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Decoding cloud credits: Are "free" credits locking you in?

Oct 30, 2025 By Emma Kinsey-Coates In Civo
“Free" cloud credits, they sound like a gift, but they often come with hidden costs and an agenda: lock-in. The illusion of a cost-saving measure can quickly become a vendor-specific trap, forcing costly migrations or leaving your business overpaying for cloud services. This issue, which the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) estimates contributes to £430M of annual over-payments in the UK alone, is what we call the "cloud credit trap.".
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Tech Talk - Observability Unlocked: Kubernetes Monitoring with Splunk Observability Cloud

Oct 30, 2025 By Splunk In Splunk
In this Tech Talk, discover how they’re leveraging Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring (IM) to supercharge their Kubernetes operations, detect issues within minutes, and resolve them 90% faster — all while optimizing and scaling like pros.
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Rise of the Neocloud: Top 10 Providers and Adoption Trends

Oct 30, 2025 By Chris Aubuchon In Cycle
With the tech world once again in the midst of a major shift, a new group of contenders has entered the market, offering capabilities the traditional hyperscalers can’t match. Often dubbed "neoclouds", these new providers range from developer-focused platforms to GPU-centric infrastructure clouds. Can these new clouds compete with 100 billion dollar incumbents in a space that's already changing at breakneck speed?
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RancherLive: Know before you Go - KubeCon Atlanta Edition

Oct 29, 2025 By Rancher In Rancher
Join us for a special Know Before You Go online session all about getting ready for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in Atlanta! Hosted by Orlin Vasilev, this live event will feature special guest Nick Eberts — a proud Atlantan, musician, father, and Project Manager at Google. Nick will share insider tips on making the most of your KubeCon experience — from navigating the conference to exploring the best of Atlanta’s music, food, and culture. Whether it’s your first time at KubeCon or your first visit to the city, this session will help you feel right at home.
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Sovereignty over silence: Why Microsoft's data opacity is the real lock-in

Oct 29, 2025 By Emma Kinsey-Coates In Civo
The refusal by Microsoft to detail data flows to Police Scotland confirms the real price of hyperscale: control is an illusion. This incident isn't the problem. It’s the proof. It proves the need for a new standard in cloud computing, one that prioritizes true digital sovereignty and architectural transparency. Sovereignty, after all, is all about the customer being able to exercise control over the IT resources they use.
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One Box, One Region: Private Cloud Ready on Demand

Oct 28, 2025 By Civo In Civo
We’ve built a private‑cloud that feels exactly like a public‑cloud region, as Civo CTO Dinesh Majrekar puts it, it all starts with a conversation. Tell us what you need, we order the hardware, it ships, you plug it in, and the cloud is live in no time. No sprawling projects, no endless paperwork, just a really‑really simple flow that turns a handful of commodity servers into a sovereign Civo region.
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Navigating the geopolitical maze of digital sovereignty at Civo Navigate London 2025

Oct 28, 2025 By Emma Kinsey-Coates In Civo
Trust in Big Tech is eroding. Geopolitical tensions are rising. The only predictable thing about the cloud today is that it’s time to re-evaluate everything. At Civo Navigate London 2025, we pulled together a panel of industry experts to cut through the noise and finally define what digital sovereignty means for the UK.
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Postmortems: What We Learned When Container Vulnerability Scanning Was Missing

Postmortems: What We Learned When Container Vulnerability Scanning Was Missing

Oct 28, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
In the world of cloud-native development, containers are the bedrock of agility and scale. They allow teams to package applications and their dependencies into a single, portable unit that runs consistently across any environment. But this convenience comes with a hidden risk. Every container image is built from layers, and each layer-from the base operating system to the application libraries-can harbor vulnerabilities. Forgetting to implement robust security measures for these containers is a lesson many companies learn the hard way.
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The hidden costs of "free" cloud credits: A wake-up call for businesses

Oct 27, 2025 By Emma Stewart-Oram In Civo
To read the full findings from this research, visit our whitepaper "Decoding Cloud Credits" by clicking here. The allure of "free" cloud credits can be tempting, but beneath the surface lies a complex web of risks and consequences that can ultimately lock businesses into costly and restrictive cloud ecosystems. Our latest whitepaper, "Decoding Cloud Credits", explores the true costs of these promotional offers and the implications for businesses.
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