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Building Organizational Trust for Cloud Optimization Software

You’ve loaded data into Densify and after reviewing recommendations your developers don’t want to take the recommended action – they aren’t trusting, yet. This is one of the top issues identified by the FinOps Foundation and many of our customers of Densify – but not all. Let’s explore what some customers do differently to build organizational trust in taking optimization recommendations.

Megaport LIVE: Introducing Multicloud Connectivity | Webinar

Megaport LIVE: Introducing Multicloud Connectivity Recorded: 24 August 2023 Speakers: David Sloan - Solutions Architect In this webinar, Megaport Solutions Architect David Sloan breaks down how Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud structure their private direct connectivity offerings for multicloud.

8 Advanced Tech Solutions for Reducing Business Downtime

In today's fast-paced business landscape, downtime can be a devastating blow to any organization. Every minute of unproductive time translates to potential revenue loss, damage to customer trust, and disruptions in operations. As technology evolves, so do the solutions for mitigating downtime and ensuring seamless business continuity. This article will explore eight advanced tech solutions that can significantly reduce business downtime and keep your operations running smoothly.

Shift Left Monitoring: A Pathway to Optimized Cloud Applications

I recently worked on a customer project to migrate an in-house application to the cloud, using a shift-left monitoring and testing strategy. The original application was developed with LAMP architecture and was being migrated to Spring Boot to modernize it and then run it on the cloud. I was fortunate to be part of the conversation during the day-0 talks. Not all IT managers do this.

The Power of VMware CLI

Command Line Interface (CLI) for VMware is not just a feature but a cornerstone for effective virtualization management. Think of it as the hidden trapdoor that takes you straight to the control room of a spaceship. It’s less fancy than the graphical user interface (GUI), but it gets you direct access to the nuts and bolts of your VMware environment.

This Month in Datadog: DASH 2023 Recap, featuring Bits AI, Single-Step APM Instrumentation, and more

Datadog is constantly elevating the approach to cloud monitoring and security. This Month in Datadog updates you on our newest product features, announcements, resources, and events. This month, we’re recapping DASH 2023..

Monitor Google Cloud Vertex AI with Datadog

Vertex AI is Google’s platform offering AI and machine learning computing as a service—enabling users to train and deploy machine learning (ML) models and AI applications in the cloud. In June 2023, Google added generative AI support to Vertex AI, so users can test, tune, and deploy Google’s large language models (LLMs) for use in their applications.

Azure Service Bus Dead-Letter Queue Monitoring

Azure Service Bus, a cloud-based messaging service, facilitates communication between applications and services. Within Azure Service Bus queues and topic subscriptions, there exists an additional sub-queue known as a Azure Service Bus dead-letter queue (DLQ). The Dead-Letter Queue (DLQ) serves as a storage area for messages that the receiving application from the main queue cannot deliver or process successfully. These messages are referred to as “dead-lettered” messages.