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Cascading Failures Aren't Inevitable: Lessons from the AWS DNS Outage

AWS outages grab headlines because they affect millions, but the root cause often comes down to something invisible: DNS failures and cascading service dependencies. The complexity of modern cloud systems, combined with the advanced technology powering platforms like AWS, makes these outages particularly challenging to diagnose and resolve. The recent AWS outage proves one thing: you can't prevent every DNS issue, but you can create resilient architectures and prevent a single failure from taking down your entire service if you test for it.

Using Google Cloud Billing Tools For Cost Control

If you’ve ever opened your Google Cloud bill and felt confused, you’re not alone. Costs in GCP can spike up fast. One project here, a few APIs there, until the total looks nothing like what you expected. That’s because Google Cloud pricing is built for flexibility. You pay for what you use, across dozens of services, each with its own rules, discounts, and data charges. It’s robust, but also easy to lose sight of what’s driving your spend. The good news?

Your Cloud Economics Pulse For November 2025

Welcome to CloudZero’s inaugural Cloud Economics Pulse! This is our monthly snapshot of how cloud spend is evolving across providers, services, and emerging AI workloads. Each month, we’ll surface key trends, highlight where the money’s moving in cloud spend, and offer practical insight to help FinOps and cloud cost teams stay on top of things. October — and preceding months — shows a turbulent stretch for cloud economics.

Protecting Sensitive Information in an Era of Digital Transformation

You might worry about keeping your personal or work data safe as more things move online. In 2023, over half of large companies reported some type of data breach. This blog will show simple ways to protect sensitive information using smart tools and habits. Start learning now to stay ahead of new digital threats!

How companies in India are using Civo to improve their cloud costs and data sovereignty

As the Indian cloud market continues to grow, businesses are increasingly looking for ways to manage their cloud costs effectively while ensuring data sovereignty. At Civo, we've seen firsthand how our cloud and AI platform can help companies achieve these goals. In this blog, we'll explore how three of our customers in India - KubeNine, BeezLabs, and OpsMx - have leveraged Civo to improve their cloud costs and data sovereignty.

When Cloud Providers Have an Outage, Your Feature Flags Shouldn't

Cloud outage? Your flags should keep running. Harness Feature Management ensures seamless feature delivery with instant SDK fallback, local decisioning, and a globally distributed streaming architecture—no redeploys required. Over the past few weeks, the software industry has experienced multiple cloud outages that have caused widespread disruptions across hundreds of applications and services. When systems went down, the difference between chaos and continuity came down to architecture.

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Let’s break down why this matters, and how it can change the way you approach building and running applications. You want database power without getting bogged down in tooling and config. Most of your week should be building features, not hunting for connection strings or maintaining bespoke infra scripts. Developers tell us they just want to code and solve application problems, with minimal platform friction.

Open source vs commercial AI: choosing the right path for your business

This blog is based on a presentation by Guillaume, Field Chief Technology Officer at Upsun, and Robert from Ilwiin Technology during the AI Action Summit. The original French presentation has been translated and edited for clarity and accuracy. The AI field is advancing significantly, presenting organizations with the question: Should they choose open-source or commercial AI models? This choice impacts everything from costs and data privacy to long-term business strategy.