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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.
Problems with Cloud Workload Observability
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How Pepperdata Differentiates from Other Optimizations
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How to Save on Cloud Costs with Ash Munshi
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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.
Cost Controls and so Much More: Issue Detection Through Usage Analysis
Keeping tabs on cloud spending across multiple organizations and vendors, including Datadog, can be tough and costly. If you're not tracking expenses, you're also missing other critical insights. The Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) faced this when moving to Datadog, needing to monitor costs across numerous organizations and over 180 Azure subscriptions. After a rapid migration, new cost reports quickly revealed more than just financial benefits. Unusual spending patterns often highlighted incidents, bugs, or security issues, offering early warnings about internal system problems.
AWS metric ingestion for less: Save money and get near real-time stream into Grafana Cloud
There’s a new way to ingest AWS metrics into Grafana Cloud that makes observing your AWS resources more cost-effective, easier to operate, and more accurate. You can now stream metrics into the AWS Observability app in Grafana Cloud in near real-time thanks to our new integration with Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon Data Firehose. We’re already using it internally, and we’re finding that it’s not only easier to operate—it’s at least five times more cost-effective.
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.