Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Kubernetes, container resources, request and limits, sizing, the impact of getting things wrong, CPU limits, JVMs, HPA and VPA, does Karpenter fix the request and limit problem? We’ve got a great episode for you today! Thanks for joining us on Densify Talks! We welcome Daniele Polencic, one of the lead instructors at LearnK8s, which specializes in containers and Kubernetes technologies.

Today’s applications are hybrid, cloud-centric, service-oriented, API-dependent, and geographically distributed. The monitoring practices we relied on for decades are no longer sufficient. It is critical to monitor all the internet-centric dependencies, connectivity, and cloud application components – and to do so from the user’s perspective so IT operations teams can achieve digital resilience and deliver performance. This session will cover DEM, APM, and IPM and how they can work together to pinpoint issues before they occur, so users receive a great digital experience.

Struggling with underutilized Kubernetes resources or rising cloud costs? Learn how Pepperdata Capacity Optimizer delivers real-time, automated resource optimization for Kubernetes and Amazon EMR workloads—helping teams reduce costs and boost performance without manual tuning. In this video, discover how Pepperdata helps DevOps, platform engineers, and FinOps teams.

Modern IT environments are dynamic, distributed, and constantly evolving. You need more than traditional monitoring to keep everything running smoothly. Site24x7 is your all-in-one, AI-powered infrastructure monitoring solution. What this video covers: Whether you're overseeing AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, VMware, or Kubernetes, Site24x7 simplifies it all with a single agent and AI-driven insights.

The AI revolution needs more than models - it needs massive infrastructure. And Julien Gauthier is building it. In this episode of Uplink, Julien, CEO of Arkane Cloud, joins host Michael Reid to unpack how his company scaled from 3D rendering and gaming to delivering GPU cloud services for AI workloads across the globe. We explore how Arkane built a 1,000-GPU cluster in Paris (with capacity for 6,000), the rise of inference workloads in Europe, and the real-world engineering and business challenges of deploying high-density infrastructure - including cutting-edge liquid cooling handling 135kW per cabinet.

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to securely connect your AWS account with Site24x7 using IAM role-based cross-account access. We’ll guide you through: This method ensures secure, read-only access to your cloud environment while enabling real-time monitoring and alerting via Site24x7.

Recorded live at Civo Navigate Austin 2025, Civo CTO Dinesh Majrekar explores how cloud infrastructure is evolving to meet the demands of modern workloads. From rising AI adoption to the need for data sovereignty and cost transparency, Dinesh shares Civo’s vision for a simpler, more efficient, and developer-focused cloud. Learn how Civo is addressing customer challenges around choice, control, and performance and why rethinking how we build and deliver cloud infrastructure is more relevant than ever.

In this episode of the FinOps on Azure podcast, host Michael Stephenson is joined by Alexander Golev from SAM Expert for an honest conversation about what's really changing in Microsoft licensing. With decades of experience in software asset management, Alexander breaks down the shift from traditional licensing to more flexible, consumption-based models -highlighting the role of Azure Arc, the growing complexity of AI licensing, and the importance of collaboration across IT, finance, and procurement.

We strongly believe that simple observability should be an innovation everyone can afford to benefit from: which is why Coroot is open source, and includes cost monitoring for Azure, GCP, AWS, or your own custom settings. eBPF automatically tracks how each deployment impacts your cloud costs, so you can easily roll back changes and avoid lovecraftian monthly bill when necessary.

Understand the value of moving to the Splunk Cloud Platform which can help you deliver more use cases faster and greatly reduce admin time so you can focus on gaining value to help you innovate faster with Splunk.

Ready to bring your BigQuery data into focus? In this Grafana Quickstart, Shawn Pitts walks through how to connect Google BigQuery to Grafana Cloud using the official plugin — available on all tiers, including Cloud Free.

The video introduces the new Turbo 360 feature designed to simplify Azure budget planning for teams. It highlights how team managers can easily manage and project costs, input monthly records, and adjust budgets based on upcoming projects, all while minimizing reliance on technical resources. The focus is on enhancing productivity and making financial management more accessible.

Reporting Azure costs to stakeholders doesn't have to be a time-consuming task. In this video, Michael Stephenson - a FinOps certified practitioner, introduces a new feature that helps you generate ready-to-use PowerPoint reports—so you can walk into any meeting with clear insights on your team's Azure cost performance. From cost trends and anomalies to right-sizing recommendations, the Executive Summary Report gives you a complete picture in minutes. It's all about making Azure cost optimization easier, faster, and more actionable.

Explore actionable strategies for Azure cost optimization—helping you move from just monitoring to actually reducing spend. Discover how leading teams are embedding FinOps best practices, leveraging automation, and building a cost-aware culture to keep cloud bills under control.

In this video, we explain behind requirement and dimension scores, involving a table of product feature ratings and priorities, which are then weighted to calculate overall requirement scores, with adjustments made to enhance score differentiation and handle missing data.

Turbo360 brings a suite of enhancements added to elevate your Azure management experience. Hit play to hear what's in store for this month. Introduction (00:00:00) Executive cost summary report (00:00:15) Budget planner (00:01:14) Pause monitoring feature (00:01:51) Exporting and Importing business transactions (00:02:23) Direct Access to Azure Resources (00:02:55) Conclusion (00:03:17)

Check out just a few ways to bring data in to Honeycomb. This video highlights one-click AWS integrations, plus familiar log formats. Honeycomb Telemetry Pipeline Manager is an optional component of Honeycomb Telemetry Pipeline, a product available with Honeycomb Enterprise.