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How do you migrate your application to the cloud for the first time?

You don’t have to be an expert to deploy your application to the cloud - 24% of Cloud 66 customers used a PaaS like Heroku in the past and cut their bills by up to 60% after moving to the cloud. Additionally, they gained more control over their own infrastructure and more flexibility in their deployments.

Distributed Tracing for AWS CDK Applications

The AWS CDK lets users build as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) reliable, scalable, and cost-effective applications in their cloud environments. With the AWS CDK, developers can use various supported programming languages to create constructs (reusable cloud components) and compose them together into stacks and applications.

How to setup Azure Key Vault

Microsoft Azure Key Vault is a cloud-based service designed to help organizations securely store and manage sensitive information such as encryption keys, secrets, and certificates. As more organizations migrate to cloud services, ensuring the security of sensitive data and applications is crucial. In this comprehensive guide, we will discuss Azure Key Vault with a focus on securing Blob Storage, providing how-to guides and best practices.

6 Reasons Why Manual Infrastructure Optimization Doesn't Work

IT spend on big data systems in 2023 is forecasted to be $222 billion (Statista.com: Information spending on data center systems worldwide from 2012 to 2023). Actual monetary cost is just one parameter: infrastructure resources, personnel, and the overall time taken to retrieve big data insights push spending even further.

Migrating Graphite to the Cloud

Are you ready to take your monitoring and analysis game to the next level? As businesses increasingly shift to the cloud, migrating Graphite metrics to the cloud has become critical to unlocking the full potential of real-time performance monitoring. In this article, we'll guide you through migrating Graphite to the cloud and show you how to make the transition as smooth as possible. So grab a cup of coffee, and let's dive in!

Keeping Your Cloud Connections Clear: A Deep Dive into Azure Network Monitoring

Welcome to the exciting world of cloud computing, where everything is digital and the skies are always clear...or are they? With so many connections in the cloud, it's easy to get lost in a digital haze. That's where Azure Network Monitoring comes in! By keeping a watchful eye on your cloud connections, you can ensure that your data travels smoothly and your cloud experience remains crystal clear.

Greater organization insights through weekly activity reports emails

Keeping track of your project-related activities can be an overwhelming task. With so many projects, tickets, users, and deployments happening simultaneously, having a clear and simple high-level overview of your entire organization is a very welcome addition to any team. That’s why we’ve created our Weekly Organization Activity Reports which will help to keep you on top of changes across various Projects within your organization.

Top Reasons to Embrace a Hybrid Multi-Cloud Strategy

It is not always possible or necessary for an organization to rely solely on cloud resources. For example, requirements might call for on-premises infrastructure for privacy reasons. Alternatively, some organizations might use both on-premises infrastructure and public cloud services provided by companies like AWS, Azure, or Google.

How To Spot Cost Inefficiencies In Your Cloud

It’s almost impossible to create an optimized cloud system out of the gate and keep it running at a perfect balance over the long term. There’s almost always something that could benefit from some tweaks and adjustments. Cloud costs have a way of creeping up slowly while you’re not paying attention. And if you’re not careful, they can spiral out of control before you realize anything is happening.