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Cloud Cost Optimization

Complying with AWS’s RI/SP Policy Update: Save More, Stress Less

Shared Reserved Instances (RIs) and Savings Plans (SPs) have been a common workaround for reducing EC2 costs, but their value has always been limited. On average, these shared pools deliver only 25% savings on On-Demand costs—far below the 60% savings achievable with automated reservation tools. For IT and DevOps teams, the trade-offs include added complexity, […]

Web Security

The Future of Cybersecurity: Shlomo Kramer’s Bold Predictions for the SASE Era

What does the next decade of cybersecurity hold? Few can answer that better than Shlomo Kramer—co-founder of Check Point and Imperva, and founder & CEO of Cato Networks. In a candid conversation on the CloudNext podcast, Shlomo shared bold predictions and actionable strategies for navigating the challenges and opportunities ahead. From the rise of SASE […]

Web Security

Three Ways CISOs Can Combat Emerging Threats in 2025

73% of CISOs fear a material cyberattack in the next 12 months, with over three-quarters convinced AI is advancing too quickly for existing methods to combat it. But what can CISOs do to prepare for the coming wave – and access the resources they need to deal with this evolving threat landscape? To find out, […]

Cloud Cost Optimization

How Optimizing Kafka Can Save Costs of the Whole System

Kafka is no longer exclusively the domain of high-velocity Big Data use cases. Today, it is utilized on by workloads and companies of all sizes, supporting asynchronous communication between even small groups of microservices.  But this expanded usage has led to problems with cost creep that threaten many companies’ bottom lines. And due to the […]