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How to Fix Poor AWS Latency

Find out how to reduce your latency and get better network performance from the leading cloud service provider. In the modern business world, AWS is everywhere. According to HG Insights, the leading hyperscaler has over 50% market share, with 2.38 million businesses worldwide using AWS cloud services in 2024. One of the top questions we hear AWS users ask is how they can make their AWS connection faster.

Introducing Alert Grouping: Less Noise, More Signal

Imagine this familiar scenario: it’s 2 a.m., and a critical service goes down. Your phone starts buzzing nonstop with alerts — all essentially saying the same thing. It’s overwhelming, distracting, and makes it that much harder to focus on fixing the problem. Enter Alert Grouping — it’s our smarter way to manage alerts, designed to help you cut through the clutter and focus on what matters.

Four stand-out data movement trends shaping 2025

As we step into a new year, Neil Templeton, SVP of Marketing, highlights four transformative trends that are reshaping network infrastructure and revolutionising how data moves across diverse ecosystems. In this blog, we explore these pivotal themes and offer key insights for organisations seeking to optimise and secure the movement of their data across clouds, data centres, devices and more.

Looking beyond the M25 to drive regional data centre growth

The Foundations of the Future report commissioned by techUK, and developed by Henham Strategy, makes for incredible reading. As a sector, the UK data centre industry is worth £4.7 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA) annually, supporting 43,500 jobs and contributing £640 million in revenue to the exchequer. When you consider that this has happened in less than 35 years, this is remarkable.

Azure Budget Monitoring Tools to Empower Cost Efficiency

Cloud adoption brings agility and scalability, but without effective cost monitoring, cloud expenses can spiral out of control. Microsoft Azure offers robust budget monitoring tools to help businesses manage and optimize cloud spending. These tools enable real-time tracking, forecasting, and alerting for Azure budgets, ensuring efficient cost management and avoiding unexpected expenses.

Product Release Notes December 2024

As we step into 2025, we’re thrilled to reflect on the strides we’ve made in December and all throughout the last year to empower the FinOps and cloud cost management practices of our customers. These updates mark another milestone in our journey to continuously improve your experience, providing the insights and control you need to manage cloud costs efficiently.