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15 Application Monitoring Tools To Consider In 2024

Sep 9, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Also known as application performance monitoring (APM), application monitoring tools track and analyze application performance. They monitor application metrics such as CPU usage, response times, error rates, and uptime. The tools also offer real-time insights to identify issues, improve user experiences, and optimize resources. But are APM tools really necessary?
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5 Automated GCP Optimizations That Make Cloud Cost Savings Simple

Sep 9, 2024 By Dustin Lowman In CloudZero
As both the State Of FinOps 2024 and the State Of Cloud Costs In 2024 indicate, reducing cloud waste remains a top priority for cloud-driven organizations. Cloud spenders care more than ever about cost efficiency — and CloudZero is working tirelessly to make cloud savings simpler. To this end, we’re proud to announce that we’ve added a suite of automated GCP optimizations to our Insights feature.
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Key learnings from the State of Cloud Costs study

Sep 9, 2024 By Kayla Taylor In Datadog
We recently released our initial State of Cloud Costs report, which identified factors shaping the costs of hundreds of organizations that use Datadog Cloud Cost Management to monitor their AWS spend. The report reveals several widely applicable themes, including the ways in which resource utilization, adoption of emerging technologies, and participation in commitment-based discount programs all shape cloud environments and costs.
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Overcoming Challenges in Microsoft Integration Technologies: Expert insights

Sep 9, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
In this episode of the series "INTEGRATE expert voices—Unplugged" by Azure on Air, Andrew Rivers discusses the challenges that customers often face when getting started with integration technologies, such as understanding the various components and how they fit together, categorizing applications in terms of business criticality, and determining the appropriate infrastructure to support them. Links.
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A Comprehensive Review of the Cisco Meraki MX84: Is It Right for Your Business?

Sep 8, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
The Cisco Meraki MX84 is a next-generation security appliance designed to cater to small and medium-sized businesses. This cloud-managed device promises a variety of features aimed at improving security, connectivity, and ease of management. But is it really worth the investment? In this review, we'll explore its key features, pricing, performance, and whether it's the right fit for your business. If you're considering purchasing the device, don't forget to also evaluate the Meraki MX84 License, which is required to unlock its full potential.
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The Importance of Securing Data in Traces

Sep 6, 2024 By Jon Skog In Lumigo
Trace spans are captured in the runtime after decrypting the request. This means that any sensitive data is available in plain text. This is also the case for logging; however, logging requires an explicit log statement to be coded by the engineer. Additionally, engineers can add arbitrary information to trace spans, which could expose sensitive information. Collecting sensitive information in trace spans or logging events could expose an organization to a number of risks.
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Early Cloud Adopters Are Rethinking Their Strategies

Sep 6, 2024 By David Colebatch In Tidal
The early cloud migration gold rush promised agility, cost savings, and innovation. Yet, fast-forward a few years, and many of those “trailblazers” are now realizing their cloud strategy is anything but optimized. For those who lifted and shifted, hoping to catch the cloud wave, the tide is turning—and it’s not looking pretty. The truth? Cloud 1.0 is out. Simply moving your legacy apps to the cloud without rearchitecting was a band aid solution.
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From BizTalk to Azure: Developer journey and evolution of Integration

Sep 6, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
In this episode of Azure on Air from the INTEGRATE Summit, Riccardo Viglianisi shares the importance of quality practices in development, the role of testing frameworks, integration experiences in modern cloud environments, and the ever-evolving nature of software development. It sets the tone for a technical discussion that's forward-thinking and rooted in practical advice for developers.
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