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AWS recognizes Sysdig as an Amazon Linux 2023 Service Ready Partner

Sysdig is pleased to announce that we’re now recognized as Amazon Linux 2023 Ready as part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Service Ready Program. Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) is the newest Linux operating system from AWS available to support your workloads running on Amazon EC2. The team at Sysdig validated AL2023 with Sysdig Secure and Sysdig Monitor to ensure full support for our container security and cloud-native monitoring capabilities with this latest OS.

How to Configure Monitoring and Alerts for Azure App Service?

Azure App Service is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering from Microsoft Azure that allows developers to efficiently build, deploy, and scale web applications and APIs. It provides a fully managed environment for hosting web applications and APIs, supporting multiple languages and frameworks, such as.NET, Node.js, Python, Java, and more. Microsoft Azure presents many challenges when making an application highly accessible.

What is Azure Read-Access Geo-Redundant Storage?

As cloud storage becomes more popular, businesses are constantly looking for ways to improve their data storage solutions. One of the most popular cloud storage solutions is Azure Read-Access Geo-Redundant Storage, or RA-GRS. In this article, we will provide a comprehensive guide to Azure Read-Access Geo-Redundant Storage, including what it is, how it works, and its benefits.

Serverless Days ANZ 2023 Recap

When a tech community comes together, great things happen and Serverless Days ANZ 2023 was no exception. As soon as you checked-in, you could feel the community spirit, buzz and excitement that comes with an event like this. It’s been four years since the last Serverless Days ANZ was able to run IRL (In real life), and the local serverless community had been eagerly waiting for its return.

5 simple ways to implement cloud cost optimization

To reduce organizational spending, many organizations successfully migrated their operations to the cloud. However, with rising costs, looming economic downturns, and a proliferation of cloud resources on varied platforms, merely adopting a cloud infrastructure is insufficient. Today, an efficient cloud optimization initiative that can optimize and control cloud infrastructure costs is crucial. This webinar details five ways to optimize your cloud infrastructure costs effectively.

How to Protect your IT Ops from Cloud Outages

Over the past few months, I’ve written a couple of blogs analyzing significant Azure outages that affected multiple services. These articles covered detecting cloud outages long before Microsoft confirmed them and provided details of symptoms we saw. You can read these articles about a September 2022 outage and another in January 2023.

Box vs. Google Drive: Choosing a File Storage for Your Business

As businesses move more and more towards the digital workplace, choosing a file storage solution that fits your unique needs is essential. But since there are too many options in the market, we're about to oppose Box vs. Google Drive to highlight their differences and similarities and make it easier to choose between them. Both are cloud-based platforms that provide businesses with storage space, collaboration tools, and top-notch security features.

What is Azure Zone Redundant Storage?

When it comes to storing data in the cloud, ensuring high availability and durability is of utmost importance. Azure Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) is a feature offered by Microsoft Azure that provides local and geographic redundancy for your data, ensuring maximum data protection and minimal downtime. In this article, we will delve into the details of Azure ZRS, its benefits, and how to use it effectively.

How CloudZero Unlocks Kubernetes Costs Better Than Anyone

For SaaS companies, cloud spending can mean the difference between profit and loss. Staying on top of cloud spend is an absolutely crucial part of running a healthy cloud-based business. But tracking even the relatively straightforward cloud costs from your primary providers can be tricky.

Deploy PostgreSQL services to multiple clouds and regions using Terraform

In this video, you will learn how to deploy PostgreSQL services across different cloud providers and across geographies using Aiven Terraform Provider. You will also learn the benefits of using termination protection functionality to prevent accidental deletion of your cloud resources.