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Datadog Vs. New Relic: Comparing Observability Tools In 2025

Feb 10, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Datadog and New Relic didn’t become some of the best observability platforms today by accident. Unlike traditional monitoring tools, both are built from the ground up to be cloud-native. This design is crucial for tracking system health across hybrid cloud infrastructure, modern applications, and microservices/containerized architectures. Both platforms also offer more flexible pricing models than the traditional subscription-based pricing you’ll see elsewhere.
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Observe Your Google Cloud Infrastructure | Demo: New Grafana Cloud Application | Grafana Labs

Feb 10, 2025 By Grafana In Grafana
Want to monitor your Google Cloud infrastructure more effectively? Join Vasil Kaftandzhiev as he introduces Grafana Cloud’s new application designed specifically for Google Cloud observability. In this video, you'll discover how to: Optimize and troubleshoot your Google Cloud services Leverage out-of-the-box dashboards with key metrics and thresholds Set up comprehensive alerting for real-time incident response Streamline log management with an all-in-one logs view for faster root cause analysis Configure logs and metrics effortlessly using Grafana Alloy.
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anodot

Unveiling Azure's Hidden Costs: What You Need to Know

Feb 9, 2025 By Gil Gross In Anodot
So, you’re new to the cloud or just starting off with Azure. You’re probably starting your first project and using the Azure Calculator to help estimate your monthly run rate. The problem is that Azure, like all clouds, has hidden costs. So why does the cloud have hidden costs? Well, while we call them hidden costs, it’s really more a matter of unexpected costs or unknown costs.
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site24x7

Cloud storage: Walkthrough, challenges and solutions

Feb 9, 2025 By Geoffrin Edwin In Site24x7
Cloud storage has become an integral part of enterprise IT infrastructure. Cloud engineers, SREs, SysAdmins, and CTOs are always on the look out for more avenues to keep their organization's data secure, accessible, and managed. In this blog post, let us explain cloud storage in detail, the associated challenges, and how to overcome them.
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manageengine

Navigating AWS policy changes in 2025: The role of CloudSpend in mitigating the impacts

Feb 7, 2025 By CloudSpend In ManageEngine
AWS SP/RI policy changes In a significant move, AWS announced policy changes to the use of Reserved Instances (RIs) and Saving Plans (SPs), which are set to take effect on June 1, 2025. These changes are particularly crucial for MSPs, resellers, and other organizations that rely on shared RIs and SPs to manage cloud costs.
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console connect

What's new with Google Cloud for 2025

Feb 7, 2025 By Lily Bennett In Console Connect
Google Cloud remains the third-largest provider, holding a 13% share in the global cloud infrastructure services market. In Q3 2024, Google reported a 30% year-over-year revenue growth reaching $12 billion in sales. However, it is a competitive market so they are working hard to accelerate this momentum and drive future growth with developments in AI innovation and infrastructure investments.
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cloudzero

AWS Aurora Pricing In 2025: What Influences Costs And How To Save

Feb 7, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Amazon Aurora offers up to five times the throughput of standard MySQL and three times that of PostgreSQL. Its architecture combines the database engine with a cloud-native, SSD-based storage system built for high I/O operations to achieve this. That said, AWS Aurora pricing can be a real headscratcher for customers, with concerns about the cost structure, pricing components, and ways to cut expenses.
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