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Why Use Storage as a Service

Most businesses are moving towards Storage as a Service for their data storage needs, and for good reasons. Storage as a Service (STaaS) is not synonymous with cloud storage, although cloud storage can be part of the model. STaas refers to outsourcing your data storage needs to a third party. You can choose to have the infrastructure on your premises and manage it using your existing IT personnel and resources or have the third-party vendor handle everything offsite. Regardless of your choice, Storage as a Service comes with numerous advantages for your business. Here are a few reasons you should consider STaaS if you haven't yet.

Cloud computing is set for a massive spending boost in 2022

Businesses’ growing desire for more and more public cloud services is showing no signs of slowing down, according to the latest figures from Gartner. The analyst house predicted global public cloud spending will rise 20.4% in 2022 to a total of $494.7 billion, up from $410.9 billion in 2021. In 2023, Gartner predicts end-user spending on public cloud computing will reach nearly $600 billion.

Troubleshoot directly from any replay with Browser Dev Tools

Session Replay now includes Browser Dev Tools, a new feature that enables engineers to identify and debug the root causes of issues even faster by exposing key information about a playback session, such as network performance bottlenecks and any console log errors. This wealth of surrounding context will make it easier to trace frontend incidents throughout your application and remediate larger, ongoing issues.

How to Speed Up Amazon ECS Container Deployments

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a fully managed container orchestration service that makes it easy for you to deploy, manage and scale containerized applications. Although ECS is a managed service and hides many complexities under the hood, there have been many cases where startups have not been able to take full advantage of ECS due to slow deployments. In this article, we will share some tips to improve deployment speed on ECS. We will try to cover both EC2 tasks and Fargate tasks.

Try Kubernetes 1.24 release candidate with MicroK8s

The latest Kubernetes release, 1.24, is about to be made generally available. Today, the community announced the availability of the 1.24 release candidate. Developers, DevOps and other cloud and open source enthusiasts who want to experiment with the latest cutting edge K8s features can already do so easily with MicroK8s.

SRE Adoption | A 2-Year Retrospective (From A Business Point-Of-View)

This month I hit my 2-year anniversary with Blameless and as our industry progresses and matures, I thought it would be a good opportunity to look back and review how far we have come and also ruminate on where we’re headed. Our shared vision at Blameless is to help engineering teams adopt reliability practices with ease and advance to a resilient culture.

Functional vs non-functional software testing

When you think of software testing, what comes up first? For many developers, unit tests and integration tests are often top of mind. Both software testing methods are vital to writing and maintaining a high-quality production codebase. But they are not sufficient on their own. Your team’s testing practice should assess the entire application, observe the larger story of how it operates when functioning correctly, and raise alarms when deviations are found.

The next-gen open source financial services cloud

The financial services industry has evolved at an astonishing rate in recent years, underpinned by rapid advances in technology. Financial institutions (FIs) are digitising their customer journeys and scaling-up transformation. Cloud is a catalyst for enterprise business transformation and is a focus for C-suite executives and board members of financial services organisations.

2bcloud Architects Housetable's Secure AWS Environment, Providing Compliance & ML Functionality

Housetable uses AI and Data Science to predict what customer’s homes will be worth after renovation, to support users in securing financing that takes into account the real value of their property. With its AI-powered renovation intelligence, customers can enjoy a 100% digital experience with quick application via mobile app, dynamic approvals, and integrated payments both from banks and directly to contractors.