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Whose infrastructure is it anyway?

The recent McKinsey report, the state of cloud computing in Europe has exposed not only low returns, but also serious challenges for businesses embracing cloud as the basis of digital transformation. The first concern is that not only is the value of cloud ‘in isolated pockets and at subscale ’, but also that it is limited to the IT department. Whilst 75 percent of those surveyed reported either technology cost savings or productivity increases, only one-third have seen such savings beyond IT.

EBS Pricing Explained: A Guide For 2024

Understanding Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) pricing is fundamental for any organization using AWS to manage their cloud costs effectively. Amazon EBS provides the storage your cloud applications need to run smoothly. However, it’s equally important to understand its pricing to keep your cloud spending in check. This guide aims to simplify Amazon EBS pricing and offers practical tips on managing and reducing these costs. But first, what is it?

Gain Cloud Network Visibility

As more apps and services are moved to the cloud, network operations teams can lose visibility yet are still responsible for solving issues when they occur. There is no need to suffer from cloud blind spots. Active monitoring across end-to-end network paths can help clear the skies and network operations teams can regain visibility both to and through the cloud, including multi-cloud architectures.

Data Lake Architecture: An Intro Guide To Using Data Lakes

Big data empowers enterprises to uncover valuable insights and make sound business decisions. The rigid schemas of traditional databases are increasingly unable to meet the demands of today’s data-hungry businesses. Enter data lakes — a modern approach to data management that harnesses the power of big data to unlock actionable intelligence. Here are insights you need to know right now.

NEW FEATURE: Functions - Batch Processing + Event-Driven Orchestration

Whether you're building the next massive AI platform, encoding thousands of images, or a hundreds of other use cases, the ability to quickly create ephemeral tasks can be a game changer for engineers solving complex tasks. With Cycle, you're now able to run Functions across multiple cloud providers all from one platform. And even better, these functions will exist on the same encrypted networks as your other containers.

Navigating the Complexities of Hybrid and Multi-cloud Environments

Today’s evolving digital landscape requires both hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategies to drive efficiency, innovation, and scalability. But this means more complexity and a unique set of challenges for network and cloud engineers, particularly when it comes to managing and gaining visibility across these environments.