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70 Facts and Stats on AWS in 2024

Amazon Web Services is one of the most popular services that StatusGator users subscribe to so they can be among the first to learn if AWS or any of its components or regions experience downtime. Previously, we already explored the least reliable AWS Region, and we continue to explore the most popular cloud computing platform. Here are facts on Amazon Web Services as of 2024 split into categories.

AIOps For multi-cloud visibility and cost optimization

Cloud computing offers welcome flexibility and resilience. But multi-cloud computing makes it all too easy to lose track of your cloud estate leading to ballooning expenses and administrative burdens. ignio AIOps puts you back in charge. It includes a vendor-agnostic cloud visibility, automation, and cost optimization capability that offers a single-pane view of your multi-cloud environment. This powerful capability is built using FinOps cloud financial management principles to achieve better visibility and control, as well as lower cloud bills.

Introduction to the Integration Pack for ServiceNow

The Integration Pack provides rich bi-directional integration and automation of ServiceNow using Microsoft System Center Orchestrator. This Integration Pack provides a powerful integration capability for writing Orchestrator runbooks. Using Kelverion smart discovery the Integration Pack interrogates the ServiceNow instance and discovers how it has been configured providing a forms based view of the tables, fields, properties and allowed inputs for mandatory and optional fields.

Comprehensive Metrics in the SaaS Industry: 7 Reasons Why They Matter

Understanding comprehensive metrics in SaaS is crucial for your success in the industry. These numbers are more than just data; they offer insights into customer behavior, product performance, and operational efficiency. By embracing the importance of these metrics, you can drive better decision-making, ensure customer satisfaction, and promote sustainable growth. Let's dive into why these metrics are indispensable to your business strategy.

Debugging and Decoding MongoDB with OpenTelemetry

MongoDB’s flexibility and document-oriented nature have always stood out to me as its most compelling features, setting it apart from the strict schema constraints of traditional relational databases. This adaptability is a boon for application development, allowing for more dynamic data interactions that mirror real-world information complexities and freeing table schemas’ constraints.

The Real Cost of Synthetic User Testing with AWS

Every time I share a project using SaaS tools, someone inevitably responds that they could do the same thing on their own home server ‘for free.’ I mention this not because it is annoying, since I would never go on social media at all if annoying responses were allowed to change my behavior, but because I think it points to a basic misconception that still affects DevOps practitioners today: the refusal to accurately estimate the real costs of self-managed solutions.

Powering Real-Time Data Processing with InfluxDB and AWS Kinesis

Imagine a data engineer working for a large e-commerce company tasked with building a system that can process and analyze customer clickstream data in real-time. By leveraging Amazon Kinesis and InfluxDB, they can achieve this goal efficiently and effectively. So, how do we get from idea to finished solution? First, we need to understand the tools at hand.

Cloud Migration Challenges: Overcoming Obstacles - TJay Belt | Redgate

TJay Belt, Director of Data at Nerd United, shares his thoughts on the obstacles you face when migrating to the cloud. Cloud adoption has been steadily on the rise for a number of years, driven by benefits such as scalability, accessibility and flexibility, security and cost.

Heroku Router Path Metrics

We are pleased to announce that we have released a new feature that allows you to collect Heroku Router metrics by path! By default, this option will not be enabled as it will increase your number of total metrics. If no action is taken, you will continue to receive your Router metrics in the default format. This provides a good overview of your application’s total connection times, requests by method/status, etc.

Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges in Cloud Computing

Cloud computing offers notable perks to businesses of all sizes. As reported by the CIO Agenda Survey by Gartner, adapting to cloud-based technology is one of the top business priorities. Cloud services assist companies in expanding their abilities. It also helps to reduce the cost of labor and capital expenditures for adapting to new technological solutions like managed third-party risk.