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What's really changing in Microsoft Licensing - A real talk with Alexander Golev

Jun 24, 2025 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
In this episode of the FinOps on Azure podcast, host Michael Stephenson is joined by Alexander Golev from SAM Expert for an honest conversation about what's really changing in Microsoft licensing. With decades of experience in software asset management, Alexander breaks down the shift from traditional licensing to more flexible, consumption-based models -highlighting the role of Azure Arc, the growing complexity of AI licensing, and the importance of collaboration across IT, finance, and procurement.
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Getting started with Cloudflare dashboards

Jun 23, 2025 By Sameer Mhaisekar In Squared Up
Cloudflare is a widely adopted web performance and security platform, best known for its CDN, DDoS protection, and DNS services. While it provides rich telemetry and real-time analytics, the sheer volume and complexity of the data can make it hard to identify key trends or issues at a glance. This is where a solution like SquaredUp (or another dashboarding tool) comes in.
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A Beginner's Guide To Amazon RDS Pricing

Jun 23, 2025 By CloudZero In CloudZero
Amazon promotes its RDS as a scalable, high-performing alternative to traditional databases, backed by automation and reliability. It’s popular among teams looking to offload maintenance and improve availability. But while the service is robust, costs can rise quickly depending on how it’s used. This guide explains how Amazon RDS pricing works. In addition, we’ll discuss how to understand, optimize, and view your RDS costs. But first…
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AWS FinOps: 15 Tools For Cost Visibility And Control

Jun 20, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
AWS remains the largest cloud service provider (CSP) of the 21st century. It also provides over 240 cloud-based products and services. In some cases, these services help customers like you collect, analyze, and act on data about cloud usage and related costs. In this post, we explore how AWS services support FinOps’ best practices, including the features they offer. If you are looking for even more robust AWS FinOps tools, we will also include third-party platforms.
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Myth #4 of Kubernetes Resource Optimization: Manual Tuning

Jun 20, 2025 By Pepperdata In Pepperdata
In this blog series we’ve been examining the Five Myths of Kubernetes Resource Optimization. The fourth myth we’re considering relates to a common misunderstanding held by many Kubernetes practitioners: manual application tuning can increase resource utilization in my applications. Let’s dive into it.
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Why Fast-Track Programs Are Perfect for Career Changers in Tech

Why Fast-Track Programs Are Perfect for Career Changers in Tech

Jun 20, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
People move into tech every day. Some come from jobs in customer service, retail, education, or even healthcare. If you want to switch lanes and move into something more stable or better paid, cloud tech is one of the best routes right now. And fast-track programs can make that shift a lot smoother. You don't need to spend four years in school. You dont need to know how to code right away either. You just need the right training to get started.
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Managed IT Services in Mississauga: Reliable Solutions

Managed IT Services in Mississauga: Reliable Solutions

Jun 19, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
In today's fast-paced business environment, having reliable IT support is crucial for success. Companies in Mississauga are no exception, as they face unique challenges in maintaining their technology infrastructure. With the increasing demand for efficient and secure IT systems, businesses are turning to managed IT services to stay ahead of the curve.
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AWS Vs. GCP: Which Platform Offers Better Pricing?

Jun 18, 2025 By Cody Slingerland In CloudZero
Although Amazon Web Services (AWS) still holds about a third of the cloud services market, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has grown rapidly in recent years. Among the reasons for GCP’s rapid adoption is its simpler pricing structure compared to Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Is that really the case? And how do AWS and GCP pricing differ? But first, a quick background.
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What we learned from load testing Shopware at scale

Jun 18, 2025 By Vincenzo Russo In Upsun
We ran real-world load tests across seven different infrastructure plans—from Grid to Dedicated Split—using realistic conversion rates, bot traffic blends, and ERP-driven API imports. The findings were clear: performance scales predictably with resources, but only if your code, cache, and configuration keep up. This blog post walks through key results, why API load is disproportionately expensive, and what metrics matter most. How well does Shopware actually perform under load?
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Visualize Google Cloud BigQuery data in Grafana: the latest updates, key features, and more

Jun 18, 2025 By Kristin Knapp In Grafana
Here at Grafana Labs, our commitment to our “big tent” philosophy runs deep. We prioritize interoperability and flexibility within our observability solutions, and believe you should be able to connect to and visualize data from a wide range of sources, including both open source and commercial technologies. Our rich ecosystem of Grafana data sources directly reflects these values — and today, we’re excited to share a recent milestone related to that ecosystem.
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