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How DevOps Can Reduce the Runaway Waste and Cost of Autoscaling

Autoscaling is the process of automatically increasing or decreasing the computational resources delivered to a cloud workload based on need. This typically means adding or reducing active servers (instances) that are leveraged against your workload within an infrastructure.

Learn How to Simplify Kubernetes Performance Management | Pepperdata

Complex applications running on Kubernetes scale super fast, but this can create visibility gaps that can make detecting and troubleshooting Kubernetes issues as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. Although Docker and Kubernetes are now becoming standard components when building and orchestrating applications, you’re still responsible for managing the performance of applications built atop this new stack.

Datadog Cloudsmith Integration

Cloudsmith is happy to announce an integration with Datadog to help our customers monitor their Cloudsmith account. Datadog is an observability service for cloud-scale apps, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services through a SaaS based data analytics platform. At Cloudsmith we are big fans of Datadog and use it to monitor and visualize how our system is performing across a range of services and tools.

Kubernetes Fully Managed: Overcoming CIOs challenges

Kubernetes is everywhere! In the public and private cloud, and from the enterprise to startups, the majority of IT executives around the world have explored Kubernetes, and how it has evolved the way many organisations are developing and deploying their applications. But what is scary about it, and how can organisations better leverage one of the greatest tools in the field while overcoming the biggest challenges facing CIOs when adopting Kubernetes?

Ubuntu optimised for Intel processors accelerates adoption of IoT innovations

2 November 2021: Canonical published the first Ubuntu images optimised for the next generation of Intel IoT platforms, which address the unique requirements of the intelligent edge across multiple industry verticals. Both companies are dedicated to enabling on Ubuntu the Intel IoT platforms’ specific features such as real-time performance, manageability, security, and functional safety, as well as allowing users to take advantage of their improved CPU and graphics performance.

What is Microsoft Azure Portal and its Benefits?

With the help of its continually growing global network of data centres, Microsoft has developed Azure, a cloud platform for developing, deploying, and managing services and applications from any location. Azure is available now. Azure’s platform as a service (PaaS) approach allows you to add cloud capabilities to your current network, while its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) model allows you to entrust Microsoft with all of your computing and network requirements (IaaS).

Securing the Open-Source supply chain with Ubuntu Pro on Google Cloud

It’s official: since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercrime has increased by 600%. Among these, ransomware attacks are estimated to cost $6 trillion in 2021 alone. And there were nearly 550,000 ransomware attacks per day in 2020. The question is: are your workloads secure enough? In this blog, we will discuss how to make your Open Source workloads more secure in one second.

All You Need To Know About MPLS Networks

Since the turn of the century, Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) has been the de facto technology for providing organisations with a robust way of connecting branch offices and important sites like corporate headquarters or private data centres. In this blog, we look at how the role of MPLS networks has evolved alongside the emergence of new networking technologies.

Application Modernization With Azure

By running your applications and data on Azure, you get the innovation, flexibility, and affordability you need to more easily modernize and digitally transform your business, backed by the premium security policies and services you expect from Microsoft. Whether your goal is to make better decisions, perform important tasks faster, build apps more efficiently, drive profitability, or anything in between, #Microsoft and #Azure can provide your organization with the right tools to bring #applications and #data together and get the job done.