As enterprises continue to migrate workloads to cloud environments, they are reaping significant benefits, such as scalability, agility, and the ability to deploy applications in near real-time. However, these advantages are often undermined by the limitations of legacy networks. Traditional networks, restricted by long-term contracts and inflexible delivery timelines, are no longer fit for purpose in a cloud-driven world.

With that, the second edition of Civo Navigate Local has come to an end. While we were excited to head back to London, where we hosted the first Navigate Europe event, we were even more excited to host this event in the Civo Tech Junction, our very own event space based in the heart of London.

The way the story goes is that in the old days Amazon used to cut power to data centers so they could see if their services were actually redundant across different data centers; and that they only abandoned this practice when EC2 customers started to complain (no matter how many times they were warned their instances might disappear without notice). This story may be apocryphal, but you don’t need to be worried about power loss outages in order to have a given data center go down.

Serverless platforms make it incredibly easy to deploy applications. You can take raw code, push it up to a service like AWS Lambda, and have a running application in just a few seconds. The serverless platform provider assumes responsibility for hosting and operating the platform, freeing you up to focus on your application. Naturally, this raises a question: if something goes wrong, who’s responsible?

Are you a startup struggling to choose the right cloud platform for your business? With so many options available, it can be overwhelming to determine which vendor best suits your needs. This article will compare AWS, GCP, and Azure based on key factors such as pricing, compliance, security, scalability, ease of use, and their specific benefits for startups. After you have gone through this article, you will have a clearer understanding of which cloud platform is the best fit for your business.

Cloud adoption is growing rapidly, and businesses are increasingly using platforms like Azure to run their services. However, managing costs efficiently is crucial to prevent overspending. By tracking costs per department, you ensure that each team is accountable for its cloud spending, making optimization and budgeting more effective. In this article, we’ll explore how to track and allocate Azure costs per department, ensuring your organization optimizes its cloud budget.