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7 Cloudability Alternatives To Boost Cloud Control

If you are fine using a conventional cloud cost management tool, Apptio’s Cloudability can be a helpful tool. It promises to enable DevOps, IT, and finance to optimize cloud resources for quality, speed, and cost. A large business with a high cloud spend, a team of 5-10 engineers, and a budget for expert guidance is an ideal match for Cloudability.

Densify 3.0: Introducing Cloudex, Smarter K8s Automation, and Enhanced API Power

We’re excited to announce the release of Densify 3.0, a major step forward in our mission to deliver precision-driven cloud optimization across Kubernetes and public cloud environments. This release brings to life a new user experience, powerful automation capabilities, richer data insights, and smarter APIs—all designed to simplify and scale your optimization journey.

The Future of Cloud Data & AI/ML with Google's Engineering Lead

Explore the future of AI and data analytics with Google Engineering Lead Samarth Shah. From Lakehouse architectures to Tiny Models at the edge, Samarth breaks down the key trends shaping cloud-native analytics. Gain insights into augmented analytics, data governance, and real-time intelligence in this forward-looking session from Civo Navigate San Francisco 2025.

DevOps project management: A comprehensive guide for startups

DevOps teams in startups face a unique challenge: delivering reliable systems with limited resources while keeping pace with rapid growth and change. But search for "DevOps project management," and you'll find yourself drowning in enterprise frameworks, complex methodologies, and expensive tools that seem disconnected from startup realities. It's hard to know which approaches actually work when you're operating with constraints on time, budget, and personnel.

Continuous testing in DevOps: The missing piece for reliable systems

Reliable, high-performing systems are the lifeblood of modern digital businesses. But it's hard to know where to start, especially when you're a startup with limited resources and a small DevOps or SRE team. Fortunately, effective continuous testing doesn't have to be overly complicated. In this guide, we'll break down the essential components of continuous testing in DevOps, with special attention to the often-overlooked monitoring aspect that can make or break your testing strategy.
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How to Configure OpenTelemetry as an Agent with the Carbon Exporter

If you're already using OpenTelemetry for tracing and logs, adding otelcol-contrib as an agent for system metrics just makes sense. It keeps everything in the same pipeline, so you're not juggling multiple monitoring tools or dealing with inconsistent data formats. Plus, with built-in support for host metrics, custom processing, and direct exports to Graphite, it's a solid way to ship performance data without extra overhead. In this article, we'll detail how to install the OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib distribution, and configure it to export system performance metrics to a Graphite datasource.

Unlock Cheaper & Faster AI Testing: Mocking Claude and MCP

Generative AI is quickly becoming ubiquitous in the software development space, with tools like Anthropic’s Claude offering rapid methodologies for code iteration, testing, and deployment. As new solutions, such as MCP (Model Context Protocol), are created to make integration more seamless, enterprises are adopting these AI solutions to optimize their development processes, a familiar challenge repeatedly arises: cost.

The Cloud Has Made Us Reckless! It's Time to Reclaim Control

Tim Banks takes the stage at Civo Navigate San Francisco 2025 to explore the unintended consequences of cloud adoption. From runaway AWS bills to vendor lock-in and lost operational skills, Tim offers a thought-provoking look at how convenience in the cloud has come at a cost to resilience, privacy, and sustainability.

Optimizing IoT and edge with Ubuntu: secure, simplify, scale

From IoT to edge computing, Ubuntu helps you secure, simplify, and scale device deployments with confidence. In this session, Gabriel Aguiar Noury (Product Manager) and Tabish Khan (Sales Director IoT) from Canonical explore how Ubuntu streamlines the deployment, management, and maintenance of embedded systems, without compromising on reliability or security. Whether you’re building next-gen hardware or optimizing existing infrastructure, this talk offers practical insights and tools to help you succeed.