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18 Best Practices for Cloud Automation

Everyone is shifting their workloads to the cloud, but one challenge remains: Workloads need to be automated. Whether they’re employing a cloud-native, cloud server, or hybrid model—IT operations teams need to know what, when, and now also where to automate. Speaking at the recent 2022 Automation Virtual Summit, Dave Kellermanns, Global Advisor for Automation, Broadcom Software explored some lessons learned and best practices for cloud automation. Read on to see some of the highlights.

SolarWinds named supplier on the Crown Commercial Service's G-Cloud 13 framework to provide secure cloud services

G-Cloud 13 serves as an online catalogue where public sector customers can buy cloud-based computing services, and with SolarWinds as a named supplier, it's never been easier to support public sector organisations with its services.

Ensuring High Availability with Azure Datacentre Redundancy

In today’s fast-paced business environment, downtime can have severe consequences for any organization. It can lead to lost revenue, decreased productivity, and loss of customer trust. Therefore, it is essential to ensure that your business-critical applications are always available, no matter what. This is where Azure Datacentre Redundancy comes into play.

What the Heck Is Hybrid Cloud Storage and Why It's the Smart Choice

Cloud are on the rise! User concerns about data storage security and their need for quick access to databases are driving the development of cloud technologies. At the moment, the most progressive and convenient solution is hybrid cloud storage. The significant current popularity and predicted growth in demand for hybrid cloud technologies in the near future are not just speculation. They are evidenced by research.

5 considerations for choosing a modern PaaS

Keeping your website or app up-to-date with the latest tools, frameworks, and security compliance is important for maintaining a successful online presence. That’s why when it comes to web infrastructure, you need to follow today’s absolute best practices, so you can deliver the best possible digital experiences to your audiences. Here are five major ways you can ensure you’re running a state-of-the-art PaaS.

What are Managed Cloud Services?

The cloud has fundamentally changed how organizations work with technology. The days of an on-prem infrastructure and endpoints with a physical data center are starting to be seen in the rearview mirror by many businesses, and now nearly half of all corporate data is stored in the cloud. There are multiple factors that have caused this change and increased the transition to the cloud, but one of the main supporting factors that makes this possible is the use of managed cloud services.

Azure Blob Storage vs. Azure Table Storage: Which One is Right for You?

When it comes to storing data in the cloud, there are many options to choose from. Azure, one of the leading cloud service providers, offers a wide range of storage options, including Azure Blob Storage and Azure Table Storage. Both are designed to help businesses store and manage large amounts of data, but they have different use cases and capabilities. In this article, we will compare Azure Blob Storage and Azure Table Storage and help you determine which one is right for your business needs.

Getting Started with Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus

As you scale your services in production, you also need to scale your monitoring. Managing Prometheus at scale to handle increasingly large metric volumes can be a huge operational challenge, but Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus is here to help. We’re excited to introduce Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus and help you scale by removing operational toil!