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In this ecosystem update, we share details of the latest additions to the Console Connect platform. This includes our expansion into Thailand with 13 new enabled data centre locations plus new cloud on-ramps available globally, giving you greater flexibility and choice to connect worldwide. Thailand is one of Asia’s fastest-growing digital hubs.

From the time I joined CloudZero almost two years ago, one thing was unmistakably clear: the team here had built the most powerful cost allocation engine in the FinOps industry. It was also clear that this power came with something of a tradeoff. While engineers and technical FinOps practitioners loved what our YAML-based CostFormation engine could do, the experience wasn’t always simple for non-technical people getting their hands on the product for the first time.

Your CFO just asked why cloud costs jumped 40% last quarter. You pull up your dashboards, confident in your tagging strategy, until you realize 30% of your spend is labeled ‘unallocated’. This is the moment every FinOps team dreads. It reveals a hidden complexity that even mature organizations struggle with: the challenge of accurately allocating cloud costs in a way that’s both granular enough to be actionable and trusted enough to drive decisions.

Master Kubernetes deployment strategies: Rolling Update, Recreate, Blue/Green, and Canary. Learn the pros, cons, and use cases to choose the right strategy based on your uptime, risk tolerance, and resources. Simplify complex rollouts with automation.

Manually sharing mobile app builds with Quality Assurance (QA) engineers can be a tedious and error-prone process. Developers often find themselves exporting.apk or.ipa files, uploading them to Google Drive or Dropbox, and then pinging the QA team on Slack to announce the upload, all while juggling deadline and code reviews. This manual process not only slows down feedback cycles but also leaves room for human error, miscommunication, or outdated builds being tested.