The pandemic upended business for many or at the very least cast a grim shade of uncertainty, so, as many took to working from home, they also were commissioned with cutting waste. Among the biggest sources of misspend in 2020 – cloud services. And remote work may have actually spurred the problem, as organizations migrate more applications to the cloud to support these workers.
Goodbye May, Hello June! It’s summertime in the northern hemisphere and the sun is shining bright, along with updates we’ve got for you this month. The team at Moogsoft is working on a few big items that will be sure to put a smile on your face. But, lest we forget about some of the smaller items that help you day in and day out.
As organizations increase their cloud footprints, it becomes more and more important to implement access control monitoring for as many resources as possible. In previous playbooks, we have shown examples of AWS and Azure account monitoring, but the series would not be complete without also supporting Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
For our latest specialist interview in our series speaking to technology leaders from around the world, we’ve welcomed the COO of DNSFilter, Jen Ayers to share her insights from the world of cybersecurity including the latest trends she is seeing on the rise and what business leaders need to keep in mind for the rest of 2021.
When you’re planning to move a workload to the cloud, whether public or private, you need to select the best instance size and volume types to meet your needs. Sounds obvious, but the process is anything but.
Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) are key elements of any IT infrastructure. In large or growing organizations, however, successfully managing a CMDB is no easy feat. After all, IT Operations teams are responsible for managing tens of thousands of data points in dynamic environments. Lack of visibility, shallow troubleshooting, and the overall maintenance of a “healthy” CMDB can quickly lead to frustrations and result in expensive professional services support.
The recent ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline is reportedly one of the most significant cyberattacks on the energy sector till date, and it has overwhelmed cybersecurity experts across the globe.
Databricks is an orchestration platform for Apache Spark. Users can manage clusters and deploy Spark applications for highly performant data storage and processing. By hosting Databricks on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform, you can easily provision Spark clusters in order to run heavy workloads. And, with Databricks’s web-based workspace, teams can use interactive notebooks to share datasets and collaborate on analytics, machine learning, and streaming in the cloud.
