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LogicMonitor's latest innovations to optimize cloud performance and costs

May 16, 2024 By LogicMonitor In LogicMonitor

LogicMonitor stands at the forefront of innovation in IT infrastructure monitoring, and our newest solutions help our customers optimize performance, manage costs, and gain deeper visibility into their network operations. Our vision is to empower businesses with the observability needed to navigate modern IT complexities with AI-powered solutions that drive efficiency.

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5 Strategies for Azure Blob Storage Cost Optimization

May 16, 2024 By Nadeem Ahamed In Turbo360

Azure blob storage has become one of the prevalent storage services being used by organizations to store unstructured data. As the usage of blob storage increases, the associated cost will quickly accumulate and impact the Azure budgets significantly.

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Did You Know These 5 Myths for Apache Spark Optimization?

May 16, 2024 By Pepperdata In Pepperdata

There are several techniques and tricks when developers are tasked with optimizing their Apache Spark workloads, but most of them only fix a portion of the problem when it comes to price and performance. Watch this conversation between AWS Senior Partner Solution Architect Shashi Raina and Pepperdata Senior Solution Architect Kirk Lewis to understand the underlying myths of Apache Spark optimization, and how to ultimately fix the issue of wasted cloud resources and inflated costs.

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What Is S3 Intelligent-Tiering? Here's What You Need To Know

May 15, 2024 By CloudZero In CloudZero

Here’s the thing. You frequently access some files, but not others. So, if you can determine the most appropriate storage tier for any given data/object automatically, you can transform it accordingly. That means you can save both time and money by not manually deciding which files to move to their best storage class. To help optimize things, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a new storage class called S3 Intelligent-Tiering Storage.

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Azure Storage Cost Optimization | How to reduce Azure Storage Costs?

May 15, 2024 By Turbo360 In Turbo360

Azure Storage Cost Optimization | How to reduce Azure Storage Costs? Azure MVP Michael Stephenson (aka Mike) introduces a new feature in Turbo360 that aims to optimize Azure storage costs. He begins by explaining customers' challenges with Azure's lifecycle policies and their desire for more control over optimization processes.

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A Guide To GCP Cost Anomaly Detection

May 14, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero

Keeping costs under control is crucial to managing projects on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Yet, even the most experienced teams can face unexpected increases in their cloud bills. These surprises, known as cost anomalies, can disrupt budgets and plans. But, with the right approach and tools, you can spot these issues early and keep your cloud spending on track.

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The Cost Crisis in Metrics Tooling

May 13, 2024 By Charity Majors In Honeycomb

In my February 2024 piece The Cost Crisis in Observability Tooling, I explained why the cost of tools built atop the three pillars of metrics, logs, and traces—observability 1.0 tooling—is not only soaring at a rate many times higher than your traffic increases, but has also become radically disconnected from the value those tools can deliver. Too often, as costs go up, the value you derive from these tools declines.

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Serverless Architecture Design Patterns For Cost Efficiency

May 13, 2024 By Alexander Ospina In CloudZero

Serverless architecture has emerged as a pivotal technology for developers seeking to build scalable, efficient applications without the overhead of managing servers. At the heart of this revolution are services like AWS Lambda and API Gateway, which have redefined how we deploy and scale applications, offering a truly pay-as-you-go model that aligns operational costs directly with actual usage.

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What Is Snowflake? A Beginner-Friendly Guide

May 8, 2024 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero

Imagine if you had a magic box where you could keep all your business information — sales numbers, customer feedback, everything — safe and sound, but also easy to look at whenever you needed. That’s kind of what Snowflake does, but for big organizations and using the cloud. It’s a new way for companies to store and use their data without getting bogged down by the techy details.

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AWS Data Transfer Pricing: 7 Ways To Reduce Unexpected Costs

May 7, 2024 By CloudZero In CloudZero

You’re probably familiar with finding surprise, hidden charges if you’ve been using the cloud for a while. Data transfer fees are the most common source of unanticipated charges on Amazon Web Services (AWS). They can be so costly that some companies, like Netflix and Pinterest, have spent fortunes on data transfer fees — up to $30 million a year. In this post, we’ll share tips for navigating AWS data transfer costs and how you can optimize them.

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