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Centralize AWS observability with Grafana Cloud

If you’re using AWS, you’re almost certainly using Amazon CloudWatch to collect and analyze observability data from your favorite AWS services. And while AWS remains the most broadly adopted cloud platform, not every company uses it exclusively, which means you need a tool that gives a centralized view across all your environments. With Grafana Cloud, you can do just that.

2023 Cloud Cost Management Platforms: A FinOps Tools Competitive Analysis

Managing cloud costs has become a must for FinOps-focused businesses. Gotta keep a close eye on those expenses! So, what is the best way to do it? Find a platform that can help you get cost visibility and catch any cloud costs anomalies before they turn into a money waste! With tons of FinOps tools, how do you figure out which one suits your needs? And what exactly should you be looking at? We get it! There’s much to consider when picking the best platform to get those cloud cost insights.

Tech Trends: Discover 5 Cutting Edge Technologies Shaping Our Future

The modern technologies we live with perform tasks that once seemed impossible and were meant only for science fiction movies. New inventions are constantly emerging, so with such an abundance of technologies, how will these affect our future online privacy? Today, we will discuss modern technologies that will seriously impact the shaping of our future. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize how our societies function.

Azure Files: Latest Enhancements and Features

The Azure Files update in 2023 introduced Azure Active Directory support for REST API, enabling SMB file share access with OAuth authentication. This advancement improved the scalability of Azure Virtual Desktop by increasing the root directory handle limit from 2,000 to 10,000. Additionally, the public preview of geo-redundant storage for large file shares enhanced capacity and performance, while the Premium Tier now guarantees a 99.99% uptime SLA for all premium shares.

Leveraging Cloud Infrastructure for Remote Work

Even though there have been numerous reports about the decline of remote work in the last two years, many companies are still using the model and seeing a lot of success with it. Some of this success has to do with the technology they use. Cloud technology has become popular as businesses have realized its numerous benefits, including its ability to help them reduce operating costs, enhance collaboration, and provide scalability. Here's how these businesses are using cloud infrastructure effectively for remote work.

How to schedule an AzCopy Data Transfer

AzCopy is a command-line utility designed for copying data to and from Microsoft Azure Blob and File storage. It is a very powerful tool provided by Microsoft that helps users to copy and transfer data efficiently and securely. One of the key features of AzCopy is the ability to schedule transfers. Scheduled transfers can be extremely useful in managing data and ensuring that data is moved or backed up at the most appropriate times.

What Is AWS Athena? Here's Everything You Need To Know

Amazon Athena is heralded for its simplicity, pay-per-query pricing, and speed. Others say Athena has its fair share of limitations, which could affect your overall analytics experience and quality of analyses. So, what is what? In this post, we’ll share what Amazon Athena does, compare it to Amazon Redshift, and share how to understand and control your Athena costs in AWS (with just one tool).