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DevOps and DevSecOps have gained more attention in recent years in the world of software development. While both of these methodologies emphasize the agile development process and team collaboration, there are some key differences that distinguish them. Understanding these distinctions is critical for software development teams and organizations to determine which methodology is best suited to their requirements. In this article, we’ll learn about the difference between DevOps and DevSecOps.

As the adoption of confidential computing gains momentum, a question we often get asked is: why would I need confidential computing in my private data center? However, while it is true that confidential computing has often been associated with addressing security concerns in public cloud environments, its value proposition extends well beyond that.

If you take a glance at LinkedIn, Twitter, or any tech-focused social content these days you're bound to see people talking about something called "DORA metrics". So what are DORA metrics? What value do they provide? And how can you get started with them?

“Malicious cyber actors aren’t making the same holiday plans as you.” (CISA & FBI) Summertime is prime time for cyberattacks. According to one survey, 58% of security professionals believe that there is seasonality in the attacks that their company experiences every year, with the majority citing summer as high season for breaches.

Many processes in our daily software development chain require data analysis in real-time. Ensuring the reliability of the data is vital, since multiple processes may rely on it. While taking into account the performance and fetching only the relevant data that is required for our specific use case.

When I was still writing code, our Splunk license only had enough capacity to monitor our Production environment. So we stood up a self-managed Elastic cluster for our lower environments. This quickly became unmanageable as we started logging more and adding additional environments. As I spend more time in the field, I see this pattern repeated over and over.

“We moved to the cloud and now everything is more expensive!” Unfortunately, this is a common utterance from companies that have made the leap to a public cloud-based architecture, and a slowdown in adoption growth seen during the pandemic is hitting providers big and small as organisations rationalise cloud spend in the face of rising costs. The good news is these costs can typically be reined in without too much disruption or the need to retreat from the cloud.

At CloudZero, we’re pretty proud of the fact that our platform allows you to maximize your profitability by understanding your unit costs. In fact, our platform’s ability to help you easily track and analyze unit costs is one of the things that sets us apart the most from our competitors. Here is a brief breakdown of why our method of determining your company’s unit economics is so valuable and what our competitors offer — or don’t offer — in comparison.