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Connect to MySQL ElastiCache through EC2

You can quickly and efficiently use SSH to safely access data in your remote MySQL RDS data stores with just a single command. This tip not only enables you to access your remote server as if it was local and take advantage of local tools, but also modify data remotely, download MySQL backups, and do it all securely, through an SSH encrypted connection.

Connect to Redis ElastiCache through EC2

You can quickly and efficiently use SSH to safely access data in your remote Redis Elasticache data stores with just a single command. This tip not only enables you to access your remote server as if it was local and take advantage of local tools, but also modify data remotely, download Redis data, and do it all securely, through an SSH encrypted connection.

Connect to Memcache ElastiCache through EC2

You can quickly and efficiently use SSH to safely access data in your remote Memcache Elasticache data stores with just a single command. This tip not only enables you to access your remote server as if it was local and take advantage of local tools, but also modify data remotely, download Memcache data, and do it all securely, through an SSH encrypted connection.

Azure Virtual Machine Cloner (AVMC) by SmiKar Software

Do you need to migrate your VMs within Azure from Azure Service Manager to Azure Resource Manager? Maybe you need to clone one of your Azure VMs fast and easily? Perhaps you need to create a clone of your VM (to be used like a snapshot) while you patch or upgrade components of your server and avoid having issues with a risky upgrade?

Automate and schedule shutdowns in Microsoft Azure without powershell.

See how to use the Azure Virtual Machine Scheduler and save time and money within Azure subscription. Automate and schedule the shutdown and power back on of your virtual machines within Microsoft's Azure Cloud with ease. Download a free 30 day trial and test it for yourself now.

The Met Office - Manager of Managers - a Video Case Study

A 5-minute video featuring Hilary Palmer, manager of the Met Office’s Service and System Monitoring team and technical lead, Eddy Hemmings. Across the world, every single day, people make decisions based on the weather. The Met Office produces over 4 million forecasts every day; providing weather and climate forecasts to help with those decisions - to enable protection, well-being and support the economy. The Met Office’s Service and System Monitoring Team provide the organisation with real time monitoring of application, data and infrastructure components that are vital to the delivery of Met Office services to their customers. IT staff within the Operations Centre, need to have visibility in to the events that occur in their environment, knowing how and when to deal with these events and be able to act proactively and quickly. The consolidated view the Manager of Managers (MOM) provides facilitates this - in a single pane of glass. Without it failures may occur that bring the business to a halt.