling venture. However, building a thriving one requires a whole lot of hustle. This comprehensive guide will break down the essential steps and provide you with the knowledge and confidence you need to embark on this exciting entrepreneurial journey.
Before you go native in the cloud world, there are a few things you should know
The “cloud native” conversation is transitioning from the enterprise data center into the telecommunications world, just in time for a new generation of 5G and AI/ML enabled telecom services. Couched in that conversation are some important nuances about what constitutes a truly cloud-native solution versus a cloud-capable solution.
Understanding the Deficiencies of AWS CloudWatch for Cloud Visibility
While CloudWatch offers basic monitoring and log aggregation, it lacks the contextual depth, multi-cloud integration, and cost efficiency required by modern IT operations. In this post, learn how Kentik delivers more detailed insights, faster queries, and more cost-effective coverage across various cloud and on-premises resources.
Managing Vendor Incidents: Customer Impact That Isn't Your Fault
One of the first key tenets of cloud computing was that “you own your own availability”, the idea being that the public cloud providers were making infrastructure available to you, and your organization had to decide what to use and how to use it in order to meet your organization’s goals. The cloud providers have no knowledge of your applications or their KPIs.
The Best Cloud Data Management Tools to Manage Business or Enterprise Data
Cloud data management tools have become essential for businesses and enterprises looking to optimize their data storage, backup, and analytics. These tools help businesses handle growing data lakes or warehouses. In this blog, we’ll explore cloud data management tools, how they work, and why they are vital for modern businesses. We'll cover key functions such as data storage, backup and recovery, and integration and highlight the popular cloud management tools.
5 essential resilience tests for a successful cloud migration
Part of the Gremlin Office Hours series: A monthly deep dive with Gremlin experts. Migrating to the cloud usually means faster deployments and easier scalability, but it also means latency. Cloud applications communicate over distributed networks, and while these networks are fast, little bits of latency can quickly add up.
13+ Docker Alternatives To Consider in 2024
Although container-related technology existed before 2013, Docker revolutionized and propelled it into the mainstream. Using Docker, developers could automatically create containers from application source code, share libraries, and reuse containers. Docker enables you to track container image versions, roll back to an earlier iteration, and track who built a specific one. You can even upload only the deltas between two versions.
The Cycle Spotlight: Hiring and Tech Layoffs with Guest Jake Warner
In this weeks spotlight I sit down with Cycle Founder, Jake Warner to talk about trends in hiring and layoffs prevalent in the tech industry.
Real-World Deployment of Azure OpenAI with AI Central
Welcome to our comprehensive guide on the real-world deployment of Azure OpenAI using AI Central. As AI technologies continue to evolve, the ability to effectively deploy, manage, and optimize AI services becomes increasingly critical. This guide is based on insights shared during a recent webinar hosted by experts from 2bcloud, a leading global managed service provider (MSP).
Cribl Search Provides an Audit Capability to Assess Your Snowflake Account
Only last month, Cribl added Snowflake to its growing list of accessible data stores it can search. Using Cribl Search, admins can now leverage Cribl’s search-in-place capability to query data located in Snowflake’s data warehouse. Boy, did we have the timing right? Today, Snowflake customers and other incident response teams are still determining the nexus of the incident.
N-able Cloud Commander Now Offers Enhanced Windows 365 Management Capabilities
The new Windows 365 integration with N-able Cloud Commander enables MSPs and CSPS to manage Microsoft users, Microsoft Azure resources, Microsoft Intune, and now Windows 365, from a single view.
How HighRadius Engineers Use CloudZero To Make Smart Choices
HighRadius is a FinTech company that specializes in using automation to make financial management easier. So naturally, RamKishore Middela, assistant vice president of cloud engineering at HighRadius, recognizes more easily than most the benefits of automating his company’s cloud cost management with CloudZero.
Optimize Your AWS Costs With Bring Your Own Cloud From Aiven
Simplify cost management and drive cost reductions across all in-house and managed cloud services.
What is Multi-Cloud, and why should you care?
As companies embrace cloud-native architectures and scale their operations, ensuring business continuity and minimizing downtime become paramount; even brief outages can result in substantial revenue loss and reputational damage. In July 2023, a flaw in CrowdStrike's software update caused widespread disruption across various industries. The air travel sector was particularly hard hit, with over 3,300 flights cancelled globally. Major airlines like United, Delta, American Airlines, British Airway.
Announcing Lumigo's New Multiple Dashboards Functionality
In today’s complex cloud-native environments, observability is key to maintaining performance, reliability, and scalability. However, different teams often need to focus on different aspects of the system. Developers might be more interested in error rates and response times, while operations teams must monitor system health and resource utilization. Lumigo now supports multiple dashboards, so you can provide each team with the information they need precisely how they need it.
Understanding the Technology Behind Online Auto Auction Platforms
Technology in the automotive industry has developed a great deal. One of the most prominent points of this development is, without a doubt, online auto auction platforms. These serving online marketplaces of buying and selling cars have taken pace with convenience, transparency, and exposure to more varieties of cars. This article goes into detail regarding the workings and technology behind these platforms and what makes them so effective.
Running scalable, efficient AI inference on Kubernetes with Spot Ocean
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly central to business operations, many organizations are grappling with how to deploy and scale their AI models efficiently. When it comes to AI inference, or how AI analyzes and draws conclusions from new data, Kubernetes offers a compelling solution — but it’s not without challenges.
GCP Cost Reporting: Key Features And Optimization Tips
GCP Cost Reporting is one of several tools provided by Google Cloud Console. The more you know about them, the more you’ll understand your Google Cloud bill. In addition, knowing the drivers behind your costs will help you reduce waste and maximize your GCP spend. This quick guide to GCP reporting tools will guide you on how to do it. We’ll also share how to get more detailed cost intelligence such as Cost per Customer or Cost per Feature on top of basics such as total and average costs.
Azure Backup Pricing Guide - How Much Windows' Azure Backup Costs
Most enjoy the peace of mind cloud backups offer for all the damage the costs can do to their wallets. Microsoft Azure offers Azure Backup service to safely backup your data on Microsoft Azure cloud, allowing you to store Azure VMs and even on-premise machines and workloads. But Azure prices can be confusing, and Azure Backup is no different. To best understand how much you’re paying and why you’re paying that much, read on! Source: Azure.
The key benefits of Azure disk monitoring
Virtual machines (VMs) deliver flexible, scalable, and cost-effective computing solutions for businesses of all sizes. Microsoft Azure offers efficient and powerful VMs, but as infrastructures boom, the computing environment tries to accommodate the increased demands of the infrastructure. As VM demand increases, it can impact their performance and disk operations. This leads to performance degradation, storage fragmentation, capacity constraints, and increased risk of disk failure.
Unlocking Full Stack Visibility: How SolarWinds Observability Enhances Cloud Integration
Resolving an incident before end users are impacted is the new standard, but managing separate observability and incident management solutions is tempting fate. You are at risk of an issue slipping through the cracks. It's time to consolidate, streamline, and decomplexify your operations. Hybrid Cloud Observability combined with SolarWinds Observability and SolarWinds Service Desk make all of this much, much easier.
Complete Guide to FlexOrgs - What Are FlexOrgs & Are They the Right Choice for MSPs' Cloud Organization?
Trying to refine your org structure and already using VMware Tanzu CloudHealth? You might have stumbled across the word FlexOrgs. If you have, you’re likely scratching your head and wondering what FlexOrgs are and, more importantly, if they can help you. Don’t worry. We have the answers to your FlexOrg questions (and more!). Still unsure how to get started?
Azure FinOps Tool to Analyze and Optimize Azure Costs
Turbo360 is an Azure FinOps tool designed to provide a clear view of cost trends through in-depth analysis across multiple subscriptions in a comprehensive dashboard. This powerful platform empowers finance and engineering teams with transparency into cloud spending, enabling effective cost optimization with business context.
The Ultimate Guide to Archiving Software
In today’s fast-paced digital world, businesses generate vast amounts of data every day. Managing this data efficiently is crucial for ensuring smooth operations and long-term success. That’s where archiving software comes into play. This article will break down what archiving software is, why it’s essential, and how it can benefit your organization. We’ll also take a closer look at Squirrel, an innovative archiving solution for SharePoint Online.
AWS Auto Scaling 101: Tips For Success
Whether you’re growing rapidly and need to expand your infrastructure or demand has slowed and you need to scale down, AWS Auto Scaling can help. While manual scaling is time-intensive and costly, auto scaling is an automated process that adjusts capacity for predictable performance and costs. Auto scaling can help you optimize how your application is used and reduce wastage and optimize cloud spend.
Azure API Management and Generative AI - What's Next?
Andrei Kamenev, a member of the API management team at Microsoft, discusses the relationship between generative AI and API management. He explains that API management can be important in an architecture that uses generative AI, as it helps to solve challenges such as token usage, rate limiting, and load balancing.
Top tips: 5 lessons learned from the recent Microsoft Azure disruption to survive the next cloud outage
The recent Microsoft Azure outage had a profound impact, disrupted services for countless businesses and individuals around the globe, and exposed the risks of relying exclusively on cloud solutions. This incident, triggered by a mix of technical failures and unexpected complications, resulted in substantial downtime, access issues, and operational interruptions across multiple industries.
10 best practices for mastering Azure monitoring
A large percentage of enterprises are redefining their businesses around hybrid cloud ecosystems. The benefits include increased scalability and flexibility, improved collaboration, and cost efficiency. Microsoft Azure, one of the leading cloud computing platforms with a 23% market share in 2023, plays a key role in enabling hybrid cloud environments for organizations.
Comprehensive SharePoint Glossary
Welcome to the comprehensive SharePoint glossary. This resource is designed to help you understand the various terms and concepts associated with SharePoint, a powerful platform used for collaboration, document management, and business processes. Whether you are new to SharePoint or looking to deepen your existing knowledge, this glossary provides clear and detailed explanations to guide you through the complexities of the platform.
Product Release Notes July 2024
For years, CloudZero has been a leader in the cloud cost allocation space, a statement supported by the fact that we remain the only cloud cost management platform to have received SOC1 Type 2 certification for our extreme accuracy when it comes to allocation and financial reporting capabilities. To quote our co-founder in the 2022 blog post listed above, “Quite simply, we organize cloud spend better than anyone else in the world.” Even so, we’re always looking to iterate and improve.
Monitoring Multi-cloud Environments
Multi-cloud visibility is a challenge for most IT teams juggling multiple tools and screens to understand application traffic across multiple public clouds. Kentik unifies telemetry from the major cloud providers and the public internet into one place to give you the ability to monitor and troubleshoot application performance across AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle clouds for real-time and historical analysis.
How to test AWS managed services with Gremlin
Note In this blog, we use “managed service providers” to refer to companies that provide hosted computing services, not managed IT service providers (MSPs). When was the last time you thought about the reliability of your cloud dependencies? The biggest challenge with using cloud platforms and SaaS services is also its biggest strength: the provider controls everything.
To the Cloud and Back: When and How to Execute a Cloud Repatriation Effort
The past few years have been dominated by digital transformation characterized by a move away from legacy on-premises systems to the cloud. However, there are also instances when bringing certain assets back from the cloud – a process known as “cloud repatriation” – can be a strategic and cost-effective move. Questions persist about when cloud repatriation makes sense and how organizations should craft their strategy.
Service-Centric Cross-Cloud Network demo - AWS and Google Cloud
This demo showcases the capabilities of the Cross-Cloud Network. See how customers running on another cloud provider can, securely access services hosted on Google Cloud over a private Cross-Cloud Interconnect connection using Cross-Cloud Network products Speaker: Ishita Mehta-Desai, Network Specialist.
Blazing Fast Docker Builds feat. Depot.dev
Docker build times got you down? Our Co-Founder and Head of Engineering sits down with Kyle Galbraith, Co-Founder of Depot, to talk about key tips and tricks to maximizing your Docker files.
Improving Developer Efficiency
Developers are expensive to hire, and it takes time to get new hires up to speed. Getting the most out of developers and retaining them should be a priority for any organization. Fortunately, developers like creating new stuff, and organizations want new functionality. Therefore, if there was a way of minimizing the time spent fixing bugs, the new feature backlog would be reduced, and happy developers would stay around.
Unlock the Value of Cloud: Introducing Splunk Cloud Value Calculator
In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations are increasingly turning to the cloud powered with AI capabilities to enhance efficiency, scalability and innovation. Splunk, a leader in security and data observability, has been at the forefront of this transformation.
Introduction to AWS Enterprise Support Plans
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has revolutionized the cloud computing industry by offering a wide range of services designed to provide flexibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency to businesses of all sizes. Selecting and using the appropriate support plan is essential to making the most of AWS's advantages. For all types of needs, from small businesses to multinational corporations, AWS provides a variety of support plans. This blog will examine the various AWS enterprise support plans and share how working with a partner-led enterprise support can increase the advantages even more while saving money.
5 Reasons Why You Should Work with a FinOps Consulting Partner
In today's world, digital transformation, cloud computing, DevOps, and serverless computing aren't just #trending terms-they're essential for keeping your organization running smoothly. As technology evolves, businesses need to keep pushing for innovation while making sure their cloud infrastructure is flexible, scalable, and reliable. Gartner's got some eye-opening predictions.