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All About the Benefits of Azure Hybrid Benefits - A Complete Beneficial Guide

If your company is a big Azure spender, you should use Azure Hybrid Benefit. If not, you’re leaving money on the table. But how much money? If eligible, your company can save up to 40% on Azure Virtual Machines, up to 55% on Azure SQL databases, and, if you combine that with Azure Reserved Instances, you can even save up to 80%. Source: Azure Azure Hybrid Benefit is the perfect way to cut costs while migrating to the cloud.

The rise of multicloud, open source, and BYOC

Modernizing platforms for the AI-driven future is essential. Aiven’s data and AI platform empowers businesses to thrive in this ever-evolving digital landscape. In this Data (R)evolution episode, Aiven’s Bob Krygowski and Stu Garrow explain how to tackle the challenges of scaling a company, benefits of multicloud flexibility, the role of organizational sponsorship, and the innovative "Bring Your Own Cloud" (BYOC) concept. Our discussion also covers open-source technology and cloud portability—key elements for modernizing your infrastructure in an AI-driven future.

Azure Savings Plan - Complete Guide to Use & Optimize

Table of Contents Toggle If your business has predictable compute workloads and wants to save on Azure spend, Azure Savings Plan might be an appealing solution. So long as you fully understand this plan’s offering and consistently use the same amount of resources every year, you can save significant amounts. Read on to discover the pros and cons of Azure Savings Plan and if this offering is a good fit for your company.

Myth #4 of Apache Spark Optimization | Manual Tuning

Manual tuning can remediate some waste, but it doesn’t scale or address in-application waste. Watch this conversation to learn why manually tuning your Apache Spark applications is not the best approach to achieving optimization with price and performance in mind. Visit Pepperdata's page for information on real time, autonomous optimization for Apache Spark applications on Amazon EMR and EKS.

The Impact of Managed Services on Workflow Efficiency

Managed services are changing the way businesses deal with their operational requirements, from support in IT to managing networks fully. When companies assign necessary roles to managed services providers, they gain better work flow efficiency. This kind of change not just boosts daily productivity, but also strengthens a business's ability to adjust and expand effectively.

Unified Namespace and InfluxDB: Streamlining IIoT Operations for Industry 4

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has revolutionized the way industries operate, enabling businesses to collect and analyze data from their operations in real-time. However, managing and analyzing data from diverse sources can be a challenge. While sensors and systems may use the same transport protocols, the shape and type of data generated can vary from one device to another. A lack of uniform, clean data creates challenges and obstacles when it comes to getting timely insights.

Why Harnessing Hourly Granularity Can Optimize Cloud Savings

If you’re working in the cloud, you’re part of a rapidly growing industry. Global spending on public cloud services is set to double, reaching $482 billion in 2024, up from $243 billion in 2019, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.5% What’s the takeaway? With organizations increasingly depending on cloud services, managing costs effectively is a must. Otherwise, the expenses will pile up, and money will flow down.

Hot and cold data with Apache Kafka, Tiered Storage, and Iceberg

Utilizing the true potential of data streaming is key to business success. In this Data (R)evolution episode, we're joined by Josep Prat and Filip Yonov to dive into the transformative features of Apache Kafka and its evolving role in data architecture. They discuss the critical importance of collaboration and feedback in enhancing Kafka's capabilities, the future of "lake house" technology, exciting updates from the Open Source Program Office (OSPO), and the importance of Kafka's readiness to support evolving data formats—making it a backbone for modern data ecosystems.

Real World Software Development: Finding, Reproducing, and Fixing Bugs

Veteran developers and staff engineers at InfluxData, Nga Tran and Andrew Lamb, have an honest conversation about dealing with software bugs. Bugs can be frustrating, but they can also be thrilling. They are a sign that people are actually using your software - and that's a good thing! Andrew and Nga talk through a recent bug their team encountered, how they approached resolving the issue, and what considerations go into building a permanent fix.

Rewriting InfluxDB: Perspectives From InfluxData's Staff Engineers

Veteran developers and staff engineers at InfluxData, Nga Tran and Andrew Lamb, discuss what it was like to rewrite InfluxDB for version 3.0. Several factors prevent companies, especially startups, from rewriting their products. But what does the process look like once a company embarks on a rewrite? And how do they balance innovation with user feedback?