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November 2024

Make the most out of Azure cloud commitment flexibility

In the landscape of cloud cost optimization, Azure’s discounted Reservations and Savings Plans stand out for their flexibility. On June 6th, 2024 Azure postponed its decision to limit reservation exchangeson its major compute services for an unlimited “grace period”. As a result, commitments on all of Azure’s compute and other services remain highly flexible to modify or exchange.

Cloud Control Ep #31 Balancing Innovation and Trust in Cloud Storage with Ali Zafar

In the latest episode of Cloud Control, Ali Zafar, the Vice President of Engineering for Hybrid Infrastructure at Dropbox, joins host Shon Harris to discuss the challenges of managing a multi exabyte infrastructure. Ali shares his background working at companies like Tesla, Google, and Cisco, and how they have shaped his approach to cloud and hybrid infrastructure. He emphasizes the importance of leveraging emerging technologies like AI and the significance of culture and relationships in driving innovation and efficiency.

4 DevOps Days takeaways for re:Invent, Ignite, and FinOpsXE

On October 31 the main floor of the DevOps Days TLV Expo was bustling with Halloween-themed booths of exciting DevOps vendors, offering treats for badge scans and whisky shots for “personal secrets”! It was a beautiful display of business-as-usual in unusual times—a worthy prelude to the upcoming winter event season. Here are some key lessons from the Spot by NetApp booth you might want to bring along for the upcoming FinOpsXE, Ignite, and re:Invent.