To ensure customers running on Azure are protected against ransomware attacks, Microsoft has invested heavily in Azure security and has provided customers with the security controls needed to protect their Azure cloud workloads. A comprehensive overview of best practices and recommendations can be found in the "Azure Defenses for Ransomware Attack" e-book. Here, we would like […]
Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – January 2022
Whether you're a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you're spending, where you're spending it, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Azure Cost Management and Billing comes […]
The intersection of edge computing, telecommunications networks, and the cloud
It’s been 12-plus years since we embarked on the paradigm-shifting edge computing story, which brings the cloud closer to the source of data generation and consumption. Nowadays, the cloud provides resource-rich compute and storage capabilities, remote management, and new applications and services as latency continues to be reduced. Edge computing has gone mainstream, as evidenced […]
Google Introduces Autoscaling for Cloud Bigtable for Optimizing Costs
Cloud Bigtable is a fully-managed, scalable NoSQL database service for large operational and analytical workloads on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). And recently, the public cloud provider announced the general availability of Bigtable Autoscaling, which automatically adds or removes capacity in response to the changing demand for applications allowing cost optimizations. By Steef-Jan Wiggers
Enabling Zero Trust with Azure network security services
This blog has been co-authored by Eliran Azulai, Principal Program Manager. With the accelerated pace of digital transformation since the COVID-19 pandemic breakthrough, organizations continuously look to migrate their workloads to the cloud and to ensure their workloads are secure. Moreover, organizations need a new security model that more effectively adapts to the complexity of […]
New performance and logging capabilities in Azure Firewall
Organizations are speeding up workload migration to Azure to take advantage of the growing set of innovative cloud services, scale, and economic benefits of the public cloud. Applications migration to the cloud consequently increases the network traffic throughput demand. This puts pressure on network elements and more specifically on Azure Firewall which is in the […]
Amazon OpenSearch Adds Anomaly Detection for Historical Data
Amazon OpenSearch recently introduced the support of anomaly detection for historical data. The machine learning based feature helps identifying trends, patterns, and seasonality in OpenSearch data. By Renato Losio
Microsoft launches landing zone accelerator for Azure Arc-enabled servers
We continue to innovate and add new capabilities to Azure Arc to enable new scenarios in hybrid and multicloud. We also want to provide our customers with the right guidance and best practices to adopt hybrid and multicloud technologies to meet their business needs. Today we’re launching the Azure Arc-enabled servers landing zone accelerator within […]
Save big by using your on-premises licenses on Azure
Are you still hesitating to move some or all your workloads to the cloud due to the added cost? One of the easiest ways to significantly lower your cost of ownership is by using a special licensing offer called Azure Hybrid Benefit. When migrating Windows Server or SQL Server on-premises workloads to Microsoft Azure, Azure […]
Save big by using your on-premises licenses on Azure
Are you still hesitating to move some or all your workloads to the cloud due to the added cost? One of the easiest ways to significantly lower your cost of ownership is by using a special licensing offer called Azure Hybrid Benefit. When migrating Windows Server or SQL Server on-premises workloads to Microsoft Azure, Azure […]