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DevOps teams combine development and operations to boost productivity at work. For this to happen, the professionals must possess the right skills, knowledge of the right tools and the DevOps mindset. This makes it an interesting department to work in as, over time, you’ll be able to build a portfolio of soft and hard skills that will be useful in different spaces.

Cloud repatriation is undoubtedly one of the hottest trends in the cloud infrastructure space as of 2023. It enables organisations to regain control of their cloud spend, workloads and data. According to a report on cloud repatriation by 451 Research group, 48% of IT decision makers confirmed that they had moved their applications away from hyperscalers to other venues in 2021.

Azure Blob Storage is a popular cloud storage solution that is both scalable and cost-effective. However, as organizations store more and more data, their storage costs can quickly get out of control. In this article, we will discuss five cost-effective tips for Azure Blob Storage, including how our software Cloud Storage Manager can help you manage your Azure Blob Storage more effectively.

In today’s fast-paced digital world, data is the lifeblood of businesses. As organizations generate more data than ever before, managing and storing that data has become a significant challenge. Cloud storage solutions such as Azure Storage have made it easier to manage and store large amounts of data, but with growth comes complexity. In this article, we will explore the challenges of Azure Storage growth and provide tips for effectively managing and optimizing your data.

In this series of blog posts, we speak with database professionals from Financial Services organizations around the world to better understand how DevOps is shaping the sector. On the way, we dig into key current factors including the rise of technology upstarts in fintech and insurtech, the speed of digital transformation and the ever-increasing threat of cyberattacks. First up, we speak with Hamish Watson, DevOps Alchemist and Managing Director at Morph IT Consulting.

With System Center Orchestrator 2022, Orchestrator has undergone the largest update since Microsoft bought it in 2010. This has massively extended its longevity for on-premise IT teams across the globe, this release comes with extended support until 2032.

Monitoring infrastructure is an essential process for any organization. It is crucial to have visibility into the operations of your systems to detect and resolve any issues that may arise. It ensures the performance, accessibility, and security of your systems and applications. Fortunately, various tools, notably the open-source monitoring system Graphite, can assist with this.

In big data, relational, non-relational, and other storage technologies are frequently used to store raw, disorganized data. Yet, raw data alone lacks the context or meaning to offer analysts, data scientists, or business decision-makers actionable insights. To transform these massive stores of raw data into usable business insights, big data requires a service that can orchestrate and operationalize processes.

PagerDuty provides a SaaS-based platform that enables developers, DevOps, IT operations, and business leaders to prevent and resolve incidents that could potentially impact customer experience. This platform allows organizations to proactively manage events that may affect customers across their IT environment, which is crucial for maintaining customer satisfaction, revenue, and brand reputation.

ESXi clusters involve a combination of ESXi hosts, VMware services, and vCenter to optimize load balancing, availability, and resource management for virtual machines (VMs). These clusters feature a vCenter server that centralizes the management process to facilitate shared resources that drive higher availability, scalability, and load-balancing capabilities.