Automation is the result of taking a manual task or process and making it automatic with little to no manual intervention. It plays a crucial role in optimizing your cloud spend, as it can be applied to save several hours in various scenarios within your service’s operation. Here, at CloudZero, discussing automation is no stranger to us. We have information about what automation is and some common tools to help in this guide.

Configuration management tools can help you track and manage changes to systems within your infrastructure, making sure that your software and hardware runs reliably and smoothly.

We’re living in an unprecedented moment in time. Data is reshaping our world. From enterprise networks and the cloud to the smart refrigerators in our kitchens and the watches on our wrists, data is proliferating at an unprecedented scale, both in volume and velocity. As data owners, we continuously strive to monitor and derive intelligent insights from this data so we can catch performance anomalies and issues – from misconfigured systems to a skipped heartbeat – and quickly intervene.

Automated onboarding processes provide uniformity, time savings, and an enhanced welcome and retention experience for new employees, irrespective of their work environment, be it hybrid or remote.

“Is it worth it?” is probably the most common question customers ask business architects and value advisors. Whether it’s a software deployment or process improvement, customers want to be assured that the effort and risk of a project delivers real value. That is the question people in my line of work spend their days trying to answer. In many cases, the answer is complicated and requires a great deal of experience to explain.

The spike in pressure among the financial services industry is one that today’s organizations have to get in front of. When digital transformation, the demands for modernization, and fierce competition began in recent years, proactive approaches became the requirement. Companies that still react to change are likely to struggle in the current, trailblazing landscape, and they may even fail to reach business-critical goals.

Why make a migration from Ansible to Puppet — or in some cases, start with Puppet over Ansible right out of the gate? In this blog, we’ll explore some common reasons that organizations say they chose Puppet over Ansible, citing specific use case examples around the functionality of each platform.