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Elastic achieves AWS Education ISV Partner Competency, strengthening education solutions portfolio

Advancing digital transformation in education through Search AI and cloud innovation We’re thrilled to share that Elastic has achieved the AWS Education ISV Partner Competency. This prestigious designation recognizes Elastic as an Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner that has proven expertise in delivering high-quality solutions that help education institutions support successful student outcomes while protecting security and privacy.

Cloud Workload Management: What It Is And How To Do It

The cloud gave us agility, but it also introduced fragmentation. And in most companies, no one’s fully owning the sprawl. One team deploys a new service in a hurry. Another forgets to shut down a dev environment. Meanwhile, batch jobs run 24/7 on oversized instances. And no one quite knows why your bill is $10K higher this month. The result? A growing source of cost overruns, performance headaches, and operational inefficiencies. This is exactly why cloud workload management is so crucial.

How CloudZero's OpenAI Integration Provides Unprecedented AI Unit Economic Insights

AI spending continues to accelerate. In 2025, experts project that companies will collectively spend about $644 billion on generative AI alone — a whopping 76.4% increase from 2024. This puts it a mere $79 billion behind the public cloud as a whole, signaling the most seismic interval of new infrastructure investment since the dawn of the public cloud.

Why database observability is key to successful cloud data platform adoption

Data is the lifeblood of businesses the world over, from the smallest startup to the largest enterprise. Making sure that it’s available when you need it, secured for authorized use, and recoverable from faults is vital to operating data platforms, no matter where your business is on its cloud journey. This can only be achieved by putting the right data into the hands of the right people, in a timely way, to make the right decisions about how to manage that platform effectively.

Build for the Future, Not Just the Cloud. 5 Trends Shaping App Modernization

Legacy systems now falter against modern requirements like scalability, security, and emerging technologies such as AI, containers, and microservices. In fact, experts project that by 2026, 90% of current applications will need modernization to remain viable, signaling an urgent call for business leaders to respond. While rebuilding from scratch with the latest technology stack might seem appealing, this approach demands significant time and investment.

Introducing CloudZero Optimize: Built For Engineers, Backed By Context, Designed For Real Results

We’re entering a new era at CloudZero, and we’re coming in hot. This week, we’re not just launching a new feature. We’re taking a major step forward in our mission to make cloud cost efficiency a seamless, engineer-first, business-aligned reality. My team and I are thrilled to introduce CloudZero Optimize, our smartest, most action-oriented optimization solution yet.

Hybrid IT Infrastructure Management

Today’s IT environments are rarely confined to a single data center or a single cloud provider. Enterprises are embracing a mix of cloud platforms, virtual machines, and on-premises hardware to stay agile and competitive. This blended environment is known as hybrid IT infrastructure, and managing it effectively is key to keeping systems healthy, secure, and performing at their best.

Simple cloud cost management: Grafana Labs integrates open standard FOCUS specification for cloud billing data

At Grafana Labs, we’ve always believed that observability should be open and accessible — that belief extends beyond metrics, logs, and traces to the costs associated with managing observability at scale. That’s why we’re excited to share that we’ve adopted the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification ( FOCUS), a community-driven, open standard for cloud billing data.

Choosing AWS Vs. Cloudflare: Which One Do You Need?

AWS and Cloudflare often come up together when teams are building, securing, and scaling web applications. While they originally served different purposes, their offerings now overlap in key areas like content delivery (CloudFront vs. Cloudflare CDN), edge compute (Lambda@Edge vs. Workers), DNS and WAF, and API delivery. In this guide, we’ll explore what each platform does best, when to use one over the other, and see if you can combine both for optimal speed, security, and cost efficiency.

How to Detect Cloud Configuration Changes Before They Cost You

In this video, see how ScienceLogic helps IT teams take back control. By delivering real-time insight, intelligent policy recommendations, and automated enforcement, ScienceLogic keeps your cloud environment compliant, cost-efficient, and secure. From real-time change detection to automated remediation, you’ll get the visibility and control needed to move fast and stay ahead of disruption.