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Kubernetes Services & Types

Kubernetes stands out as a powerful tool for managing, scaling, and deploying containerized applications. At the heart of Kubernetes lies its service management capabilities, which play a crucial role in facilitating communication between various components within a cluster. In this guide, we delve into Kubernetes services, exploring their types, functionalities, and best practices.

The top 5 limitations of taking a tactical cloud cost management approach to FinOps

Management of cloud costs is a business imperative. Many organizations are embracing cloud financial operations, or FinOps, to help them reduce and manage cloud spend. Typically, at least initially, FinOps practitioners focus on gaining a picture of their cloud environment and the associated cost of their cloud resources. They then utilize these reports to implement cost-cutting measures, such as right-sizing instances, removing unused resources, adjusting instance uptime, or purchasing commitment plans.

Driving towards Environmental Parity and Software-Defined Vehicles with EB corbos Linux - built on Ubuntu

As the automotive industry continues to advance into the world of high-performance computing (HPC), it becomes increasingly crucial to achieve environmental parity for seamless software integration. In this blog post, we will explore the synergy between Elektrobit and Canonical at the core of ‘EB corbos Linux – built on Ubuntu‘ in the context of automotive computing.

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Securing Credentials for GitOps Deployments with AWS Secrets Manager and Codefresh

GitOps is a set of best practices that build upon the foundation of Infrastructure As Code (IAC) and expand the approach of using Git as the source of truth for Kubernetes configuration. These best practices are the driving force behind new Kubernetes deployment tools such as Argo CD and Flux as well as the Codefresh enterprise deployment platform. Adopting GitOps in a Kubernetes environment is not a straightforward task when it comes to secret management.

Azure Pay as You Go Vs Reserved Instances

When dealing with public cloud computing, deciding to reserve or pay-as-you-go for your resources is generally seen as a strategic chess move – it requires foresight, planning, and a clear understanding of your organization’s needs. In this article, we’ll browse through the nuances of this decision-making process, exploring overviews, benefits, limitations, pricing considerations, break-even points, and ultimately, as a desired outcome, reaching a well-informed conclusion.

Azure Cost Reporting to boost cloud resilience and reduce costs

Managing costs within your Azure datacenter is a crucial aspect of ensuring efficiency and optimizing resources. The Azure portal has Azure Cost Management Reports embedded, offering a detailed lens into your cloud spending. In this article, we’ll explore the ins and outs of these reports, their key metrics, best practices, and how to generate and interpret cost reports.

What Is AWS Graviton? Here's When To Use It

When Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched its new Arm-based processors, some circles believed it was a game-changer for the public cloud markets. To begin with, it was the first time Arm architecture would roll out for enterprise-grade utility, and at a colossal scale. Arm processors had only run on smaller, less demanding devices such as iPhones. So why adopt it for much more demanding workloads in cloud services?

Measuring the impact of your reliability work with reports

Improving reliability is important, but how do you prove that your efforts are having an impact? A critical part of reliability work is having the tools to measure and track your progress. Gremlin supports this by providing several built-in reports, which update automatically and are available on-demand. This blog post is a quick introduction to Gremlin’s reporting capabilities.

What's new with Google Cloud for 2024

Google Cloud, the number three player in the global IaaS and PaaS sectors, secured a market share of 10% towards the end of 2023 with similar commitments to AI that we’re seeing across the cloud provider board. Although growth at Google Cloud hit 24% year-on-year in Q3, according to Canalys, performance was lower than expectations as the cloud provider struggled more than its peers with the delayed impact of enterprise’ IT cost-cutting measures.