FinOps-certified practitioner Michael Stephenson introduces the cost assessment survey. He walks through the survey, explaining its importance and the types of questions it includes. The survey covers topics such as the frequency of cloud cost reviews, who is responsible for cost monitoring, methods for tracking spending, and much more! He also emphasizes the need for proactive cost management and highlights common practices like shutting down unused resources and right-sizing. The goal is to help organizations manage and optimize their cloud costs more effectively.

Keep Your VIPs Happy with Martello Vantage DX Tired of constantly firefighting Microsoft Teams issues for your VIPs? In this video, discover how Martello Vantage DX helps IT teams shift from reactive problem-solving to proactive management. With end-to-end visibility, automated correlation, and synthetic testing, Vantage DX identifies and resolves issues before they disrupt important meetings. See how you can deliver a flawless Teams experience and keep your VIPs satisfied.

-According to a 2023 Verizon Enterprise report, personal and company-owned mobile devices are among the top three most common targets for cyberattacks, underscoring the need to be able to manage and secure them. NinjaOne recently introduced mobile device management (MDM) with multi-tenancy functionality. Now MSPs can configure multiple APNs, ADE profiles, content tokens, and Android Enterprise connections, in a single NinjaOne environment.

In this video I’ll walk through the steps to instrument a PostgreSQL database using the Automatic discovery and configuration feature of the Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector. We’ll use an install script to install and run the Collector with discovery mode on a Linux machine where the database is running. I’ll then show you how to properly configure the PostgreSQL receiver properties so that the Collector is able to connect and authenticate to the database. Once the Collector is successfully configured, I’ll show you how to view those metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud.