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Grafana vs. Power BI – This is often a confusing decision for people wanting to select a data visualization and analytics tool with visually appealing and interactive insights. In this article, we highlight the features and benefits of both tools —Grafana and Power BI, bringing out their key differences to help you make a better decision. If you're interested in trying it out for yourself, sign up for our free trial.

The Cloud infrastructure solution has been around for many years now and has been proven that it can optimize your operations, reduce costs, and boost the efficiencies of developers. Thanks to these benefits, organizations of all sizes in different industries are considering moving into the Cloud infrastructure if they haven’t. This article will explore the world of cloud infrastructure, helping you determine if it is the right fit for your organization.

Over the past 5 years, the average server rack density increased from 5kW to 8-10kW, prompting temperature rises in the data center. These temperature increases can become a major issue if not handled properly. Maintaining the correct temperature is extremely important because nearly 30% of unplanned data center outages are caused by environment issues. Not monitoring and analyzing your environment can have a negative impact on energy and resource efficiency.

VMware’s CloudHealth and Flexera market themselves as two of the best cloud management platforms today. For organizations with on-premises, cloud, and SaaS operations, both offer a wide range of enterprise-level tools and capabilities. Additionally, both companies offer cloud security, compliance, and governance solutions. Yet, each cloud governance platform has its strengths. Each has its tradeoffs. So, before you choose Flexera or CloudHealth, here’s what you need to know.

Azure Cosmos DB, offered by Microsoft as an integral part of the Azure cloud platform, is a multi-model database service with a global distribution. It efficiently partitions data for the creation of exceptionally scalable applications. Being a fully managed solution, Azure Cosmos DB relieves you of the responsibilities associated with database administration. It takes care of management tasks like updates and patches automatically.

To no one’s surprise, cloud adoption continues to be a focus for organizations of all sizes and verticals. However, for those who are used to the flexibility and adaptability that comes with customizing self-hosted software, moving to a SaaS offering and losing some of that customization can be a deal breaker. At JFrog, giving developers the freedom – and flexibility – to work however they want to has always been a central tenet to our offering.

CircleCI jobs can use OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity tokens to securely access cloud providers without having to store a static credential in CircleCI. This article describes how to access Azure resources using OpenID Connect (OIDC).