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The Foundation of Cloud Optimization - Cloud Tagging Strategy

Cloud Tagging should be automated, not left to humans. Optimization in the cloud is actually really simple. Here’s how we get our customers thinking differently which in turn makes them successful. “To your developers the cloud is like a candy store is to a kid where all the candy is free”. Just as parents need to teach their kids the value of money, you need to teach your developers the value of cloud spend.

8 Advanced Tech Solutions for Reducing Business Downtime

In today's fast-paced business landscape, downtime can be a devastating blow to any organization. Every minute of unproductive time translates to potential revenue loss, damage to customer trust, and disruptions in operations. As technology evolves, so do the solutions for mitigating downtime and ensuring seamless business continuity. This article will explore eight advanced tech solutions that can significantly reduce business downtime and keep your operations running smoothly.

The Power of VMware CLI

Command Line Interface (CLI) for VMware is not just a feature but a cornerstone for effective virtualization management. Think of it as the hidden trapdoor that takes you straight to the control room of a spaceship. It’s less fancy than the graphical user interface (GUI), but it gets you direct access to the nuts and bolts of your VMware environment.

Shift Left Monitoring: A Pathway to Optimized Cloud Applications

I recently worked on a customer project to migrate an in-house application to the cloud, using a shift-left monitoring and testing strategy. The original application was developed with LAMP architecture and was being migrated to Spring Boot to modernize it and then run it on the cloud. I was fortunate to be part of the conversation during the day-0 talks. Not all IT managers do this.

Monitor Google Cloud Vertex AI with Datadog

Vertex AI is Google’s platform offering AI and machine learning computing as a service—enabling users to train and deploy machine learning (ML) models and AI applications in the cloud. In June 2023, Google added generative AI support to Vertex AI, so users can test, tune, and deploy Google’s large language models (LLMs) for use in their applications.

Feature-Based Pricing: A Guide To Per Feature Pricing in SaaS

The best pricing strategy for your SaaS business will depend on your specific business model, target market, and competition. You’ll also want to test different pricing strategies to see which one works best for you. That said, feature-based pricing can be a very profitable way to price SaaS products. Here’s how it works. We’ll also include how to determine your cloud costs per feature so you can set profitable prices.

Getting started with RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ is an open-source message broker software that facilitates communication and data exchange between various components of distributed applications. Acting as an intermediary, RabbitMQ enables different software systems, services, and devices to exchange information in a seamless and efficient manner. It follows the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP), a standardized communication protocol designed for robust and scalable messaging.

Azure Service Bus Dead-Letter Queue Monitoring

Azure Service Bus, a cloud-based messaging service, facilitates communication between applications and services. Within Azure Service Bus queues and topic subscriptions, there exists an additional sub-queue known as a Azure Service Bus dead-letter queue (DLQ). The Dead-Letter Queue (DLQ) serves as a storage area for messages that the receiving application from the main queue cannot deliver or process successfully. These messages are referred to as “dead-lettered” messages.

Data at the edge: Meet modern data processing demands with edge computing

We’ve all experienced latency in some form. It’s unfortunately something we’re all too familiar with. We’ve even gone so far as to accept it as a regular albeit undesirable part of the user experience. Yet despite various steps taken over the years, it still exists and is as disruptive as ever.