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VMware’s CloudHealth and Flexera market themselves as two of the best cloud management platforms today. For organizations with on-premises, cloud, and SaaS operations, both offer a wide range of enterprise-level tools and capabilities. Additionally, both companies offer cloud security, compliance, and governance solutions. Yet, each cloud governance platform has its strengths. Each has its tradeoffs. So, before you choose Flexera or CloudHealth, here’s what you need to know.

Azure Cosmos DB, offered by Microsoft as an integral part of the Azure cloud platform, is a multi-model database service with a global distribution. It efficiently partitions data for the creation of exceptionally scalable applications. Being a fully managed solution, Azure Cosmos DB relieves you of the responsibilities associated with database administration. It takes care of management tasks like updates and patches automatically.

To no one’s surprise, cloud adoption continues to be a focus for organizations of all sizes and verticals. However, for those who are used to the flexibility and adaptability that comes with customizing self-hosted software, moving to a SaaS offering and losing some of that customization can be a deal breaker. At JFrog, giving developers the freedom – and flexibility – to work however they want to has always been a central tenet to our offering.

CircleCI jobs can use OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity tokens to securely access cloud providers without having to store a static credential in CircleCI. This article describes how to access Azure resources using OpenID Connect (OIDC).

Migrating to the cloud, in whole or in part, can be tempting for organizations of all sizes. The cloud offers agility, potential cost savings, and scalability — all without a commitment to physical devices. But what about the risk? Migrating to the cloud can be a complicated undertaking with the potential for missteps and hidden expenses. You’ll need to take a careful look at why you want to migrate to the cloud, as well as do the work researching cloud vendors and migration approaches.

As we approach 2024, the DevOps and SRE landscapes continue to evolve, bringing forth a new generation of tools designed to enhance efficiency, scalability, and reliability in software development and operations. In this post, we'll dive into some of the most promising tools that are shaping the future of Continuous integration and deployment, monitoring and observability, infrastructure/application platforms, incident management & alerting, security, and diagramming.