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Why Every Engineering Team Should Embrace AWS Graviton4

Two years ago, we shared our experiences with adopting AWS Graviton3 and our enthusiasm for the future of AWS Graviton and Arm. Once again, we're privileged to share our experiences as a launch customer of the Amazon EC2 R8g instances powered by AWS Graviton4, the newest generation of AWS Graviton processors. This blog elaborates our Graviton4 preview results including detailed performance data. We've since scaled up our Graviton4 tests with no visible impact to our customers.

Tailored Azure Cost Savings Notifications and Alerts

Guided by expert Michael Stephenson, discover how to optimize your Azure spending with Turbo360's tailored cost savings notifications and alerts. In this detailed walkthrough, you'll learn to configure personalized notifications that identify potential cost-saving opportunities and resource optimizations within your Azure environment. Understand how weekly and monthly email alerts can keep you informed about underutilized resources and right-sizing recommendations, ensuring you make the most of your cloud investment.

Maximizing Cost Efficiency in AWS Cloud Environments: Leveraging Synthetic Monitoring Tools for Real-Time Insights

Find out how synthetic monitoring improves cost efficiency in AWS Cloud environments. Discover the advantages, tools, and best practices for maximizing AWS resources and raising performance.

15 Datadog Alternatives Worth Your Consideration

As an engineer or CTO, you already know that monitoring your tech stack is essential for maintaining optimal performance, security, and health. The thing is, building and hosting an observability platform for your full stack’s logs, metrics, and more is quite time-consuming and can be costly. One of the top contenders if you are seeking a SaaS-based monitoring and observability tool is Datadog. Perhaps you already use Datadog but would like to switch to another observability platform.

AWS Egress Costs Explained: How To Reduce Spend

The majority of cloud providers let you upload data for free. But moving that same data across their services, to another cloud provider, or back to your own data center comes at a cost commonly known as AWS egress costs. The cost may be cents per gigabyte (GB). But once you exceed the free tier’s 100 GB, it starts to add up. In this guide, we explain how AWS egress pricing works. With this understanding, along with the cost-saving tips we’ll share, you can reduce your egress costs like a pro.

Top Places to Find Tailored IT Solutions for Your Unique Business Needs

Businesses rely heavily on technology to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and stay ahead of the competition. Yet, due to the ever-evolving landscape of information technology (IT), it can be overwhelming for business owners to navigate through the sea of solutions available in the market.

Comparing Manual vs. Automated Archiving Processes in SharePoint Online

In today’s digital age, efficient document management is crucial for organisations to maintain productivity, ensure compliance, and manage storage costs. SharePoint Online, a popular platform for document management, offers robust archiving capabilities to help organisations handle their growing data. However, the approach to archiving can significantly impact efficiency and costs.

Cloud Computing Solutions for Scalable Growth and Global Expansion

Are you looking to scale your business and expand globally? Welcome to the club! In today's fast-paced world, cloud computing has emerged as a game-changer for businesses aiming to achieve scalable growth and global expansion. But what exactly is cloud computing? Cloud computing, at its core, is the delivery of computing services-servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence-over the internet, or "the cloud." This enables faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale.

The future of AI in Business: Preparing your infrastructure

As the digital age progresses, businesses are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to stay competitive and innovative. Among the various branches of AI, Generative AI (GenAI) has been rapidly adopted due to its immense potential to transform business operations.