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Monitor Amazon Kinesis Firehose in Hosted Graphite

Feb 6, 2025 By Charlie von Metzradt In MetricFire
We’ve supported syncing your metrics from Kinesis Streams, Amazon’s streaming data platform, for several years. Kinesis Streams helps you gather and process streaming data which can then be monitored in your Hosted Graphite account. Recently, we’ve added support for Firehose, a fully managed and scalable service that allows users to stream data to destinations like Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Redshift, or Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES).
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AWS Monitoring Trends 2025

Feb 6, 2025 By ManageEngine Site24x7 In Site24x7
Discover the top trends shaping AWS monitoring in 2025! From AI-powered predictive analytics to sustainability-focused tools, this video dives into the innovations driving the future of cloud infrastructure. Topics Covered: Stay ahead in the evolving cloud landscape with these key trends. Watch now to learn how to achieve smarter, faster, and more sustainable AWS monitoring in 2025 and beyond! Subscribe for more cloud insights!
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cloudzero

How AWS Savings Plans (And Other Strategies) Lower Your Cloud Spend

Feb 5, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced Savings Plans to offer customers a more flexible and discounted pricing model than Reserved Instances. Like Reserved Instances, AWS Savings Plans offer discounts for longer-term commitments. You can learn more about the differences between Reserved Instances (RIs) and Savings Plans here. In this post, we’ll quickly explain AWS Savings Plans, how they work, and what they can and cannot do for you.
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last9

AWS CloudWatch Custom Metrics: Types & Setup Guide [With Examples]

Feb 5, 2025 By Anjali Udasi In Last9
Amazon CloudWatch is a monitoring and observability service that provides real-time insights into AWS resources and applications. While CloudWatch provides many default metrics, sometimes you need custom metrics to monitor specific aspects of your infrastructure or applications. This guide covers everything you need to know about CloudWatch custom metrics, from basics to advanced use cases.
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pulsant

The carrot and the stick: the impact of data sovereignty on data centre buying decisions

Feb 5, 2025 By Pulsant In Pulsant
Data sovereignty is now one of the top concerns of those making data centre buying decisions. The principle that data is subject to the laws of the country where it is collected or stored, has been enshrined in two discrete, but connected pieces of legislation: The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). Whilst both these statutes enforce sovereignty as a minimum, they also cover the use of personal data, including how it is collected, stored, and processed.
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cloudzero

Kubernetes Vs. Docker Vs. OpenShift: Understanding Their Roles And Differences

Feb 4, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Containers are a big deal today. They are software units that contain all the code, runtime, and dependencies required to run a distributed application. Thus, containers help engineers test and run apps without compatibility issues on any device and platform. Organizations can use containers to reduce engineering costs, speed up deployments, develop and test AI models, and automate more processes. You probably want those benefits as well.
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upsun

Magento performance optimization-Actionable tips and strategies

Feb 4, 2025 By Ramanathan Ramakrishnamurthy In Upsun
Is your ecommerce store traffic resulting in enough conversions? If not, your store might be facing performance issues. Amazon loses 1% of its $141 billion online sales for every 100ms of latency. BBC risks 10% of its website visitors for every additional second of load time. As your business grows, the need to build new features, customize code, and integrate third-party systems grows.
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Kentik - Cloud Observability

Feb 4, 2025 By Kentik In Kentik
Kentik Cloud provides comprehensive visibility across all major public clouds, offering seamless insight into cloud-to-on-prem network paths and the public internet routes connecting them. Identify latency, loss, jitter, and application-specific traffic while providing deep visibility into cloud networking constructs like ACLs to spot security issues. With powerful analytics, Kentik Cloud enables you to visualize intra-cloud traffic, identify idle resources for optimization, and leverage historical data to uncover trends and seasonal patterns—ensuring optimal cloud performance and cost efficiency.
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