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Heroku to AWS Migration Made Easy with Qovery and Cloud303

As businesses grow and evolve, their needs for cloud services change too. This is especially true for companies that start with a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution like Heroku but need more control over their environment and customization options as they scale. This is where Amazon Web Services (AWS) comes in. Migrating from Heroku to AWS can be a complex process, but it allows businesses to scale their infrastructure and customize their environment to meet their specific needs.

How FireHydrant handled the SVB banking crisis

On Thursday, March 9, 2023, something was afoot at our primary bank, SVB. By Friday, March 10, 2023, messages from our investors helped us quickly understand that FireHydrant needed to maneuver through a complex incident that was unfolding. Operational incidents are incidents like every other.

How Much Should Your Observability Stack Cost?

Observability is critical to any software development. It is a term that describes the ability to monitor the performance and health of applications, services, and infrastructure. Observability aims to quickly identify and troubleshoot problems before they become full-blown incidents that can lead to costly downtime. But how much should you invest in an observability stack? Regarding the cost of your observability stack, there is no one-size-fits-all answer.

CloudHealth Vs. AWS Cost Explorer: The Definitive Comparison

Both CloudHealth and Cost Explorer have recently rebranded to different degrees. CloudHealth is now VMware Aria Cost Powered by CloudHealth. AWS Cost Explorer received a fresh coat of paint for its user interface. But do these traditional cloud financial management tools offer additional features now? And can the help provide the cost visibility you need to reduce cloud spending and improve profitability?

Google Colab Monitoring with Netdata

Hello, fellow data enthusiasts and Google Colab aficionados! Today, we're going to explore how to monitor your Google Colab instances using Netdata. Colab is a fantastic platform for running Notebooks, developing ML models, and other data science and analytics tasks. But have you ever wondered how your Colab instance is performing under the hood? That's where Netdata comes into play!

Introducing the Netdata demo space

Introducing Netdata's Demo Space, a quick and easy way to experience monitoring environments before you set them up yourself. At Netdata, we are always striving to provide the best monitoring experience for our users. We understand that adopting a new monitoring solution can sometimes be challenging, especially when you're unsure of how it will fit your specific environment. That's why we're excited to announce the Netdata Demo Space!

MicroK8s is now on AWS marketplace

Everyone knows that MicroK8s is an extremely lightweight, extensible, reliable, CNCF-compliant distribution of Kubernetes. What you didn’t know until now is that it is even easier to install and manage as part of your AWS marketplace experience. First, a quick reminder of why MicroK8s is great: What is new is that MicroK8s is now available on the AWS marketplace, combining all of MicroK8s advantages with the convenience of AWS.

Amazon and Atlassian layoffs, Curl is 25 and more news

Amazon lays off 9,000 more workers, and that's just scratching the surface of recent job cuts. Back in 2008, Atlassian bucked trends and increased hiring when everyone else was firing. This time, they cut 5 percent of their workforce. Is Amazon using return to office mandates as a way to cut jobs? On a lighter note, Happy 25th Anniversary to command line tool, Curl!

Save Cost: Tips for Optimizing Azure Storage

Storage is vital to any software used to solve a business problem. This is because the data must be preserved or stored in any storage before/after/during the processing of data in software. The storage account is an Azure storage offering to store data in different forms based on the requirements. This article discusses Azure Storage cost optimization and how Serverless360 helps focuses on optimizing the cost spent on Azure storage accounts.