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10 Top FinOps Tools for Your Cloud Cost Optimization Toolbox
By DoiTOct 22, 202414 min read

10 Top FinOps Tools for Your Cloud Cost Optimization Toolbox

Managing cloud spending is a big challenge for finance leaders, especially as organizations increasingly rely on cloud resources to power operations. Many struggle to maintain cost efficiency in the face of rapidly growing, unpredictable cloud costs and a lack of clear visibility into where that money is going. The solution is finding the right (albeit […]

AWS EC2: Costs, Benefits, Features, and Best Practices
By DoiTOct 22, 202417 min read

AWS EC2: Costs, Benefits, Features, and Best Practices

When it comes to today’s fast-paced digital landscape—regardless of the industry—businesses are continuing to embrace cloud computing to foster innovation, enhance scalability, and optimize costs. Leading the charge is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), a fundamental service of Amazon Web Services (AWS) that has, in a word, revolutionized how organizations utilize computing resources. This article […]

5 Best Cloud Management Platforms for CloudOps Teams 2026
By DoiTOct 22, 20249 min read

5 Best Cloud Management Platforms for CloudOps Teams 2026

Compare the five best cloud management platforms for CloudOps teams in 2026: Cloud Intelligence™, VMware Aria, Azure Arc, Morpheus Data, and Red Hat CloudForms. Evaluation criteria, feature analysis, and pilot guidance included

Cloud Services Explained: Types, Benefits & Use Cases
By DoiTOct 22, 20248 min read

Cloud Services Explained: Types, Benefits & Use Cases

Discover how cloud services reduce IT costs, improve scalability, and accelerate innovation. Learn the types, benefits, and how to choose the right provider.

Cloud Governance Framework: Best Practices for Security, Compliance, and Cost Control
By DoiTOct 21, 20249 min read

Cloud Governance Framework: Best Practices for Security, Compliance, and Cost Control

In today’s cloud-driven organizations, establishing an effective cloud governance framework is more than just a best practice—it’s a necessity. As multicloud environments become the norm, managing the complexity of security, compliance, and cost efficiency is a central concern for both cloud architects and business leaders. Effective cloud governance is a blend of culture and technology. […]

AWS OpenSearch Service Cross Cluster Replication between Regions with Custom Packages
By Stephanie KaaiOct 21, 20243 min read

AWS OpenSearch Service Cross Cluster Replication between Regions with Custom Packages

OpenSearch CCR across regions with custom packages requires redefining settings in the replication plugin API call.

Monitoring Google Cloud Armor Traffic: A Comprehensive Dashboard
By Alex GkiourosOct 18, 20241 min read

Monitoring Google Cloud Armor Traffic: A Comprehensive Dashboard

We’ll be creating a Cloud Monitoring dashboard to better understand and monitor incoming traffic and attacks evaluated by Cloud Armor.

Starting with Business Value: Leveraging the Business Context of Cloud Costs
By Izhak ZimmermannOct 17, 20243 min read

Starting with Business Value: Leveraging the Business Context of Cloud Costs

Discover how innovative FinOps approaches can help all departments across the organization make better business decisions.

Unlock Savings with Amazon Aurora: Choosing Between Standard and I/O-Optimized Modes
By Pol AlzinaOct 14, 20244 min read

Unlock Savings with Amazon Aurora: Choosing Between Standard and I/O-Optimized Modes

When setting up an Amazon Aurora cluster, many factors must be considered, and one of the most important is the cluster’s storage…

Dissecting gRPC & Google PubSub Messages in Attribute™ Sensor: A Journey Through the Network Stack
By Hili ParyentiOct 9, 20245 min read

Dissecting gRPC & Google PubSub Messages in Attribute™ Sensor: A Journey Through the Network Stack

In this blog post we will share what we learned while adding new dissecting capabilities to support Google Pub/Sub. 

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Unlock Powerful Progressive Delivery with Gateway API and Argo rollouts
By Chimbu ChinnaduraiOct 2, 20246 min read

Unlock Powerful Progressive Delivery with Gateway API and Argo rollouts

In today’s fast-paced software delivery environment, innovation must go hand in hand with reliability. Progressive delivery enables teams…

Uncovering the Gross Margins; Cloud Cost is the Missing Link in SaaS Pricing
By Hili ParyentiOct 1, 20243 min read

Uncovering the Gross Margins; Cloud Cost is the Missing Link in SaaS Pricing

If you lack complete customer-level cloud cost data, your SaaS gross margins are assumptions, not facts. Here’s why pricing fails without it.