From the very beginning of OptScale development as a product, Hystax is looking for the best and the most convenient ways of FinOps principles adoption
Problem description AWS volume snapshots, also known as EBS snapshots, are widely used to backup and restore data on Amazon EC2, being how important it
What is FinOps? FinOps is a relatively new concept popular among IT leaders, aimed to optimize the cost of infrastructure, build efficient cloud usage and
As you might know, test environment management, which we covered in one of our previous articles, helps tackle numerous challenges almost every modern tech company
Recently companies are increasingly aware of the need to overcome challenges with access management mechanisms as one of the most important issues of companies’ IT
‘It’s not a bug, it’s a feature’. If this phrase is not your R&D team’s credo, you’re doing your best to set an efficient R&D
AWS is a trusted cloud provider by enterprises, SMBs or start-ups to build companies cloud infrastructure and power workloads. With the advent of cloud computing,
Any IT product or IT service is constantly subjected to a cycle of releases until it is being launched publicly and even further on; it
Software testing is an important task for modern businesses from many points of view. It helps identify software defects before release, achieve end-user satisfaction, improve
In today’s agile world, every product owner, or team lead aims to optimize software development processes, speed up releases, and decrease time to market. Quality
Problem statement: Elastic IPs are free of charge only in certain cases Let’s begin this article by identifying two types of IP addresses that can
Kubernetes, the open-source container orchestration software, is dominating the world of containerized applications by holding by far the largest amount of its market share. And
FinOps is a concept in the cloud computing sphere, which reduces your company’s expenses. As a financial cloud management approach, FinOps is gaining momentum now
There are two main approaches to virtualization: virtual machines (VMs) and virtual containers, each with advantages and disadvantages. In the first case, every machine uses
Microsoft Azure customers worldwide now gain access to OptScale to take advantage of the scalability, reliability, and agility of Azure to drive application development and
Hystax is excited to announce that OptScale now offers a full native support of Alibaba Cloud in order to unlock huge cost saving and optimization
Calculating unit economics Calculating unit economics and tracking metrics is vital for every business. Every startup should do it to validate how their business model
Cloud cost management vs FinOps It goes without saying that if you use public or private clouds you need to be able to track IT
There is plenty of cloud cost management software, dozens of cloud cost optimization scenarios and strategies but practically all of them have a serious issue
This article covers the most popular questions about tagging virtual machines, such as ‘What is it?’, ‘Why is it necessary?’, ‘Where would it be useful
What are tags and how can you manage them? Tags help you manage your resources, virtual machines, or images and categorize them by the owner,
Assigning tags to MS Azure resources is essential to creating a well-organized and transparent taxonomy in your cloud and achieving significant cloud cost optimization. When
Since more and more organizations are expanding the usage of container orchestrators, and Kubernetes is becoming a popular choice for many companies it’s crucial to
Every company at some point in time starts to calculate and analyze unit economics. It can be done to prepare for a new investment round
A promising idea to use a Kubernetes container infrastructure for your business is gaining momentum. In the case of using K8s, you are most likely
Bare metal, private and public clouds offer not only different ways to provision and maintain resources, but also different opportunities in how procurement and financial
Data protection is paramount for any business and enterprise leader. How to ensure your data is fully protected to give stakeholders peace of mind often
Despite the fact that FinOps is a relatively new approach to cloud management there is a wide range of FinOps adopters among SMB and enterprise
Mismanaged cloud estate is a common problem business leaders are facing on a daily basis. Analyzing your cloud performance and cloud price structure can be
The recent Hystax Acura update enables our partners and end customers to build more smooth cloud migration to VMware, increases security and ensures better user
Hystax expands its partnership network globally to drive cloud innovation and accelerate FinOps adoption for end customers in different regions. Close collaboration gives extended opportunities
Since the advent of cloud computing about two decades ago, businesses of all sizes, geographies and industries are turning to technology to drive growth, productivity
What is FinOps Cloud Financial Management, or FinOps, is the operating model for cloud solutions. It combines tools, processes and best practices that enable an
What is FinOps FinOps is a relatively new concept in a cloud computing area. It’s actively developing and being implemented to help companies adopt a
Problem description: ‘Stopped’ and ‘deallocated’ states of an inactive VM In clouds your VMs are temporarily leasing a part of the compute power of the
Disaster recovery is a set of tools and policies that helps restore mission-critical data, applications, and hardware to ensure business continuity in case of a
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