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How to retrieve Azure Key Vault Secrets using Azure Functions (Part II)

In my previous post, I explained How to retrieve Azure Key Vault Secrets using Azure Functions, where you can understand Key Vault URL and the Secret name to retrieve a secret generically, you could use it inside all your Logic App Standard workflows, whether they use the same Key Vault resource or different ones.

How Cloud Network Monitoring Is Critical To Business Success

A rising number of businesses are adopting and utilizing cloud services and capabilities with remarkable success. But embracing cloud tools and services often brings unexpected changes for business leaders and IT teams, especially because of the way in which cloud adoption has altered how networks are monitored and managed.

Intelligent Instance Selection for Your Kubernetes Workloads

Picking the right AWS instance is challenging because you have to match the ever-changing resource usage patterns of your apps with the 500+ AWS instance types, and the result is over-provisioning and waste. Nearly one-third of businesses exceed their cloud budgets by as much as 40%, in part due to poorly sized instances.

Snooze your alert policies in Cloud Monitoring

Does your development team want to snooze alerts during non-business hours? Or proactively prevent the creation of expected alerts for an upcoming expected maintenance window? Cloud Alerting in Google's Cloud operations suite now supports the ability to snooze alert policies for a given period of time. You can create a Snooze by providing specific alert policies and a time period. During this window, if the alert policy is violated, no incidents or notifications are created.

Seven Tools to Help You Become a Better Serverless Developer

Serverless technologies let us do more with less effort, time and energy. They let us focus on creating user value and let the cloud handle undifferentiated heavy-lifting like scaling and securing the underlying infrastructure that runs our code. Serverless technologies have allowed me to accomplish tasks as a solo engineer that used to take a whole team of engineers to accomplish, and I’m able to complete these tasks in a fraction of the time and cost to my customers.

Amazon Photos Alternative? The Good, the Bad, and More Private Options

You've heard of Amazon, but do you have any idea how many services they actually offer? They have their online store, streaming video service, Audible for audiobooks, AWS for commercial cloud computing and server services, and so very much more. Did you know they have a cloud photo service called Amazon Photos? Well, they do. Is Amazon Photos good enough to try out, and can you trust such a massive cooperation with all of your precious photos?

Why devops needs a better approach to cloud networking

A full-stack networking platform with machine learning, autonomous capabilities, and multicloud support allows devops engineers to focus on what matters most—building applications. The promise of digital transformation is enabling businesses to magnify competitive advantages, create new revenue streams, and improve customer experiences.

Why a big bang approach is the wrong cloud strategy

Despite all the hype from the big cloud providers the truth is that most organisations rely on hybrid infrastructures now and will do so for the foreseeable future. Typically, this includes on-premises infrastructure and at least two public cloud providers. This is not a step on a journey to being 100 per cent cloud, it is the strategic destination many have chosen.

Understanding Cloud Services: IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS

Cloud services have skyrocketed in popularity in the past few years, providing a vast array of resources as well as a cost-effective path for the migration from on-premises servers to the cloud. In fact, cloud services are handling all the computing needs of many businesses. It’s very likely you’re already using cloud services and will continue to use more as time goes on.

3 Must-Use Strategies To Make Better SaaS Pricing Decisions

You work hard to deliver a great product to your target market. Yet, when it’s time to price your worth, it’s challenging to set a fair pricing strategy, model, or amount. This anxiety is understandable. If you charge too much, you could lose potential and existing customers. If you are a start-up, this bad first impression can be detrimental to your growth. For larger businesses, some customers may feel you are losing touch and switch to newer or veteran competitors.