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Getting up and running with Calico on EKS

In this session, we will go over the design considerations and available options to run Calico on EKS. After this session you’ll be able to Understand the available supported options to run Calico on EKS Understand the various design considerations of running scalable EKS clusters with Calico Learn about the value-added capabilities of Calico Enterprise on EKS

Add file attachments to pull requests in Bitbucket Cloud

During code review, static image files might not be adequate when a developer wants to demo their changes. Starting now, teams can attach any type of file to a pull request. No need to worry about the file size either. For example, “before and after” screen recordings can be uploaded and viewed directly in a pull request. With this change, Bitbucket Cloud has become more integrated with the Atlassian ecosystem. Does your team also collaborate on Jira or Confluence?

Box - Enhanced Performance Reliability with Catchpoint

Box is a leader in Cloud Content Management, providing users easy access to their information and a secure platform to share and collaborate. Box delivers its cloud-based product via web applications, integrations with partner solutions such as Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite, and publicly exposed and supported APIs that enable customers and partners to integrate Box into their systems. As with any SaaS application, performance, reliability, and availability are critical to the business.

observIQ Launches Powerful New Full Stack Log Management Platform to Beta

observIQ, a global leader of open source observability solutions for DevOps and ITOps, announces that it has launched a beta program for its new SaaS-based log management platform called observIQ Cloud. observIQ Cloud allows customers to seamlessly monitor multi and hybrid cloud environments at enterprise scale.

Azure Spot VMs - How to enjoy their massive cost savings without suffering any interruptions

If you are running compute workloads in Azure and wondering how you can dramatically reduce costs and minimize infrastructure management all without affecting availability and performance, keep on reading. Back in May Azure introduced a new pricing model, called Azure Spot VMs, providing up to 90% cost savings in comparison to the pay-as-you-go pricing.

What is Azure Blob Storage?

If you have ever had the need to store large amounts of files and data, then Azure’s Blob Storage is made for you. Microsoft’s Azure Cloud provides huge benefits with not only their fantastic services, locations, availability and support, but also in their almost seemingly infinite capacity. Azure Blob Storage is not only scalable, durable and almost always available it also provides flexibility to scale as your business requirements need.

AWS vs Firebase - Is It Even a Fair Fight?

Now that you’ve chosen to go the serverless route, which vendor option should you go for? That’s one of the major questions that anybody asks themselves when they make the switch. Should you choose Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is a mature service that will serve you well, or should you go with e Google’s younger Firebase? Before the comparison of AWS vs Firebase, we should understand what serverless really means. This one server can be responsible for several different functions.

4 Cloud Monitoring Capabilities That Really Matter

With nearly every organization moving at least some portion of their infrastructure into the cloud, the value is well understood—we’re not going to re-hash those umpteen benefits here. But when you migrate, you cede some control. That’s by design and it’s not inherently bad. It does, however, mean that you need to keep an eye on those deployments to make sure you’re getting the performance and benefits you expect. And you need to watch it over time as things evolve.

The Complete AWS Lambda Handbook for Beginners (Part 2)

In Part 1 of our Complete AWS Lambda Handbook for Beginners, we gave a refresher on the fundamentals of AWS Lambda and what is AWS Lambda. In this post, we’ll look at AWS Lambda pricing, some interesting Lambda facts and examples of great AWS Lambda use cases in your serverless application.

Containerizing your Apps on Cloud and On-Premise using CloudHedge

We can unequivocally state that the Containerization tide is here to stay. Organizations are evaluating when they must opt for it. Whether they should consider containerization on-prem or on-cloud. The pertinent question that they must ask themselves, though, is how to do it best and stay afloat in an efficient manner in the long run. Post COVID19, the industry is adapting to new changes, and containerization of your legacy apps is one of them.