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Gain comprehensive visibility into your ECS applications with the ECS Explorer

Dec 3, 2024 By Danny Driscoll In Datadog
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is a container orchestration service that enables you to efficiently deploy new applications or modernize existing ones by migrating them to a containerized environment. Building on ECS gives you the flexibility, scalability, and security that containers offer, but also presents challenges in monitoring and troubleshooting your applications and infrastructure.
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How Are Cloud VPNs the Backbone of Secure Remote Access?

Dec 3, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
At a time when remote work and cloud-based solutions are shaping the business world, secure access to data has become essential. Cloud VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) are central to this process, offering secure, scalable, and efficient solutions for remote access. Unlike traditional VPNs, which operate on-premises, Cloud VPNs integrate directly with cloud environments, making them indispensable for modern organizations reliant on cloud infrastructures and remote workforces.
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pulsant

"With great power..." what Spiderman can teach us about sustainable growth for the data centre sector

Dec 2, 2024 By Helen Munro In Pulsant
The Foundations of the Future report recently commissioned by techUK, and developed by Henham Strategy, raises many points for consideration. It is an important attempt at quantifying the UK’s data centre assets. As a sector, the UK data centre industry is worth £4.7 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA) annually, supporting 43,500 jobs and contributing £640 million in tax revenue to the exchequer.
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cloudzero

ECS Vs. Kubernetes: A Detailed Guide To Container Solutions

Dec 2, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Containers improve application development with portability, efficiency, and scalability while accelerating deployments. Amazon ECS and Kubernetes are two of the top choices for container orchestration, but how do they stack up against each other? In this guide, we’ll break down the key differences, helping you choose the right solution for your containerization needs.
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grafana

How to query private network data without an agent using AWS and Grafana Cloud

Dec 2, 2024 By Fabrizia Rossano In Grafana
Connecting to data sources in a private network or an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) can require extra attention to the network security configuration to prevent unintended network exposure. For example, if you wanted to query a network-secured data source, like a MySQL database or an Elasticsearch cluster, that is hosted in an on-premises private network, you would need to open your network to inbound queries from a range of IP addresses.
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Secure your cloud environment from end to end with Datadog Infrastructure-as-Code Security

Dec 2, 2024 By Cliff Kim In Datadog
Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform and CloudFormation allow teams to define, manage, and provision their cloud infrastructure using code, as opposed to clicking through consoles or executing commands via a CLI. IaC adoption is now widespread and helps teams increase productivity and efficiency, but it also introduces new surface area for mistakes, defects, and other risks.
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Getting Started with Terraform on Azure

Dec 2, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
This podcast episode features a discussion led by Lex and Arnav Sharma, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer, focusing on Terraform and its application in Microsoft Azure. Arnav provides insights on getting started with Terraform, emphasising its benefits such as automation, consistency, scalability, and cost efficiency in managing cloud resources through infrastructure as code (IaC).
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elastic

From ELK Stack to easy - Elastic Observability on Elastic Cloud Serverless

Dec 2, 2024 By Bahubali Shetti, In Elastic
Announcing the general availability of Elastic Observability on Elastic Cloud Serverless — a fully managed observability solution As organizations scale, an observability solution that can handle the complexity of distributed cloud environments and provide real-time insights often feels like an insurmountable challenge often due to data- and cost-related compromises.
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Megaport Network AWS Outpost Support featuring Kevin Dresser

Dec 2, 2024 By Megaport In Megaport
AWS Outposts + Megaport: Simplifying Cloud Connectivity AWS Outposts deliver AWS hardware and services right to your data center – like your own dedicated availability zone! But there’s a catch: it doesn’t include the connectivity to link back to its AWS parent region. That’s where Megaport comes in!
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qovery

The 3 Best Alternatives to EKS Auto Mode

Dec 1, 2024 By Morgan Perry In Qovery
Managing Kubernetes clusters has always been a significant challenge. AWS’s recent announcement of EKS Auto Mode aims to simplify this by automating key operational tasks like compute scaling, networking, and storage management. While it’s a step forward for reducing complexity, it doesn’t address all the unique needs of growing startups and mid-sized companies.
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