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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

12 FinOps tools for AWS users

Like DevOps, FinOps is a portmanteau word (a word made by combining two others) and a portmanteau concept. Where DevOps is the joining of development and operations, FinOps is the joining of operations and finance. Like DevOps, FinOps has arisen from a frustration with siloed business capacities, and again like DevOps, FinOps is a part cultural, part tool-driven practice.

How to do Azure Cost Analysis at Service and Meter level?

This video demonstrates how to use the Cost Analyzer to review expenses by service name and meter. This feature offers detailed cost breakdowns by subscriptions, resource groups, types, service names, and more. This granularity provides organizations with complete visibility into their Azure spending, ensuring transparency and compliance. For effective cloud cost management and governance strategies organizations rely on these insights for optimal resource utilization and budget control.

Kentik Close-Up 04. Cloud Costs

Nobody likes getting a surprise (and surprisingly large) bill from their cloud provider. But that doesn't stop it from happening a surprising number of times. In this episode, Kentik's Director of Technical Evangelism, Phil Gervasi, and Mike Krygeris, an Enterprise Solutions Architect, talk with host Leon Adato about how Kentik's tools help reduce the surprises and lower the cost of your cloud environment. While you're here, remember to like and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!