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What Is AWS Compute Optimizer? A Newbie-Friendly Guide

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers the convenience of choosing specific virtual machine combinations to meet your compute needs. Unlike traditional data centers, you can also scale your cloud resources automatically to meet fluctuating workload needs. The best part is that you can rightsize your workload requirements to specific instance types (VM types) offered by AWS. By hand, this takes a lot of time and is prone to errors. This is where AWS Compute Optimizer comes into play.

9 Best Remote Desktop Alternatives

With hybrid and remote work environments, many employees need to access their office desktop computers from another device. IT admins also need an efficient IT help desk available to help them troubleshoot and quickly resolve issues with the end users from any location. As a result, a number of organizations have turned to network communication protocols such as remote desktop protocol (RDP). While RDP gets the work done, more comprehensive remote access solutions exist.

What's new in Turbo360 - Reservation recommendations report, Automatic cost anomaly detection....

Turbo360 brings a suite of enhancements this month, which includes automatic cost anomaly detection, group budget monitoring, and savings alerts based on rightsizing and reservations. Plus, generate reservation recommendation reports for Azure subscriptions with the Azure Documenter. Experience a smoother workflow with improved service principal access policies and much more!

Cloud migration vs modernization - What's the difference?

Cloud migration vs modernization – What are the nuances? Cloud migration involves moving applications and data to the cloud often with minimal changes to their architecture. Cloud migration projects usually aim to leverage cloud infrastructure for benefits such as scalability, flexibility and reduced on-prem maintenance.

Software Deployment: 5 Things that Can Go Wrong

Software deployment, a critical process in software development, refers to all the activities that make a software system available for use. It’s the stage where all the hard work of creating software culminates into something tangible that users can interact with. But before we delve into its complexities, let’s first understand the basics of software deployment.

The pendulum swings back: colocation as a cost control strategy

The evolution of public cloud over the past few years has been remarkable. Digital transformation, remote work, and AI have created breakneck growth. Back in 2018, before anyone uttered the words COVID or ChatGPT, there were already big drivers for public cloud. The global digital transformation market size was valued at $320 billion, and set for 18% annual growth, to reach a projected $695 billion by 2025.

CPU vs GPU: What's the Difference?

If you've ever delved into the intricacies of PC building or taken your first steps in an introductory Computer Science class, chances are you've encountered the ubiquitous term – GPU. For many gaming enthusiasts, myself included, GPUs are the magic component that gives you more frames in your favorite FPS game, while CPUs are the component where our code finds its execution space.

AIOps as a Service for MSPs: What to Look For

AIOps is a game changer for MSPs. But how do you implement AIOps to ensure you get those game-changing benefits? Chances are, you’re not interested in spending the resources and time required to build it yourself with all of the development, testing, maintenance, etc. that entails. Instead, AIOps as a service provides you with the capabilities to better manage the IT infrastructure and operations of multiple clients.