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Cloud Control Ep #32 It's Not Quite Rocket Science Randall Hunt's Journey from NASA to Open Source

Today, Shon speaks with Randall Hunt, CTO of Kaelin. From his unconventional journey starting as a NASA physicist to becoming a key player in MongoDB's early days and later at AWS, Hunt shares invaluable insights on cloud architecture, DevOps practices, and the future of tech leadership. This episode explores everything from maintaining developer passion after decades in tech to practical advice for newcomers, while offering exclusive insider perspectives on AWS re:Invent and the changing landscape of cloud providers.

Introducing Network Summary Reports: Network Insights Delivered Weekly

Tidal LightMesh is excited to introduce Network Summary Reports, delivering actionable network insights directly to your inbox. This powerful new feature streamlines IP management, allowing your team to focus on strategic initiatives while maintaining complete visibility into your network’s health.

Leveraging AWS Private Image Build for a Compliant Cribl Deployment

In today’s data-driven world, ensuring the security and compliance of your data pipelines is paramount. Cribl Stream and Cribl Edge offer powerful telemetry data management and enrichment solutions. However, deploying these tools within your environment often requires careful consideration of security and compliance standards.

Top AWS monitoring best practices

AWS powers countless businesses with its vast services and unmatched scalability, but managing such a dynamic environment comes with challenges. Effective monitoring isn’t an option—it’s essential for ensuring performance, controlling costs, and maintaining compliance. Without a strategic approach, issues can escalate quickly, impacting customer experiences and business outcomes.

Chargeback: A vital practice that often goes untapped in cloud cost management

Enhances cloud cost management with CloudSpend Chargeback Businesses are empowered to scale at unprecedented levels. However, with this growth comes the challenge of controlling cloud costs. Among the various financial considerations, one practice often slips through the cracks: chargeback. While this might sound like just another accounting term, having a chargeback model is a cornerstone of efficient cloud cost management—yet it often remains untracked or underutilized.

Product Release Notes November 2024

Happy AWS re:Invent week, everyone! While we have some larger announcements coming out this week (keep an eye out), we’d be remiss if we didn’t take the time to also look back at what our teams have been working on over the past few weeks. While we didn’t have a stated theme for November, you will see that two of our updates revolve around building templates or examples to help make achieving your goals easier with CloudZero.

AWS vs. Azure vs. Google Cloud Comparison, and an S3 Storage Alternative

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud dominate the tech industry when it comes to cloud storage management and storing large-scale data for enterprises. Each service offers an abundance of features integrated into its service to suit businesses' unique needs ranging from: With all these features available, businesses interested in multi-cloud environments may be left wondering who wins the AWS vs. Azure vs. Google Cloud battle.

GPUs on AWS: How to Run Complex Math Faster and Cheaper

As cloud architects, we’re all chasing the holy grail: performance and cost-efficiency. Whether you’re running complex mathematical algorithms, AI workloads, or just trying to process massive datasets, the type of EC2 instance you choose can make or break your goals. In recent months, more customers from industries like medical imaging and cybersecurity have been turning to GPU-powered EC2 instances to supercharge their computations.