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The latest News and Information on Cloud monitoring, security and related technologies.

Observing container environments with Cloud Operations

Did you know GKE isn’t the only place you can run containers in Google Cloud? In this episode of Engineering for Reliability, we show three options for running containers, as well as how to instrument each one for observability with Cloud Operations. Watch to learn how Cloud operations can help visualize metrics and analyze logs emitted by container workloads running on GKE, on Cloud Run, and on an Anthos cluster!

Will Cloudflare R2 Win Customers from Amazon S3?

Cloudflare just announced Cloudflare R2, a cloud object storage service with some incredible features. Keep in mind, it is currently in early access so we don’t know everything yet. Cloudflare R2 promises to solve three main problems that make incumbent providers like Amazon S3 more complicated: It also offers a supposedly easy migration from S3-compatible storage buckets, and automatic replication of “blobs” across the world. In this post, I’m going to cover the following: ‍

Cloudflare R2 vs Amazon S3

Cloudflare R2 is a new cloud object storage provider with an eye towards stealing market share from Amazon S3 by offering cheaper object storage that is S3-compatible. This value proposition resonates with many developers because Amazon S3, while powerful and deeply embedded with the rest of the AWS ecosystem, is expensive to use. AWS has also not made any price reductions for Amazon S3 since 2016, whereas some of its other staple services have seen significant price reductions.

Automating Cloud Security Posture Management Remediation

When we discuss cybersecurity and the threat of cyber attacks, many may conjure up the image of skillful hackers launching their attacks by way of undiscovered vulnerabilities or using cutting-edge technology. While this may be the case for some attacks, more often than not, vulnerabilities are revealed as a result of careless configuration and inattention to detail. Doors are left open and provide opportunities for attacks.

Insurance Claim Process Managed and Monitored with Serverless360

In recent times cloud computing has played a significant role in various domains. In this blog, we will look at how Serverless360 helps these domains fulfill their business needs. We will explore a global insurance provider’s business need with regional offices in several territories and partners in many countries who need to manage policies and contracts and submit claims from different countries to the customer to reduce the processing overhead and maximize automation opportunities.

Mastering AWS identity and access management

From the basic to advanced concepts of AWS own service for identity and access management: users, groups, permissions for resources and much more. For seriously working with AWS, there’s no way around its Identity and Access Management (IAM) service. Skipping to understand its core principles will bite you again and again in the future️. Take the time to do a deep dive, so you won’t be frustrated later.

An overview of ServiceDesk Plus Cloud's integrations with Microsoft services (Cloud)

In this webinar, we'll explore the different Microsoft integrations available for ServiceDesk Plus Cloud and explain how they help you connect your service desk with your end users' digital workspace. Learn to leverage Microsoft services to improve your service desk operations and build a cohesive workspace for your users. Watch related videos: Follow us on social.

Better Kubernetes application monitoring with GKE workload metrics

The newly released 2021 Accelerate State of DevOps Report found that teams who excel at modern operational practices are 1.4 times more likely to report greater software delivery and operational performance and 1.8 times more likely to report better business outcomes. A foundational element of modern operational practices is having monitoring tooling in place to track, analyze, and alert on important metrics.