Azure Storage Account Failover is a critical feature offered by Microsoft Azure that provides users with the ability to switch to an alternative instance of their storage account in case of a disaster or an outage. In simple terms, it is the act of transferring control of Azure storage account operations from one region to another, ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery.

As developers we understand the critical role teamwork and collaboration play in solving complex problems. Often, it’s that second set of eyes that uncovers an additional issue or sheds light on the root cause of a stubborn bug. Effective collaboration becomes a critical factor in determining a team’s success or failure, especially when debugging or troubleshooting problematic issues within complex applications.

Whether or not you take the oft-quoted statistic that 30% of companies’ cloud spend as gospel, one thing is for sure: Companies have been spending recklessly in the cloud ever since its inception. For (fairly) good reason — companies wanted to perfect their products and snatch up market share before an even more reckless spender did. But the chickens of overindulgence are finally coming home to roost.

In the early 2000s, Amazon faced an existential threat: Speed up their pace of software engineering, or risk losing eminence in the burgeoning e-commerce landscape.

ServiceNow has embraced a three-zero strategy for its digital technology operations: zero unplanned outages, zero physical footprints, and zero user-reported incidents. We adopted a cloud-first policy as part of our zero-physical-footprint strategy. This approach delivers the operational agility we need as a growing company—we can add capacity on demand. With a data-center approach, that would take weeks or months.

We are thrilled to announce that 2bcloud is one of the first companies worldwide to achieve the Solutions Partner designation in the Microsoft Cloud Solution Partner Program. This is an exciting milestone for our organization, and we are proud to be among the pioneers of this prestigious program. The Solutions Partner designation demonstrates our technical capabilities, experience, and ability to deliver successful customer outcomes aligned to the Microsoft Cloud.

Spot instances (also called spot virtual machines, or VMs) are transforming how people consume public cloud services. Cloud providers offer their excess cloud capacity as these short-lived instances for a very low cost compared to on-demand or reserved instances. The top three cloud providers — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud — offer spot instances to their users.

If your organization is managing several websites, you’ll understand the challenges involved in keeping everything updated and running smoothly. Deployment, modification, and approval are time-consuming tasks—but the WebOps approach means they don’t have to be. So, what exactly is WebOps, and how does it help you scale your websites? Read on to discover more and learn how Platform.sh can help.