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OpenTelemetry Is The Strategic Choice

OpenTelemetry (OTel) should be at the heart of your observability strategy. There is no longer a need to pay for the collection of telemetry data; instead, use the unified OTel standard for all your telemetry data. Once you have the data in a standard form, you can choose where to process it, either on your own servers or via one of many SaaS providers.

Kelverion Offerings on the Azure Marketplace FAQ

Runbook Studio for Azure Automation is now available in the Azure Marketplace, as a monthly subscription via your existing Microsoft contract. Starting at just $50 per month, Azure Marketplace users can experience the ease and power of low-code, no-code automation running as a service in the Azure Cloud. The Azure Marketplace is new to most companies and we have been able to provide some answers to some common questions to demistify this different way of purchasing Kelverion products.

Enterprise Cloud Security: Best Practices and Insights

Businesses are increasingly adopting cloud technologies for their scalability, cost efficiency, and performance benefits. However, along with the benefits come new challenges, particularly in ensuring robust security measures.Effective enterprise cloud security safeguards against threats and data breaches, forming a cornerstone of modern cybersecurity culture best practices. Let's explore key strategies, tools, and recommendations to fortify your cloud environments. Let's begin.

AWS Savings Plan vs Reserved Instances: Your Complete Guide

AWS has Savings Plans and Reserved Instances, two very different opportunities for users to save big on your cloud spend budget. But which of these two plans is best for you, and how can you start saving on your cloud management? In this guide, we’ll cover both options so you can make the best choice when using AWS.

Unleashing Deep Observability with eBPF-Based Topology in Virtana AM

In today’s dynamic and complex IT landscapes, maintaining visibility into application topologies is crucial for ensuring optimal performance, troubleshooting issues, and delivering exceptional end-user experiences. Did you know that 73% of IT leaders report increased difficulty in managing application performance due to rising complexity?

Kentik Close-Up 04. Cloud Costs

Nobody likes getting a surprise (and surprisingly large) bill from their cloud provider. But that doesn't stop it from happening a surprising number of times. In this episode, Kentik's Director of Technical Evangelism, Phil Gervasi, and Mike Krygeris, an Enterprise Solutions Architect, talk with host Leon Adato about how Kentik's tools help reduce the surprises and lower the cost of your cloud environment. While you're here, remember to like and subscribe to get notified about new episodes!

How to do Azure Cost Analysis at Service and Meter level?

This video demonstrates how to use the Cost Analyzer to review expenses by service name and meter. This feature offers detailed cost breakdowns by subscriptions, resource groups, types, service names, and more. This granularity provides organizations with complete visibility into their Azure spending, ensuring transparency and compliance. For effective cloud cost management and governance strategies organizations rely on these insights for optimal resource utilization and budget control.

12 FinOps tools for AWS users

Like DevOps, FinOps is a portmanteau word (a word made by combining two others) and a portmanteau concept. Where DevOps is the joining of development and operations, FinOps is the joining of operations and finance. Like DevOps, FinOps has arisen from a frustration with siloed business capacities, and again like DevOps, FinOps is a part cultural, part tool-driven practice.

Cloud Agnostic Vs. Cloud Native: Key Differences And Use Cases

The cloud computing space is constantly evolving — a fact that can sometimes set the stage for inconsistencies and confusion around both industry terminology and best practices. Cloud agnostic is one of those confusing terms, as is cloud native. But with the number of cloud agnostic and cloud native applications growing, it’s important to set the record straight.