It’s that time of the year again as re:Invent is almost upon us Here is a list of the serverless-related announcements so far that you should know about.

As cloud adoption expands, subscribing and provisioning resources increase day by day. Regular analysis and assessment are essential to monitor usage, ensuring that cloud resource spending remains efficient and minimizing waste. The assessments can be made using many ways but will need some level of technical competence and regular maintenance: Not all stakeholders will have access and the necessity to check through these tools.

The cloud changed how businesses work, making things more flexible and adaptable. But keeping track of app performance from a user’s point of view in this new setup is tough. Legacy tools tend to not give developers an understanding of their users' perspective. That's where synthetic monitoring comes in. It's a strong way to focus on users and fix the problems that legacy tools miss.

Most people know that it is important to apply security updates. It can be challenging, however, to accomplish this while maximising the uptime of the services you are running on top. Every change, even applying security patches, carries some risk of disrupting your workloads. You therefore need to be deliberate about your update strategy.

Unlocking the full potential of your Kubernetes workloads through optimization can bring a multitude of advantages. Explore insights into valuable techniques with Control Plane.

As a provider of over 200 cloud products and services, Microsoft Azure provides most of the capabilities you need to manage your cloud workloads. While this breadth of services can be beneficial, it can also create complexity issues, such as reducing cloud cost visibility and increasing security blind spots. Proper Azure cloud management can change this. In this snackable guide, we’ll share what Azure cloud management is, the key tools you need to manage your Azure environment, and more.

When you consider buying anything new, it’s always a good idea to weigh up your options and see what is the most popular, and if there are any alternatives you should consider. After all, just because it’s the most popular doesn’t necessarily mean it's the best option. In some cases, people are even choosing to self-host a cloud server from their home or business to guarantee the privacy of their files.