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Monitor Amazon EC2: key metrics for instances, regions, and more in one view

Amazon EC2 was one of the first services available on AWS, helping propel the cloud platform into the mainstream of IT. And while EC2 instances come in a wide range of sizes and flavors to address all sorts of use cases, keeping tabs on those instances isn’t always easy. That’s why we’re excited to introduce our new EC2 monitoring solution in Grafana Cloud.

How To Set Up Monitoring for Your Hybrid Environment

The modern IT landscape consists of many distributed systems, which can pose a challenge if you are responsible for the end-to-end performance of these systems. As a platform engineer today, that is exactly what the job requires. You must juggle between dozens of tools to meet SLAs. This is why a modern solution is needed to bridge the gap between disjointed infrastructure and application stacks…and this is why the Splunk Observability platform was born.

How to Monitor Your Hybrid Applications Without Toil

About seventy-two percent of businesses operate in a hybrid IT environment, mixing their cloud-based services with traditional on-premises infrastructure. These hybrid environments offer many benefits, from scale, speed, and flexibility to security, cost savings, and control, blending the best of both worlds.

BizTalk Server to Azure Integration Services: Send zipped messages (or files)

Welcome again to another BizTalk Server to Azure Integration Services blog post. In my previous blog post, I discussed how you can migrate one-way BizTalk Server routing solutions. Today, we will address another classic requirement in legacy BizTalk Server solutions.

The role of the CI/CD pipeline in cloud computing

The Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline has evolved as a cornerstone in the fast-evolving world of software development, particularly in the field of cloud computing. This blog aims to demystify how CI/CD, a set of practices that streamline software development, enhances the agility and efficiency of cloud computing.

Shifting Left with FinOps: A Developer-Centric Approach to Managing Azure Costs

Shifting Left with FinOps: A Developer-Centric Approach to Managing Azure Costs In this episode of "Azure on Air," discover why a developer-centric approach is essential in optimizing Azure costs. Host Lex engages with Michiel, an Azure cost optimization specialist, unraveling the significance of developers in driving efficiency and accountability. Also, learn how shifting left with FinOps allows developers to take ownership of production costs, accelerates innovation, and leads to substantial Azure savings.

OneDrive or Google Drive? All About Big Tech's Two Biggest Cloud Services

Many cloud storage services are on the market today, which can be overwhelming, meaning many people will turn to the most popular ones, Google Drive and OneDrive, often because they are easier solutions. Without a doubt, they provide numerous benefits, including cost savings, ease of information transmission, and flexible storage, among others. Both cloud storage systems are powerful and have several advantages for regular work and life.

Taking the Gold Rush to the regions

2023 was the year of Artificial Intelligence (AI). 2024 will build on the incredible momentum of the likes of ChatGPT, Google Bard, Microsoft CoPilot, and others, delivering applications and services that apply AI to every industry imaginable. A recent analysis piece from Schroders makes the point well: “The mass adoption of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) …has sparked interest akin to the Californian Gold Rush.”