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10x development speed with local serverless debugging

Serverless is great but a lot of it is in the cloud and in all these different services. Oftentimes we hear serverless developers struggle with debugging serverless locally in order to iterate fast. Without an effective debugging setup, they are left frustrated with slowed development cycle time and decreased operational efficiency. In this 45-minute hands-on webinar, we'll be discussing how to debug serverless locally to really speed up your development cycle.

Visualize the financial impact of RIs and Savings Plans with Eco's Savings Over Time report

When buying AWS Savings Plans and RIs, Spot Eco makes it easy to create a highly utilized and well-balanced blend of Savings Plans and RIs. Leveraging 3rd party Standard RIs (with shorter terms) alongside Convertible RIs, and Savings Plans, Eco helps ensure maximum savings with minimum commitment.

Why Enterprises need to Modernize AIX (WebSphere) Workloads to Linux

IBM’s AIX operating system has powered zillion mission-critical applications for over three decades, providing enterprise applications the edge to do more. And, let’s not forget that a huge chunk of BFSI applications is still nesting on AIX within their own data centers due to its security, performance, and reliability.

Cloud Strategy in the Data Age | Splunk's Andy Hershey and Evan Kirstel

In 2020, Coronavirus forced many companies to rapidly pivot to cloud-based solutions and remote work. Splunk’s Andy Hershey GVP, Cloud Sales & GTM Transformation, and B2B tech influencer and evangelist, Evan Kirstel, sit down to discuss how companies can optimize their cloud strategies in the Data Age. The pair discuss the challenges of the cloud journey, data-driven solutions, security concerns, and how leaders can effectively succeed in this new digital world.

Unveil hidden malicious processes with Falco in cloud-native environments

Detecting malicious processes is already complicated in cloud-native environments, as without the proper tools they are black boxes. It becomes even more complicated if those malicious processes are hidden. A malware using open source tools to evade detection has been reported. The open source project used by the malware is libprocesshider, a tool created by Sysdig’s former chief architect Gianluca.

IAM Policies: Good, Bad & Ugly

In my last post we looked at the structure of AWS IAM policies and looked at an example of a policy that was too broad. Let's look at a few more examples to explore how broad permissions can lead to security concerns. By far the most common form of broad permissions occurs when policies are scoped to a service but not to specific actions.

The Hidden Costs of Your ELK Stack [VIDEO]

At first glance, there may seem to be little not to love about the ELK Stack. It’s open source. It’s free (if you set it up and manage it yourself, at least). It’s a widely used solution with a thriving ecosystem surrounding it. But if you’ve ever actually built and managed an ELK stack environment, you have probably found that the theory doesn’t match the reality. The ELK stack is full of hidden costs, and it often fails to deliver real value over the long term.

How I Built a Data Discovery API for AWS Data Lake

This simple FastAPI service will help you find data in a data lake Data lakes provide a myriad of benefits. They are data agnostic and don’t require you to define a schema upfront. However, without a proper structure, it may be challenging to find the data that you need. In this article, we’ll address this problem by creating a FastAPI abstraction allowing us to query the AWS Glue metadata catalog.

Top 5 Challenges in the Adoption of multi-cloud Strategies

In my previous blog post, we discussed why research shows that over 90% of enterprises are embracing a multi-cloud strategy. Simply put, a multi-cloud approach offers significant advantages to organizations seeking to optimize the Three Cs of Cloud: Cost, Capabilities and Compliance. Still, with all the advantages to be gained with a multi-cloud approach, executives should be aware of the downsides. Here is my take on the top 5 challenges of multi-cloud adoption.