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CloudHealth Vs. CloudWatch: How Do They Differ?

Amazon’s CloudHealth and VMware’s CloudHealth are two of the most popular cloud management and system monitoring platforms today. But which platform does what, and are they even direct competitors? In this post, we'll compare the two services and highlight their main differences so you can choose which to use — or whether to use both.

DoD Compliance + DoD Configuration Management: How to Get Compliant with Less Effort

DoD compliance is a set of rules and expectations for IT cybersecurity in organizations that do business with the US Department of Defense (DoD). Discover everything you need to know about DoD compliance and DoD configuration management in this blog – plus how to manage DoD compliance better and faster with Puppet.

Docker Container Lifecycle Management

Managing an application's dependencies and tech stack across numerous cloud and development environments is a regular difficulty for DevOps teams. Regardless of the underlying platform it uses, it must maintain the application's stability and functionality as part of its regular duties. However, one possible solution to this problem is to create an OS image that already contains the required libraries and configurations needed to run the application.

Spotting Vulnerabilities at Rest and at Runtime feat. Cloudsmith and Sysdig

The rise and popularity of containers and Kubernetes have revolutionised the IT industry but also introduced a lot of complexity including a huge number of vulnerabilities coming from different container image layers. To master those vulnerabilities both DevOps and Security teams are struggling to prioritise and address them, often without sufficient clarity or accountable insights.

Proven methods for elevating end-to-end tracking in Azure/Hybrid Integrations

Tracking end-to-end message or business data across Azure/hybrid integration and implementing end-to-end tracking presents a significant challenge for many organizations. To solve this problem, many rely on various monitoring tools like Log Analytics, App Insights, etc., designed for developers. However, when it comes to supporting applications in production or real-time for non-technical Azure operations/support teams, this approach can be challenging in terms of security and expertise.

Azure Rightsizing: Maximizing Performance and Minimizing Costs

Organizations increasingly leverage Azure to host their applications and services in today’s cloud-driven world. However, efficiently managing Azure resources ensures optimal performance, cost-effectiveness, and resource utilization. One essential aspect of resource management is rightsizing. In this blog post, we’ll explore the concept of rightsizing Azure resources and provide practical tips on optimizing your deployments.

Take back control of your Monitoring

The challenges in the monitoring world are known widely. We all know about these problems, what they are, and why they are important. While each one of the problems has its own solution, it all boils down to one thing – COST. How do we balance the tradeoffs without worrying about the huge costs of solving these challenges? For high-precision monitoring and observability, you need efficient and high-precision control levers. Take back control of your Monitoring with Levitate - a managed time series data warehouse.

The AI Boom Will Drive up Data Center Costs and the Need for Control

Data centers are the backbone of the digital economy, hosting the servers, networks, and software that power the internet and cloud services. Data centers consume a lot of electricity, accounting for about 1% of the global energy demand in 2019. As AI becomes more widespread and complex, data centers will need to upgrade their hardware and infrastructure to meet the growing demand for AI processing. This will increase the cost of operating data centers in several ways.

What is Pushgateway?

Prometheus is an amazing tool, but it has limitations. Some of your applications, including batch jobs and ephemeral jobs, may not live long enough for it to find and scrape them. Since Prometheus cannot scrape all jobs, the company developed Pushgateway as a bridge tool. Because you usually cannot push metrics directly to the Prometheus application, you can sometimes use a Pushgateway to deliver the necessary data. When you need monitoring solutions, try Metricfire.