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Comprehensive observability is critical for running performant, reliable, and secure serverless workloads. However, configuring and maintaining that visibility across hundreds or thousands of serverless functions can be difficult to scale and sustain. Developers across teams often manage serverless functions using different infrastructure as code (IaC) frameworks, as well as different review, deployment, and update processes.

As organizations increasingly embrace digital transformation, cloud agility has become a critical priority. Yet, the promise of cloud-native speed and flexibility often comes with trade-offs: loss of control, unpredictable costs, and operational complexity. Many companies find themselves stuck between the desire for agility and the reality of legacy infrastructure or regulatory constraints. At Civo, we don't think you have to choose. We’ve spent years helping teams navigate this tension.

Think about how airlines assign seats on a plane. Some have extra legroom. Some sit near exits. Some are cheaper, while others cost a premium. Certain passengers also have strict requirements, like families traveling together or travelers who paid for a specific class. Now imagine boarding everyone randomly. A passenger who paid for extra legroom (perhaps for health reasons) ends up squeezed into a middle seat. Families scatter across the cabin. Premium seats sit half empty while the back rows overflow.

2025 was a tough year for businesses, with slow growth, high costs, cyber risks and geopolitical uncertainties all contributing to a challenging climate. More than ever, businesses must innovate to survive and grow, and digital infrastructure will play a key role in 2026. Last year I predicted a pivotal year for cloud strategy, with repatriation gaining momentum due to shifting legislative, geopolitical, and technological pressures. This trend has accelerated, with a growing focus on data sovereignty.

Happy New Year, everyone! 2025 was another exciting year filled with impressive AI advancements. As you might expect, some significant cost changes accompanied these new developments. Because reflecting on the past is one of the best ways to prepare for an even stronger future, here’s your end-of-2025 headline round-up, complete with what you can expect going forward into 2026: Get caught up on the details below.

Modern SaaS companies aren’t reporting weaker margins because they forgot to rightsize instances or buy reservations. It’s more because cloud spend now moves at the speed of AI experiments, overnight shifts in customer usage, and automated systems that scale in seconds. That’s why the next generation of cloud cost optimization strategies looks fundamentally different from what worked even two years ago.

“Cut spending!” “Slash costs!” “Stick to the budget!” Poke your head into almost any finance meeting in a SaaS company and you’re likely to hear one or more of the above phrases played on repeat. At first glance it makes sense: Costs are increasing, so we should reduce them. I’d like to challenge that narrative. Mature companies don’t care about cloud costs.

The best thing about moving into a new home is getting to call it your own. But the second-best thing is coming up with funny Wifi names you can tell your friends about. As people say, “home is where the Wifi connects automatically!” And you certainly shouldn't leave its name up to chance. While setting up your internet is one of the first things you do after moving, simply connecting to a random scramble of characters does not feel very personal, does it?