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How to Assess Current Workloads for a Cloud Migration

Organizations large and small are taking advantage of cloud computing. This can be as simple as leveraging Office 365 or migrating all of their business applications from a data center into the cloud. We’ve all been witness to the explosive growth of cloud applications over the past several years. When organizations start considering migrating business applications to the cloud, there are many considerations, everything from security, compliance, cost, disaster recovery, and more.

Cloud storage pricing - how to optimise TCO

The flexibility of public cloud infrastructure allows for little to no upfront expense, and is great when starting a venture or testing an idea. But once a dataset grows and becomes predictable, it can become a significant base cost, compounded further by additional costs depending on how you are consuming that data.

Maximize Cloud Savings: Advanced Cost Reduction Strategies

Cloud migration can be a powerful way for organizations to reduce costs and improve efficiency. However, simply moving to the cloud is not enough - there are a number of tactics that teams can adopt to maximize cost savings. In this article, I will first explore some common tactics that cloud migration teams use to reduce costs, then share advanced strategies that our most successful customers use to truly take advantage of the cloud for all of its far-reaching benefits.

Guided Kubernetes Troubleshooting: How to Reduce Toil for Dev Teams

This blog post is a how-to guide for Kubernetes troubleshooting. Our vision is that any engineer can keep Kubernetes-based applications up and running smoothly, regardless of their level of Kubernetes expertise and their knowledge of the services in the environment. Right out of the box, StackState aims to monitor, alert and then guide an engineer directly to the problem, helping them remediate the issue quickly.

Heroku Enterprise vs. AWS: What to choose as a business?

When it comes to cloud infrastructure, there are countless options available. From the easy-to-use and scalable Heroku Enterprise to the powerful and versatile AWS, it can be difficult to know which platform is the best fit for your business. However, more and more companies are finding that Heroku Enterprise is not the best choice for their needs and are switching to AWS.

What Millions of Requests per Second Mean in Terms of Cost & Energy Savings | Willy Tarreau

Presented by Willy Tarreau (HAProxy) at HAProxyConf 2022. Discover the power of HAProxy in this must-watch talk by Willy Tarreau, the developer of the original HAProxy project. Learn how HAProxy has set new world records in performance and scalability and discover how its cutting-edge technology can help you save on costs and energy consumption. With climate change at the forefront of our minds, it's more important than ever to find ways to conserve energy in every aspect of our lives. Join Willy as he explores real-life examples of energy-efficient load balancing.

How to set up a developer portal

If you’re thinking of setting up a developer portal for your software development teams, now is as good a time as any. Developer portals can help your teams start building new projects in a more efficient and streamlined manner. With all the necessary information about available development tools, development environments, service ownership, external APIs, and SDKs present in one place, developers can follow a more systematic approach while building new tools and products.