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Migrating to cloud: Top five reasons

Since the inception of public clouds, a lot of CXOs have considered moving their IT infrastructure to the cloud and many have already done that. If your organization is considering migration to the cloud, learn what drove this mass movement from on-premises servers to the cloud. In this article, we'll explain the major reasons why organizations prefer the cloud, the issues you should watch out for, and how you should protect your cloud infrastructure.

12 AWS Cloud Management Tools: Top Solutions By Category

Amazon Web Service offers cloud computing to organizations of all sizes. It provides low-cost cloud storage, nearly unlimited compute resources, and secure remote computing services. Still, many users find AWS confusing. Companies often struggle to understand AWS billing. Aligning cloud spend to actual operational activities for cost allocation is next to impossible. AWS also limits the amount of compute resources you can use based on your location.

How well-designed automations lead to efficient orchestration in AWS

Managing resources efficiently in cloud-based environments like AWS is crucial for scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness. Automation is key to eliminating manual intervention in routine tasks, while orchestration ensures that these automated tasks are executed in a structured, coordinated manner. In AWS, leveraging well-designed automation enhances orchestration, enabling organizations to optimize performance, resource utilization, and security while maintaining operational agility.

How to make APIM log data easily accessible for non-technical users?

This video explains the use case for API Management and Integration using the Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) feature of Turbo360. The scenario involves tracking help desk ticket submissions via an API, ensuring that support teams and business users can easily check the status of tickets. The challenge is that log data is complex and not easily accessible to non-technical users. Turbo360 simplifies this by providing a user-friendly interface where support teams can search, filter, and analyze logs without deep technical expertise.

What Is Cloud Forecasting And How To Do It Right

One of the cloud’s greatest advancements is its ability to scale resources like vCPU and memory based on demand. However, this auto-scaling can also lead to unexpected cost fluctuations — sometimes subtle, sometimes dramatic — especially with new or unpredictable workloads. That’s why cloud forecasting is essential. It helps you stay ahead of unpredictable costs by aligning your spending with business goals. How? We’ll break down how cloud cost forecasting works.

SolarWinds Observability 2025.1: Big Cloud Updates for GCP, AWS & Azure!

New cloud support has landed in SolarWinds Observability 2025.1! Now with expanded monitoring for Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure, you can track even more cloud entities with ease. What’s new? Google Cloud – Now supports Google Compute Engine Azure – New support for Azure App Service & Blob Storage AWS – Expanded RDS support (MySQL, Aurora, PostgreSQL, Oracle) + Load Balancer monitoring See it in action! We explore the latest dashboards and drill into cloud resources like virtual machines, databases, and storage.

FinOps IT Financial Management

Cloud computing has revolutionized IT infrastructure by offering unparalleled scalability and adaptability. However, organizations face significant challenges when it comes to effectively managing their cloud costs. Traditional IT Financial Management (ITFM) methodologies, designed for on-premises operations, often struggle to address the advanced financial complexities of cloud-based investments. This is where FinOps IT Financial Management takes center stage.

CLM Chowder: Digging Into the Cloud Latency of Azure, Google Cloud, and OCI

CLM Chowder is a new series which highlights notable observations of cloud connectivity surfaced by Kentik’s Cloud Latency Map. In this edition, we look at measurements from Alibaba (China), latency swings from South Africa, and a temporary latency jump from Marseilles to Asia.