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AWS Aurora Pricing In 2025: What Influences Costs And How To Save

Amazon Aurora offers up to five times the throughput of standard MySQL and three times that of PostgreSQL. Its architecture combines the database engine with a cloud-native, SSD-based storage system built for high I/O operations to achieve this. That said, AWS Aurora pricing can be a real headscratcher for customers, with concerns about the cost structure, pricing components, and ways to cut expenses.

How Azure Observability Optimizes Performance and Monitoring

Observability in Azure isn’t just about tracking metrics—it’s about truly understanding how your cloud infrastructure, applications, and services are performing. It helps you spot issues before they become problems, optimize performance, and ensure security. In this guide, we’ll break down Azure Observability in a way that’s easy to follow, covering key concepts, best practices, and some useful tricks to give you an edge.

Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft Sentinel Pricing

Keeping your organization secure is more important than ever. Microsoft Sentinel, a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution, helps detect and respond to threats effectively. But to get the most out of it, it’s important to understand how the pricing works.

Jekyll and Hyde: Taming AI Security with Automation

AI offers a world of promise for security teams, including potential for advanced threat detection, automated response capabilities, and enhanced data analysis for cybersecurity. But the same technology that supports cybersecurity teams can also be weaponized by threat actors — a true “Good vs. Evil", or “Jekyll and Hyde” scenario.

Migrating from Generic to Custom Attestations: A zero-trust approach to compliance

The kosli attest generic CLI command can attest anything, but unlike a “typed” attestation (such as kosli attest snyk), it does not calculate a true/false compliance value for you. Customers have reported that while a generic “escape hatch” is useful, it nevertheless has some drawbacks: Based on this feedback we’ve implemented a new attest command called kosli attest custom.

The Risks of Not Replacing Skype for Business Before its End of Life

If your organization uses Skype for Business for collaboration, it’s time to start thinking about your next communication platform. On Oct. 15, 2025, Microsoft will stop supporting Skype for Business. As a result, the platform’s performance issues, security vulnerabilities, and other bugs will no longer be fixed. There’s still time to move to a new platform before Skype for Business is no longer supported.

Virtana in Gartner Research 2024: A Mark of Excellence in Infrastructure Observability

Research and analysis by Gartner¹ carries significant weight in the technology industry, serving as a trusted source of insights for IT decision-makers worldwide. Their rigorous evaluation processes and comprehensive market analysis help organizations make informed technology investments. When a company is featured across multiple Gartner research publications, it demonstrates market relevance and solution maturity.

Canonical achieves ISO 21434 certification, strengthening automotive cybersecurity standards

Canonical is proud to announce it has achieved the ISO 21434 certification for its Security Management System, following an extensive assessment by TÜV SÜD, a globally respected certification provider. This milestone highlights Canonical’s leadership in providing trusted and reliable open source solutions for the automotive sector.

Top 9 Endpoint Management Software Solutions: Expert Picks

With cyber threats on the rise and IT environments growing more complex, organizations need reliable Endpoint Management software to ensure security, compliance, and operational efficiency. There are many endpoint solutions out there, so to help you out, we’ve put our extensive experience in IT Management and security into analyzing and narrowing down a list of the best platforms. We paired this with reviews and expert opinions to bring you the most informed recommendations.