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AWS Athena, How It Works, And Why It Matters

Amazon Athena is heralded for its simplicity, pay-per-query pricing, and speed. Others say Athena has its fair share of limitations, which could affect your overall analytics experience and quality of analyses. So, what is what? In this post, we’ll share what AWS Athena does, compare it to Amazon Redshift, and share how to understand and control your Athena costs in AWS (with just one tool).

10 Mistakes I've Made When Migrating Databases to the Cloud

John Q Martin, Technology & Alliances Partner Manager at Redgate, covers 10 mistakes he's made when migrating databases to the cloud - and the strategies he now implements to avoid them happening again. But first, John explains exactly why databases are the hardest part of cloud migration.

Remote Staffing ROI Calculator: IT Operations and Cloud Management Roles

The digital transformation wave has fundamentally changed how businesses approach IT operations. According to Gartner's 2024 IT spending forecast, organizations worldwide allocated approximately $4.6 trillion to technology expenditures, with operational costs consuming 60-70% of most IT budgets. Yet despite this massive investment, many companies struggle to quantify the true return on investment (ROI) when making critical staffing decisions for their IT operations and cloud management teams.

Cutting through Kubernetes Complexity with Lumigo

Effectively monitoring Kubernetes environments remains one of the most challenging aspects of modern application management. As applications grow more complex and distributed, the need for comprehensive visibility becomes paramount. We have continued to deliver major advancements in our Kubernetes monitoring, providing you with deeper insights and more powerful tools to tackle these challenges head-on.

OpenAI Pricing: The Models, Features, And Costs To Know

If your SaaS organization is experimenting with OpenAI, your cloud bill just got a new line item. And unless you know exactly what drives it, that line item can go from manageable to margin-killer, fast. It’s also worth clarifying that OpenAI is not the same as ChatGPT. ChatGPT is the familiar end-user app with a flat monthly subscription. OpenAI, meanwhile, is the platform behind it — a mix of models, features, and usage-based pricing that shifts depending on what you build.

CloudZero Is The First Cloud Cost Platform To Integrate With Anthropic

The most challenging question in AI today isn’t how to build with it. It’s whether you can prove it’s worth what you’re spending on it. Every week, I hear the same thing from engineering and finance leaders: “We know the AI bills are big.