Running Apache Spark applications on Kubernetes has a lot of benefits, but operating and managing Kubernetes at scale has significant challenges for data teams. With the recent addition of Ocean for Apache Spark to Spot’s suite of Kubernetes solutions, data teams have the power and flexibility of Kubernetes without the complexities. A cloud-native managed service, Ocean Spark automates cloud infrastructure and application management for Spark-on-Kubernetes.

Securing an SAP environment is critical to any organization and as the use of public clouds grows for these environments, so does the concern of SAP security. These hyperscalers all have teams of people working around the clock to ensure their solutions are impenetrable. Third party cybersecurity solutions are often used as well to make sure these environments are safe and secure.

Business analytics and business continuity go hand in hand. Microsoft 365 as well as Azure services are used by companies around the globe to achieve better business outcomes. Learn why a hybrid approach to Azure and Microsoft 365 monitoring can be beneficial and what steps to take to get clear insights into SLA fulfillment.

Gartner introduced a new security architecture called Security Service Edge, or SSE, back in March 2021. Now finally, after a long wait, they’ve just published their first Magic Quadrant for SSE in February 2022. This begs the question, is SASE dead? To answer, we need to look at what is SSE vs SASE, and what are the challenges SSE addresses. For easy reference, Gartner created the following SSE definition.

If you’re going to move assets to Azure – or any public cloud, you’re going to need some help. As a cloud consulting firm with a top-notch infrastructure performance monitoring application, we help enterprises navigate obstacles on the path to the cloud all the time. We’ve also felt the pain of sizing and pricing in our cloud journey, too. That’s why we created Galileo Cloud Compass (or GCC as we sometimes call it).

With the introduction of Cloud computing services, let it be the Family photo sharing feature on iPhone or documents on Google Drive, sharing and keeping up-to-date information became easier than ever before. All Cloud-based products require no direct resource management from the user and ultimately create one of the most popular ways to store data whether you’re a scholar writing an essay or a new business owner trying to build an online shop

The Simple Notification Service, or SNS for short, is one of the central services to build serverless architectures in the AWS cloud. SNS itself is a serverless messaging service that can distribute massive numbers of messages to different recipients. These include mobile end-user devices, like smartphones and tablets, but also other services inside the AWS ecosystem. SNS’ ability to target AWS services makes it the perfect companion for AWS Lambda.

If you’ve ever been in charge of your company’s cloud cost, you likely understand how painful it can be to accurately allocate shared cloud spend. In fact, in the 2021 State of FinOps report, “dealing with shared costs” was the second most common challenge faced by FinOps. Today, I’m excited to share that we’ve taken a huge step toward alleviating that pain.

We are excited to announce that PagerDuty is now an approved AWS Financial Services Competency Partner. We’re looking forward to expanding our global reach and helping financial services organizations accelerate their cloud migration and digital acceleration journeys. This will allow us to further streamline and automate financial service companies’ digital operations while helping them reduce risk and manage compliance requirements.

I recently published a post regarding BizTalk Schema Validation: DateTime Restrictions on my personal blog. Still, I was curious to see if we have the same capability in Logic Apps Standard and Consumption. And by doing that, see how compatible these two technologies are regarding XML Schemas and validations.