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13 Best Tips To Keep In Mind When Looking for a New Cloud Storage Service

Whether or not you are searching for cloud storage for your personal use or your business, utilizing cloud storage services would be one of the best decisions you could make. Cloud storage allows people to securely store data in an offsite location and enables them to easily access it from any place and device with internet connectivity. You do not have to worry if you lose your laptop or someone steals it.

Microsoft Cloud Outage Causes Global Workforce Disruptions

Many of us (indeed 1 billion plus users worldwide) rely on Microsoft for essential work activities and were impacted yesterday (Wednesday January 25, 2023) when the cloud service provider experienced a prolonged outage. Internet Resilience is a business priority because when critical workforce services like Microsoft go down, global teams are hugely disrupted.

An In-Depth Overview of Azure Storage Accounts & Services

Azure storage accounts offer powerful, cost-effective options for managing your data and applications. With various services such as blobs, queues, files, and tables, you can use Azure Storage to store and access virtually limitless amounts of data effectively. This guide will walk you through all the basics of setting up and using an Azure Storage Account.

Kubecost Vs. Cast.ai: Battle Of The Kubernetes Cost Tools

Kubecost and Cast AI promise real-time Kubernetes cost monitoring. Both deliver this to a good extent. For example, Kubecost provides cost data from within and outside a K8s cluster. It also shares the data in a granular format, such as cost by Kubernetes concepts like namespaces, pods, and custom labels. Cast.ai offers several similar capabilities, including cost savings recommendations, and is currently available for AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and on-prem Kubernetes.

Enhance the value you get from native FinOps tools

The public cloud can deliver significant business value across infrastructure cost savings, team productivity, service elasticity, and DevOps agility. Yet, up to 70% of organizations regularly overspend in the cloud, minimizing the gap between cloud costs and the revenue cloud investments can drive.

Building, deploying and observing SDKs as a Service - Part 1

An API, or application programming interface, is a set of protocols and instructions that allows two software applications to communicate with one other. APIs can be implemented in a number of architectural styles. One of the most popular styles is REST (representational state transfer,) which allows server and client interaction in a stateless manner.

Implement a Cloud Security Observability Strategy in 6 Steps

Moving to the cloud is hard. Moving to the cloud and keeping systems secure, data governed, compliances met, and cyberattacks at bay, makes everyone’s jobs significantly harder. The number one concern we hear from Cribl customers about the cloud is, you guessed it — security. If you’re in this boat — eager to adopt the cloud ASAP but also worried about the risks that come with having sensitive data in the cloud — don’t fret. We’re here to help.

Hyperscalers: The Complete Guide to What, Why and How

We’ve heard a lot about hyperscalers over the last several years as public cloud adoption began to rise. Now, they’ve become a central part of global IT infrastructure and essential to operations. There are many reasons to choose a hyperscaler as your cloud provider, so let’s take a closer look at what a hyperscaler is and how it can be leveraged for your organization.