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Elastic Observability monitors metrics for Google Cloud in just minutes

Nov 22, 2023 By Jonathan Simon, In Elastic

Developers and SREs choose to host their applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for its reliability, speed, and ease of use. On Google Cloud, development teams are finding additional value in migrating to Kubernetes on GKE, leveraging the latest serverless options like Cloud Run, and improving traditional, tiered applications with managed services. Elastic Observability offers 16 out-of-the-box integrations for Google Cloud services with more on the way.

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Better when closer: the role of the data centre in your network

Nov 22, 2023 By Pulsant In Pulsant

For those who remember the tech world before the COVID digitalisation gold-rush, the 2019 assertion by Gartner that 'The Data Centre Is (Almost) Dead, ruffled feathers. The report warned that by 2025, 80% of enterprises will shut down their traditional data centres. In fact, 10% of organisations already have. Then the pandemic hit and the global demand for world-class user experiences (for workforces and customers alike) exploded.

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A Quick Guide To Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Tools

Nov 22, 2023 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Over the past few years, Google has grown its cloud services to include more than 100 products and services. Today, Google Cloud rubs shoulders with the top two cloud service providers. Yet, managing a Google Cloud environment has become increasingly challenging as the platform expands its GCP tools. It’s not just Google Cloud. The same is true today for other leading public cloud providers. To its credit, Google Cloud provides plenty of tools to help you get the most out of the platform.
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Effortlessly monitor AWS services in Grafana Cloud

Nov 22, 2023 By Grafana In Grafana
Including AWS service metrics and logs into a single pane of glass helps engineers get holistic visibility into their infrastructure. Analyze 60+ AWS services across your individual accounts and regions without the toil of configuring data and building dashboards from scratch. Learn how to: Sign up for a free Grafana Cloud account today and unlock the potential of distributed tracing in your performance testing workflow.
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15 Crucial Azure Tools You Need To Know Now

Nov 21, 2023 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
What Does Microsoft Azure Do? Azure Development Tools Azure Cost And Resource Management Tools Azure Security Tools Azure Monitoring And Reporting Tools How To Choose The Best Azure Tools For Your Business View The People, Products, And Processes That Drive Your Cloud Spend With CloudZero Modern cloud environments can be challenging to manage. It doesn’t have to be that way if you use the right tools.
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Engineering-Led Optimization: How To Proactively Manage Cloud Costs Without Slowing Down Innovation

Nov 21, 2023 By Dustin Lowman In CloudZero
How Engineering-Led Optimization Works Achieve Cloud Efficiency Without Slowing Down Innovation Historically, cloud cost optimization has been the responsibility of finance teams. Engineers have bought what they claim to need to build top-notch software; finance teams have gotten (and paid) the bill; neither has had an in-depth understanding of what the other is doing.
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Ubuntu Explained: How to ensure security and stability in cloud instances-part 2

Nov 21, 2023 By Aaron Whitehouse In Canonical
You probably know that it is important to apply security updates. You may not be as clear on the details of how to do that. We are going to explain best practices for applying Ubuntu updates to single instances and what the built-in unattended-upgrades tool does and does not do.
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Cloud backup: improve your disaster recovery plans

Nov 21, 2023 By Philip Williams In Canonical
Today the lowest cost media per terabyte for backups is still tape, even after factoring in the handling costs of manually loading and unloading tape libraries, and logistics surrounding off-site storage. However, while inexpensive, tapes are inflexible. And when used as an offline solution it can take many hours to retrieve them from offsite storage – not to mention the additional time required to load them into a tape library before a recovery can even start.
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GraphQL at scale with Azure API Management - Toon Vanhoutte

Nov 21, 2023 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
On Day 3 of INTEGRATE2023, Toon Vanhoutte dives into the transformative capabilities of GraphQL in scale with Azure API Management. Highlighting GraphQL's efficiency over REST and its widespread adoption by tech giants, Toon also sheds light on its challenges, from design to security. The takeaway? While REST dominates, GraphQL is making significant strides. Discover the nuances of modern API management in this engaging session.
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How to effectively monitor PowerShell Jobs running on VM or Azure?

Nov 21, 2023 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
Do you need help with the task of overseeing PowerShell jobs on your Azure or VM? In this video, Mike Stephenson discusses the problems IT operators face when dealing with complex PowerShell jobs on Azure, like run failures in PowerShell scripts. This video provides a solution that shifts support away from PowerShell experts, empowering support and business users to gain visibility over your PowerShell jobs on Azure or VM. This can help them easily handle low-value support tasks by shifting their reliance on PowerShell experts.
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