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5 BIG BENEFITS OF CLOUD DEVOPS

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Cloud computing and DevOps are both game changing practices in their own right, but together they are a powerhouse of digital transformation. The benefits of using them together accelerate software development significantly as compared with development done in isolation. Industry predictions estimate more than 500 million new apps and services will hit the market within the next two years—almost all of them cloud-native. That’s equal to all the apps and services developed in the past 40 years. Magnified Benefits The inter-dependence of Cloud and DevOps is a potent combination that simplifies development and deployment. A basic element of DevOps is Infrastructure-as-a-Code (IaaS) and this is a fundamental aspect of Cloud computing. IaaS allows developers to provision resources at will to eliminate any inefficiencies associated in conventional infrastructure procurement. The union of Cloud and DevOps thus offers significant benefits; here are the top five Higher  Cost-efficiency Trad...

Six Ways to Optimize your Azure Cloud Costs

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One of the biggest reasons of moving to the cloud is reduced costs. But cloud computing can be tricky; failure to correctly assess requirements and identify best-fit services can end up costing an organization a lot more than they may have originally anticipated. If you’re moving to Azure or already have workloads on MS Azure, these are six areas where you can—and should— implement changes to realise significant savings using Azure’s cost-optimization tool, which comes integrated into Azure. It is also a cache for data collection and analysis. There are also other tools that Azure offers to help with your cost optimization and planning, for instance: Azure Advisor, Cloudyn, Azure Budgets, Cost Analysis and Cost Calculator. You can use these tools to monitor resource usage and spending and run comparisons with other cloud environments. The following six best practices have proven to help organizations better leverage their existing resources on Azure and optimize costs. Try them, you ha...

Meeting diverse compliances with a single solution: AWS Config.

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Enterprise sized organizations regularly allocate multiple AWS accounts to their various teams. In such an environment it can be a big challenge to keep track of all the accounts and ensure they meet different compliances. AWS Config service is indispensable in helping organizations check, and assess configurations of all these diverse AWS resources. By enabling continuous monitoring & recording of the different configurations AWS Config facilitates evaluations, helping organizations confirm to accepted governance norms. Non-Compliance Problems Without continuous compliance, an organization can experience problems such as inability to scale, or conduct thorough assessments, exhaust compliance events, and receive sub-optimal feedback. Scaling Failure Rapid, real-time changes demand rapid scaling. This is one of the prime benefits of a cloud environment. Lack of compliance, or manual compliance approach sabotages ability to scale rapidly. Inaccurate Assessments Changes are another re...

Increase Value, Agility and Scalability with AWS Serverless

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Serverless architecture frees organizations from routine infrastructure management and allows developers to focus on creating code and businesses to focus on meeting strategic goals. By abstracting infrastructure  and application development lifecycles, they provide a simplified environment for application development. AWS leads the race in Serverless with their Serverless platform that pools AWS services to provide end-to-end application development environment allowing developers to build and run applications without the routine management tasks associated with servers. This means businesses using AWS Serverless service now enjoy the following benefits: Enhanced IT agility With no need to spend time and effort in management and configuration of infrastructure, developers are free to focus on core tasks like writing code, building application logic, etc. Eliminates time and effort expended in administration and provisioning of IT resources. Reduces time-to-market and turnaround ti...

Get future-ready with Cloud Native Applications

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Almost every business today, from startups to global MNCs has, to some extent or the other begun its digital transformation process. Many have shifted their applications from their own premises to the cloud. However, all-too-often this shift is done en masse, i.e. without any restructuring to the new environment. With work-from-home becoming increasingly ubiquitous, businesses are now struggling to scale applications—especially those needed by employees and customers—to match demand. The best way to realize the full value of the cloud is by going native right from the outset. This means developing applications in the cloud from the get-go. Advantages Faster Development and Turnarounds Going cloud-native puts automated elements at your disposal, giving you the ability to innovate, update, and launch at speed. It also enables seamless data gathering which, with advanced analytics, will enable you to make more insightful decisions. Scalability As your business grows, perhaps to new market...

Five Reasons to Choose Veeam for your Data Backup and Recovery

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As businesses grow so do the platforms and applications running within their environments, this, in turn, increases the complexity facing businesses coping with building and maintaining adequate, robust, and secure storage. One solution that stands out for its ability to protect your data from issues like ransomware and cyber attackers while ensuring instant availability is Veeam Data Backup & Recovery. And for 5 very good reasons. 1) Number 1 by Design Gartner, in their October 2019 Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery, ranks   Veeam   at the top, for many reasons including cloud data backup and hybrid-cloud backup capabilities, Veeam’s comprehensive network of partners, and system integrators, ease-of-use, and simple deployment process. Veeam’s intuitive and user-friendly console is designed to enable quick and flexible backups and recovery and replication of all your applications and data wherever they may be deployed—virtual or physical. 2) The All-In-One...

The Six-Factor Checklist to Identify the Best Cloud Partner

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Cloud adoption has become the norm, and the Covid pandemic, with its accompanying new normal of Work From Home, has given this a major impetus. According to Gartner, IT spending is slated to accelerate until 2024—by approximately fifteen percent. Gartner has also forecast potential overspending by twenty to fifty percent through to 2024 by up to eighty percent of cloud adopters who are not aware of mis-steps or mistakes made during their cloud adoption. In order to experience the benefits of cloud computing it is vital for infrastructure and operations managers to ensure compliance with best practices as they navigate their digital transformation roadmap. Unquestionably the responsibility for assessing that cloud maturity benchmarks have been met is on Infra & Ops leaders. By following best practices and applying learnings from earlier cloud adopters, they can enhance cost saving, improve optimization and pre-empt risks. The first and foremost step in doing this is to select the co...