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Cloud Cost Optimization FinOps

FinOps vs DevOps: Key Differences and What Each Role Requires

Before widespread cloud adoption, the cloud’s major selling point was a reduction in computing costs. Today, however, many organizations find themselves mired in increasingly costly and complex cloud environments, even forcing industry leaders such as Nvidia back toward on-prem setups. The priorities upheld by DevOps throughout the last decade have played a major role in […]

Cloud Cost Optimization FinOps

FinOps for Kubernetes: How to Reduce Costs in K8s Environments

Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is a container orchestration platform built on open-source principles. Offering a hard-hitting combination of container management and load balancing across multiple hosts, software developers are provided a major boon. Intricate deployment tasks can now be automated, accelerating development and release cycles.  As a result, Kubernetes is one of the fastest […]

Cloud Cost Optimization FinOps

The Cost of Cloud Complexity: What is Cloud Spend Management?

Cloud infrastructure comprises vast swathes of interconnected components. Offering unparalleled scalability and resources, businesses have spent the last decade exploring the cloud’s hyper-agile tools – to great innovation. Between 2010 and 2023, the global cloud computing market grew from $24.63 billion to $600 billion; cloud migration has upended industries and, on the surface, shows no […]

Cloud Cost Optimization FinOps

What is FinOps? The Complete Guide

While cloud-computing supports immense innovation – providing limitless resources in the pursuit of greater output and agility – public cloud end-user spending is projected to reach a staggering $600 billion this year. Hyperscale cloud vendors remain driving forces behind this growth, having proven their salt as highly strategic launchpads for digital transformation. The competition for […]

Cloud Cost Optimization FinOps

Using FinOps as a Strategic Approach for Business Expansion

FinOps is a strategic framework designed to manage and optimize cloud costs effectively. It’s a transformative approach that brings financial accountability to the forefront of the variable spend model of cloud computing. This model allows businesses to gain a firm grip on their cloud expenses, ensuring that every dollar spent is accounted for and utilized […]

Cloud Cost Optimization FinOps

AWS Data Transfer Cost Optimization: Everything You Need to Know

While AWS services provide a wealth of mission-critical services – storing over 2.2 trillion objects in S3 – many organizations are left floundering in the solution’s complex pricing structures. Spanning transfer types and geographies, data transfer costs can be hugely unpredictable and rapidly get out of hand.  Below, we leverage decades of industry experience to […]

Cloud Cost Optimization FinOps

Real-Life Use Case: Automated K8s Optimization Cuts 91% of FinTech Firm’s Cloud Costs

Containers are the foundation of today’s hyper-agile DevOps landscape. Developers can enjoy the reliability of a single environment to run code, with no unexpected hiccups or changes between testing and production. Segmented applications benefit from faster and more efficient delivery, as each functionality evolves via its own isolated lifecycle. As powerful as the foundation that […]

Cloud Cost Optimization FinOps

Is FinOps as a Service Really Worth It?

Firms are battling to regulate their cloud costs and obtain the right return on investment as cloud expansion advances. Besides the financial burden, a rising technological burden can be intimidating. For non-tech-savvy businesses, taking on this responsibility can be overwhelming and difficult to understand. Business owners ask themselves, what do they need? What can they […]

Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Long-Term LastPass Breach Sounds Alarm For Static Credentials

LastPass’ password management service has introduced millions of users to the convenience and security of unique passwords. Across mobile and browser, LastPass promises a near-passwordless experience for millions of individuals and over 100,000 businesses. However, recent news threatens to drop a bombshell on credential-based security.  The Year-Long LastPass Dual Breach  In August 2022, LastPass released […]

SD-WAN and SASE

You’ll Need Zero Trust, But You Won’t Get It with a VPN

Properly implemented, a zero trust architecture provides much more granular and effective security than legacy security models. However, this is only true if a zero trust initiative is supported with the right tools. Legacy solutions, such as virtual private networks (VPNs), lack the capabilities necessary to implement a zero trust security strategy. Zero Trust Security is […]

SD-WAN and SASE

4 Ways Where Remote Access VPNs Fall Short

The Global Content Delivery Network (CDN) market is expected to grow by $42.4 billion between now and 2032.

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

What is a Content Delivery Network? CDN Explained

A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a globally distributed network of web servers or Points of Presence (PoP) whose purpose is to provide faster content delivery. The content is replicated and stored throughout the CDN so the user can access the data that is stored at a location that is geographically closest to the user. […]