Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

April 2024

cloudzero

Data Lake Architecture: An Intro Guide To Using Data Lakes

Apr 30, 2024 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Big data empowers enterprises to uncover valuable insights and make sound business decisions. The rigid schemas of traditional databases are increasingly unable to meet the demands of today’s data-hungry businesses. Enter data lakes — a modern approach to data management that harnesses the power of big data to unlock actionable intelligence. Here are insights you need to know right now.
Read Post
cloudzero

CloudZero Helped This Business Spark A Culture Shift Around Cloud Costs

Apr 29, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Erik Peterson, founder and CTO at CloudZero, recently interviewed John-Cade “JC” Griffin to discuss how the CloudZero platform has influenced aspects of cloud financial management — such as engineering-led optimization — within his company. Some fascinating nuggets of wisdom emerged from the conversation — everything from how to answer those tricky cost questions every SaaS company struggles with to how to encourage engineers to start building with cost efficiency in mind.
Read Post
opsmatters

5 Cloud Cost Savings Myths - Facts vs Fiction

Apr 27, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Cloud computing has fundamentally transformed how businesses operate, offering unparalleled scalability, efficiency, and flexibility. These benefits empower businesses to innovate faster, adapt to changing markets with ease, lead to significant cloud cost savings and ultimately achieve greater success. As the cloud has become an important part of businesses and has transformed how they function, with the many benefits of moving on to the cloud, there are a few misconceptions about cloud computing.
Read Post
opsmatters

Challenges in Cloud Cost Optimization and how to overcome them

Apr 27, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
The cloud today offers many exciting benefits to enterprises - flexible infrastructure capacity, rapid capacity deployment, faster time to market, etc., that have reshaped the way businesses operate and innovate. Enterprises can now optimize their cloud resource consumption as per their needs, and this offers them greater value economics by converting their underutilized resources into value-generating operation expenditures.
Read Post
motadata

Enhancing Cloud Center Cost Efficiency through Network Monitoring

Apr 25, 2024 By Motadata Team In Motadata
Today, almost 90% of organizations use cloud computing services to reduce their operating expenses and scale with changing business requirements. With the adoption of cloud computing technology, businesses are able to operate better and more efficiently. However, the whole process of cloud computing demands access to a wide range of data center resources for processing, storing, and providing services. This requirement can indirectly affect our cloud computing expenses.
Read Post
cloudzero

The Top 10 CloudHealth Alternatives Compared In 2024

Apr 24, 2024 By CloudZero In CloudZero
As a cloud cost intelligence solution, we often get asked where we fit in the cloud cost universe — and whether or not we’re an alternative to CloudHealth. The short answer is: it depends. The landscape of cloud cost tools is busy, with lots of different solutions that take different approaches to helping companies optimize their cloud costs. To help answer this question, we thought we’d lay out the cloud cost landscape as we see it.
Read Post
cloudzero

Datadog Pricing Explained: A 2024 Guide

Apr 23, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
In today’s fast-paced cloud environment, understanding the pricing model of some of the best cloud monitoring tools like Datadog is essential in optimizing costs. With several features and adaptable pricing, clarifying Datadog costs and aligning them with your organization’s operational needs is vital for fully harnessing this robust monitoring tool. This guide simplifies Datadog pricing, offering a clear overview of its cost structure.
Read Post
cloudzero

How To Master Cost Efficiency In Serverless Computing

Apr 22, 2024 By Alexander Ospina In CloudZero
Serverless architectures have revolutionized how businesses deploy applications, offering scalability and cost efficiency by abstracting infrastructure management. This model, charging only for resources consumed, poses unique budgeting and cost optimization challenges due to its variable pricing structure. Navigating cloud costs in a serverless environment requires a nuanced understanding of leveraging this technology’s benefit while effectively managing expenses.
Read Post

Spike in Azure storage costs: troubleshooting and solutions

Apr 19, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
How to reduce Azure Storage costs? Discover effective strategies for managing sudden spikes in Azure storage costs. This video delves into troubleshooting techniques using Turbo360's Cost Analyzer, highlighting insights on routing preferences and cache purges. Gain valuable lessons and solutions for optimizing costs in your Azure environment. It provides valuable lessons and recommendations for others managing similar Azure environments.
View Video
motadata

Top 10 Ways to Reduce IT Cost Through Observability

Apr 18, 2024 By Motadata Team In Motadata
Today, almost every other business is using cloud-native technologies and practices to grow business and increase revenue. No doubt, the modern cloud computing approach offers several opportunities for businesses to grow but it is also creating a new set of challenges. As per a report, SaaS companies spend almost 19% of their total revenue on IT. If not handled these challenges properly, it will erode the anticipated advantages. In fact, many businesses are under high pressure to reduce their IT costs.
Read Post
cloudzero

What Is Container Orchestration? A Newbie-Friendly Guide

Apr 17, 2024 By CloudZero In CloudZero
A recent Kubernetes Adoption Report showed that 68% of surveyed IT professionals adopted containers more during the pandemic. Among their goals were accelerating deployment cycles, increasing automation, reducing IT costs, and developing and testing artificial intelligence (AI) applications. But, what role does container technology play in this? This guide shares what containers are, how container orchestration works, and more.
Read Post
manageengine

CloudSpend's Zia framework: Top 5 ways to detect cloud cost anomalies

Apr 16, 2024 By CloudSpend In ManageEngine
Cloud cost management- Anomaly detection CloudSpend’s Zia framework, powered by AI, is designed to detect any unexpected spikes or irregularities in your cloud expenses. The Zia Anomaly Report aids in optimizing your cloud bills and protecting your cloud infrastructure from unforeseen issues. You have the option to share anomalies with your team through CSV, PDF, or email formats.
Read Post
Pepperdata

Spark Performance Tuning Tips and Solutions for Optimization

Apr 16, 2024 By Pepperdata In Pepperdata
Apache Spark is an open-source, distributed application framework designed to run big data workloads at a much faster rate than Hadoop and with fewer resources. Spark leverages in-memory and local disk caching, along with Apache Spark is an open-source, distributed application framework designed to run big data workloads at a much faster rate than Hadoop and with fewer resources.
Read Post
cloudzero

RDS Cost Optimization: A Deep Dive Into Reducing Costs

Apr 16, 2024 By Alexander Ospina In CloudZero
AWS’ Relational Database Service (RDS) is a pivotal component for businesses leveraging cloud technology for their database management needs. RDS simplifies a relational database’s setup, operation, and scaling, offering cost-efficiency while automating time-consuming administration tasks like hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups. However, despite its benefits, navigating the cost structure of RDS to ensure efficient spending can be a complex task.
Read Post
cloudzero

FinOps Automation Tips And Best Practices - Part 3

Apr 15, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
After watching part one and part two of our FinOps Automation Series, hopefully you’re chomping at the bit to adopt your first automation solution. In part three below, our experts — Erik Peterson (CTO and Founder of CloudZero), Alan Hand (Founder and CEO of Xosphere), Steven O’Dwyer (Senior FinOps Specialist at ProsperOps), and Mike Fuller (CTO of the FinOps Foundation) — are going to walk you through what you need to know before you take any concrete steps.
Read Post
cloudzero

Product Release Notes March 2024

Apr 15, 2024 By Bill Buckley In CloudZero
Access to critical business data, such as cloud cost data, is both incredibly important for finance, engineering, and DevOps teams, but also a privilege that should be managed carefully. This month, our engineering teams put a major focus on developing industry-leading capabilities related to access control, while also making it easier for people who require certain kinds of data to get it where it needs to be.
Read Post
cloudzero

Observability Vs. Monitoring: The Complete Comparison

Apr 10, 2024 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Many often wonder, “Is there a difference between observability and monitoring?” The thing is as IT environments have become more complex, monitoring alone has become increasingly less effective. That’s because while monitoring is crucial, it isn’t particularly suited to tracking unforeseen or unexpected turns of events. That’s what observability is meant for. This guide will clarify what observability and monitoring are – and how they differ.
Read Post
cloudzero

The Top Cloud Cost News From March 2024

Apr 10, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
If you’ve recently migrated your data from one major cloud provider to another, you may have already noticed one of our top stories from last month. If not, we’ve got good news, so keep reading! And there’s even better news if you’re the type to get excited over the chance to learn more about FinOps and hone your craft.
Read Post
cloudzero

An Expert Guide On GCP Cost Monitoring

Apr 9, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Research firm, IDC, published a study in early February 2024 predicting that Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers break even after just 10 months. Moreover, the study, The Business Value of Google Cloud IaaS, reported that after migrating to GCP, the participants were on track to achieve a 318% ROI in five years. Here’s the thing. Achieving these milestones requires a robust GCP cost monitoring and optimization plan.
Read Post

Azure Cost Monitoring: Anomaly Detection

Apr 9, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
In this video, Michael Stephenson demonstrates the anomaly detection feature in Turbo360, focusing on enhancements in cost monitoring. This feature allows users to easily identify deviations in Azure costs and receive alerts when anomalies occur. It simplifies configuration, enabling daily monitoring with alerts sent to specified channels. Anomalies can be detected at both high-level and granular levels, aiding in overall Azure cost management.
View Video
cloudzero

FinOps Automation Tips And Best Practices - Part 2

Apr 8, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
The first installment of our FinOps Automation Tips and Best Practices series focused on what FinOps is and why automating it can be a game-changer for your business. Now we’re back for part two, which will guide you on how to choose your optimal outcome and select the best automation options to suit your needs. Enjoy the full video for an in-depth explanation, or see the brief summary below if you’re just here for the highlights.
Read Post

How to set up Azure budget alerts - A Step-by-Step Guide

Apr 4, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
Azure cost monitoring - Create and manage budgets When it comes to managing costs in the Azure cloud, it is essential to have a reliable system that can help you keep track of your spending and alert you when you are getting close to exceeding your budget. This is where Turbo360's Budgets monitoring feature comes in. The Azure Budgets monitoring feature in Turbo360 is designed specifically for Azure cost monitoring. It allows you to create budgets for your Azure resources, monitor your spending, and receive alerts when you are approaching or exceeding your budgeted amount.
View Video
cloudzero

What Is AWS Fargate? Here's What You Need To Know

Apr 3, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Whether you are a developer, an IT professional, or a tech leader in your organization, AWS Fargate promises to make provisioning, configuring, and managing your containers’ servers easier. AWS Fargate is like that cool gadget you didn’t know you needed – it’s nifty, powerful, and a bit mysterious. In this post, we’re unraveling the mystery, including what Fargate is, its key features, and how it stacks up in terms of pricing and performance for serverless computing.
Read Post
datadog

Empower engineers to take ownership of Google Cloud costs with Datadog

Apr 2, 2024 By Emily Chang In Datadog
Google Cloud provides a wide range of services and tools to help engineering teams reduce the complexity of migrating and deploying applications in the cloud. As engineering teams work to improve the performance, reliability, and security of their applications, they also need to be conscious of cloud costs. But engineers often don’t have access to cost data, or they only see cost data in monthly reports.
Read Post
scout

Falling Into the Stargate of Hidden Microservices Costs

Apr 2, 2024 By Sarah Morgan In Scout
Proponents of microservices claim more development velocity and reliability; more comprehensive test and vertical or horizontal scale with a container orchestrator; tons of flexibility around tool choice. They’re not wrong: When you build with a microservices architecture, you’re likely going to see cost improvements early in your software development life cycle (SDLC), driven mostly by the decoupling of services.
Read Post
cloudzero

The Evolution Of Cloud Cost Optimization Over The Last Decade

Apr 1, 2024 By Alexander Ospina In CloudZero
Over the past decade, the cloud computing landscape has transformed remarkably, evolving from a nascent technology into a fundamental component of modern digital infrastructure. As the technology has evolved, so too has the need to develop complex cost optimization strategies. A decade ago, businesses grappled with the complexities of brand-new cloud services, often facing challenges in managing costs due to opaque pricing models and a limited understanding of cloud economics.
Read Post

Copyright © 2024 OpsMatters™. All rights reserved.