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An Introduction to GitOps
This blog introduces GitOps for managing applications and infrastructure using Git, explaining its core principles & benefits like enhanced security, collaboration & automation. It also compares GitOps to CI/CD and highlights how it complements existing DevOps practices.
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PointFive’s 2025 Strategy
PointFive enters 2025 with a bold vision: to scale FinOps through deep engineering engagement, multi-cloud maturity, and breakthrough automation. From real-time anomaly detection to AI-powered insights, PointFive is redefining how teams approach cloud cost optimization. Learn how we’re expanding our platform, deepening partnerships, and showing the world that saving money in the cloud can be powerful—and fun.
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Secure and Efficient Air-Gapped Deployments: A Devtron Approach
Deploying to air-gapped Kubernetes clusters is complex and error-prone. Devtron’s Software Distribution Hub simplifies this by automating Helm chart delivery, using private registries and a Release Operator to securely manage and monitor deployments in air gapped enviornments.
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Cloud Cost Efficiency at Scale: The Power of Automations
As cloud environments grow in complexity, manual FinOps processes fall short. This article explores how automation transforms cloud cost efficiency—from resolving stale opportunities to aligning optimizations with sprint cycles. Learn how PointFive helps teams embed financial governance into engineering workflows, enabling proactive, scalable, and policy-driven cloud savings without compromising agility.
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21 Essential Kubernetes Deployment Best Practices You Must Know
Deploying on Kubernetes? Avoid common pitfalls with these 21 best practices. From optimizing YAML manifests to managing security, scaling, and observability, these tips will help you ensure smooth, reliable, and efficient deployments. Master Kubernetes the right way and streamline your workflows.
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Ingenico Financial Solutions provides high availability e-Money solutions with MariaDB
Ingenico Financial Solutions, an e-Money provider, sought a robust, high-availability database solution and flexible support for its fast-growing business. Already using MariaDB, they faced downtime issues and needed a scalable partner. MariaDB provided a comprehensive solution, including a health check, infrastructure validation, performance optimizations, and assistance in setting up MariaDB Galera Cluster for high availability. This partnership resulted in a secure, scalable, and reliable database environment, ensuring business continuity and supporting Ingenico's growth.
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The 3 Es of Diskless Kafka BYOC
Explore three ways to buy Kafka in the cloud—Multi-Tenant SaaS, Single-Tenant SaaS, and Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)—and discover why Diskless BYOC offers significant economic, enforcement, and enterprise discount advantages for organizations operating Kafka at scale, challenging traditional fully-managed solutions.
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How Rapyd Solved Observability Gaps to Cut K8s Costs by 40%
Discover how fintech leader Rapyd partnered with PerfectScale to close observability gaps in their Kubernetes environment, achieving a projected 35-40% reduction in K8s costs while simultaneously improving performance and proactively resolving critical issues across their extensive AWS EKS infrastructure.
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Understanding Cost Seasonality in Kubernetes
Unpack the concept of cost seasonality in Kubernetes, explore the factors that drive its fluctuations, and discover effective strategies—including right-sizing, autoscaling optimization, and leveraging tools like PerfectScale—to manage and predict your cloud spend while maintaining performance.
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FinOps in 2025: The 6 Phases of FinOps Evolution
Explore the six evolving phases of FinOps, from the initial "Observational" data collection to "Automated" and the future of "Integrated FinOps," revealing how organizations learn to manage cloud spend and optimize infrastructure efficiently over time.
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Kubernetes Cost Optimization: From Roadblocks to Results
Discover how Trax, a leader in retail technology, leveraged PerfectScale to overcome manual Kubernetes optimization roadblocks, achieving an astounding 75% cost reduction in one cluster (saving over 6-figures annually) and significantly improving their "cost per processing" metric by gaining granular visibility and actionable insights across their multi-cloud, multi-cluster AWS EKS environment.
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Optimizing K8s Cost to Strengthen Competitive Advantage
Discover how cybersecurity leader Cynet, with a focus on simplicity, leveraged PerfectScale to gain unprecedented visibility into pod costs, streamline Kubernetes cost optimization, and proactively identify and resolve resiliency issues across their multi-cluster AWS EKS environment, ensuring a stable and cost-effective solution for their customers.