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Cloud cost hacking
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One of the primary motivations for using the cloud are flexibility and cost saving. The problem is that without ongoing management and oversight, the cloud budget can grow to dimensions that eliminate profitability.A recent study on the cost of using the cloud has shown that companies pay an average of 35% more on cloud services than they really should. A total of over $60 billion is being wasted on cloud services that are not in use.In this article, I will share my conclusions from recent cloud cost optimization processes and review a number of ways and tools to significantly reduce cloud costs 30–50%, without sacrificing performance. The recommendations in this article are valid for all cloud vendors unless otherwise specified.Tools for managing cloud costsBefore you start saving it is (...)

#devops #google-cloud-platform #cloud-computing #azure #aws

Visualizing Cold Starts
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I wrote a lot about cold starts of #serverless functions. The articles are full of charts and numbers which are hopefully useful but might be hard to internalize. I decided to come up with a way to represent colds starts visually.I created HTTP functions that serve geographic maps (map credit Open Street Map). The map is a combination of small square tiles; each tile is 256 by 256 pixels. My selected map view consists of 12 tiles, so 12 requests are made to the serverless function to load a single view.During each experiment, I load the map and then zoom-in three times. The very first view hits the function in a cold state. Subsequently, the zoomed views are loaded from the warm function. There is a timer next to the map which shows the total time elapsed since the beginning until the (...)

#azure #google-cloud-platform #visualization #aws

Getting Started with #azure Functions and their extensions Superpower
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This is a part of my “Journey with Azure” seriesI have always been fascinated by managed services and #serverless computing. It started with my first startup PureMetics, where we used AppEngine and BigQuery to built an Analytics product. Because both AppEngine and BigQuery were fully managed services, A single person (Abhishek Nandi) was able to build the entire tech for it. Later on when Abhishek & I were building Odiocast, we used other managed services to keep things simple. FireBase, AWS Lambdas and other services allowed us to worry more about the product rather than worry about Devops as a 2 person startup.The logic is simple when you have the best technology companies willing to be your Devops team, at a cost, why would you say no? You would then have time to focus on what makes (...)

#azure-functions

Commit, push, deploy — #git in the Microsoft #azure #cloud
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Commit, push, deploy — Git in the Microsoft Azure CloudFollow me on Twitter, happy to take your suggestions on topics or improvements /ChrisWe have come to rely on Git as our default version control tool ever since it was released, it has become de facto standard even if other options exist. Git helps us manage our source code, divide it in branches and it even helps us working with other developers on places like for example GitHub or GitLab by allowing us to create Pull/Merge requests. Wouldn’t it be great if Git can be there for us when we move our Apps to the Cloud?This article will cover the following:Download a sample app, we want to focus on understanding #deployment with Git so we will take some ready-made codeRun the app locally just to ensure it works, this is a must, if it works (...)

#python

All your #containers are belong to us — deploying to Microsoft #azure
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All your containers are belong to us — deploying to Microsoft AzureAzure Container Instances enables #deployment of #docker containers onto Azure infrastructure without provisioning any virtual machines or adopting a higher-level service.Follow me on Twitter, happy to take your suggestions on topics or improvements /ChrisIt becomes more and more common today to develop as well as deliver your application in one or more containers. One of the most common containerization software’s out there is Docker. It’s a great tool making it very easy to create image as well as containers and also monitor the same. Wouldn’t it be great if we could continue using Docker and bring our app to the cloudIn this article we will do the following:Explain, why we might need the cloudClone application source code (...)

#devops

Is #azure Profitable ?
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No one wants to buy into faltering products that are here today and gone tomorrow and the same is true of businesses with regard to their IT infrastructure. Given the productivity dependencies, a traditionally slow rate of return, and steep financial burden of IT infrastructure, CTOs and the like around the world often look to key performance indicators (KPI) including revenue, profitability, customer counts, and so forth, much like a prospective shareholder, in order to anticipate the viability of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platforms such as AWS and Azure prior to making long-term investments in them.For example, if a service provider is breaking close to even or operating at a loss after 8 years, this could be indicative of operational inefficiencies, architectural (...)

#microsoft #technology #cloud-computing #azure-profitable

Making Sense of #azure Durable Functions
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Stateful Workflows on top of Stateless #serverless Cloud Functions — this is the essence of the Azure Durable Functions library. That’s a lot of fancy words in one sentence, and they might be hard for the majority of readers to understand.Please join me on the journey where I’ll try to explain how those buzzwords fit together. I will do this in 3 steps:Describe the context of modern cloud applications relying on serverless architecture;Identify the limitations of basic approaches to composing applications out of the simple building blocks;Explain the solutions that Durable Functions offer for those problems.MicroservicesTraditionally, server-side applications were built in a style which is now referred to as Monolith. If multiple people and teams were developing parts of the same application, (...)

#azure-functions #azure-durable #azure-durable-functions

#azure Services for Developers: Which to Choose When
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Microsoft Azure provides a large number of cloud-based services to help developers develop and deploy their applications efficiently. The advantage of using Azure services is that all the underlying infrastructure and services are managed by Azure, so developers can focus on just the coding.However, developers need to be aware of which services needs to be utilized in which scenario. Azure has a plethora of services available to host and run applications, store data securely, improve app performance, build IoT apps, incorporate AI capability within apps, enhance application security and deploy applications with ease.Let’s look at how developers can choose the appropriate Azure service based on its capabilities and the application requirements.Application HostingOne of the paramount (...)

#microsoft-azure #cloud-computing #azure-services #cloud-services

Fronde chez Microsoft suite à sa collaboration avec l’immigration américaine
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Des employés de Microsoft ont publié une lettre ouverte en interne faisant état de leur mécontentement suite à la découverte d’un accord de partenariat avec les services d’immigration américain. Azure est en effet utilisé par ces services qui ont très mauvaise presse ces derniers jours. Tous les contrats ne sont pas forcement bons à prendre : Google en a récemment fait l’expérience et c’est maintenant au tour de Microsoft de faire face à une fronde sur le choix de ses partenaires. Le New York Times (...)

#ICE #Microsoft #algorithme #migration #surveillance #Azure

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Microsoft Employees Protest Work With ICE, as Tech Industry Mobilizes Over Immigration
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In an open letter posted to Microsoft’s internal message board on Tuesday, more than 100 employees protested the software maker’s work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and asked the company to stop working with the agency, which has been separating migrant parents and their children at the border with Mexico. “We believe that Microsoft must take an ethical stand, and put children and families above profits,” said the letter, which was addressed to the chief executive, Satya Nadella. (...)

#ICE #algorithme #Azure #migration #surveillance

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10 reasons to give cloud computing a go
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Cloud transition is not a buzzword anymore. With more than 52% of enterprise businesses having their digital transformation already completed, the cloud becomes the new standard.The features like security, scalability, cost-efficiency, automated backups, and recovery form the basis of why the cloud is so great. Of course, there also are some myths and misconceptions, and we have already demystified some of these.However, there are more subtle benefits that are often overlooked, yet can be a real game changer for your business. Thus said, today we list 10 reasons to give cloud computing a go.Variety of deployment optionsThe businesses can opt for one of the three main cloud computing types that fit them best. Want to have full control over the processes and ready to pay some extra? (...)

#aws #saas #azure #devops #cloud-computing

Liste de trackers #Torrent #UDP
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Voici une liste actualisée et validée des #Trackers_Torrent utilisables en mode UDP sous #Vuze / #Azureus ou uTorrent !

#Internet #BitTorrent #Hadopi #P2P #Téléchargement #Torrent_Trackers #UDP_Tracker #UDP_Trackers

#Microsoft et le #cloud computing : le code est sans importance | toolinux
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Microsoft travaille à inclure des #logiciels_libres et #open-source comme #WordPress, #Drupal, #Joomla ou #Eclipse à sa plateforme de cloud computing #Azure.

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