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Top 3 Challenges of Securing Hybrid Cloud Environments

The hybrid approach to cloud implementation is by far the most widely adopted of the possible configurations available to modern businesses. In spite of this, it is not without its drawbacks. To understand the downsides, you first need to know what they are, so let's go over the main examples and focus on how to overcome them.

11 Cloud Automation Tools Powering The Future Of SaaS

Gartner predicts that by the end of 2025, 80% of organizations will use cloud automation tools to orchestrate workloads. The firm also forecasts that spending on public cloud services will hit $679 billion by the end of 2024, with SaaS leading the cloud computing market. This surge in cloud spending will shape the future of SaaS, and cloud automation tools will play a key role in this transformation.

How CloudZero Gave Duolingo Engineers What They Really Wanted

Many SaaS companies struggle to get engineers to take charge of costs and lower cloud expenses. Confused business leaders often put the problem on the shoulders of the engineers: Surely, it’s just that the engineers don’t care enough to stay within budget, or maybe they just don’t want to participate in the culture of cost efficiency leadership is trying to build. But what if your engineers actually do want to optimize costs—they just don’t have the tools and data to do so?

GreenOps - a guide to creating a sustainable cloud

Green Operations (GreenOps) is an approach to creating an eco-friendly cloud. The aim is to minimize energy waste, increase renewable resources, and decrease their carbon footprint on the planet. Several public cloud providers are aiming to become carbon-negative. By 2030, Google Cloud plans to operate on carbon-free energy around the clock. Microsoft Azure has committed to being carbon-negative by 2030, and AWS aims to run its operations on 100% renewable energy by 2025.

Cut Cloud Infrastructure Costs By 5x - Guide For Startups

Managing costs while scaling operations is a challenging balancing act. One significant cost center is cloud infrastructure and its maintenance. This article aims to provide CTOs, VPs, and Head of Engineering with insights on optimizing these expenses. It highlights the benefits of leveraging DevOps Automation Platforms like Qovery to cut up to 5x their Cloud infrastructure costs.

AI Summer Camp | Episode 4: AI on public cloud with open source

Welcome to AI Summer Camp. Join 5 essential trainings on AI from Canonical experts and level up your skills while on holiday. Episode 4: AI on public cloud with open source This will cover: Scenarios in which open source tooling on public cloud solves a problem for AI initiatives Main benefits of using open source tooling on the public cloud for AI projects Use cases from our customers Hybrid cloud and multi cloud opportunities for AI projects.

AI Summer Camp | Episode 5: AI on private cloud in the hyperscalers era

Welcome to AI Summer Camp. Join 5 essential trainings on AI from Canonical experts and level up your skills while on holiday. Episode 5: AI on private cloud - why is it relevant in the hyperscalers era? This will cover: Why consider a private cloud for AI? Key considerations when building a private cloud for AI projects Performance acceleration options for private cloud Guidance for Kubernetes on OpenStack for AI initiatives.

How AWS Regions Affect Cloud Costs (And How To Reduce Fees)

AWS is the most popular cloud service provider partly due to its global data center network. The distribution enables organizations to configure their workloads to meet the needs of their global clients. The thing is AWS Regions charge different rates for almost everything, from compute and storage to data backup and retrieval services. And these cost variances can add up quickly.

Control Plane's Tamper-Proof, Immutable Audit Trail

Control Plane's audit trail service provides an immutable record of all resource mutations, whether initiated by the API, CLI, UI, Terraform, or other means. Users can leverage a user-friendly interface to search, filter, and review these actions, gaining visibility into timestamps, resource details, user information, and raw event data. Apply filters to refine the displayed actions based on resource type, audit context, resource name or ID, subject name, and date range, streamlining the audit review process and ensuring compliance with ease.