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Vendor Lock-in for your data is bad, learn how to avoid it

For most companies, data is the most crucial part of their business. Therefore, it is dangerous to forfeit the control on how to store this incredibly important good and storage vendor lock-in poses a significant risk to these businesses. When a company becomes overly reliant on a single storage provider or technology, it can find itself trapped in an inflexible situation with far-reaching consequences. Learn more

AWS provides many different discount programs you should know

AWS Savings Plans are flexible pricing models that offer significant cost savings on your AWS usage. By committing to a consistent amount of usage (measured in dollars per hour) over a one- or three-year term, you can save up to 72% compared to On-Demand pricing. Learn more

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pgstattuple is an open-source utility in PostgreSQL, provided as an extension. It helps manage and clear table bloat, which in turn improves table performance. It’s ability to provide detailed insights into the extent of bloat, makes pgstattuple a crucial tool for optimizing database efficiency and ensuring that your tables operate smoothly. Learn more

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Cloud Commute Episode 27: Bart Farrell from Kube.FM

Bart Farrell, well known in the Kubernetes ecosystem for his work in the Data on Kubernetes community, as well as being a KubeFM host, talks about his past, teaching children English after he moved from the USA to Spain, and how this shaped his view on teaching tech topics, his podcast, and more. Watch now

Cloud Commute Episode 26: Bruno Borges from Microsoft

Dive into the intersection of Java, AI, and cloud technology with Bruno Borges, a principal product manager at Microsoft, talking about how there are millions of Java instances at Microsoft, as well as the Semantic Kernel, a Java library designed to integrate AI capabilities into business applications, highlighting its role in orchestrating AI functions using large language models. Watch now

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Cloud Frontier Episode 3: Mahmoud Mabrouk from Agenta.ai

Dr. Mahmoud Mabrouk from Agenta, a company building open-source LLM Development Platform with a goal of making LLM more reliable explains how to collaborate on prompts, evaluate, and monitor LLM apps with confidence with Agenta. Watch now

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