Turbonomic Blog

Introduction

Microsoft Azure was officially launched in 2010 (back then, it was named Windows Azure Platform) and Azure’s SQL Services, SQL Azure, was one of the first cloud-based relational database services and one of the first services offered by Microsoft upon launch.

We are thrilled to announce Amazon EBS gp3 as a supported storage tier in the Turbonomic 8 Next-Generation Cloud Volumes Optimization Engine.

You may be here because you want to find out more about Turbonomic or why I recently joined the firm as VP of Strategic Alliances. Thanks for stopping by and Happy New Year. I’m about 6 weeks in since joining December 1st and things are going very well. I’m learning a lot and still very excited about the opportunity. For many people, the New Year can mean setting new career goals or even making changes to your career path. Let me share a few thoughts about why I landed at Turbonomic - I hope this is helpful as you evaluate what your next move may look like. 

Co-authored by Ying Wei, Kshitij Dholakia and Rick Ochs

The Business Value of Cloud Storage Optimization

Storage is one of the top cloud services globally. AWS and Azure offer various types of storage services, such as AWS object storage, Azure Blobs, Azure Queues, and more. This blog will focus on the block level storage service, which is used with AWS EC2 instances and Azure Virtual Machine instances and provides boot and data volumes.

How many times do you get a call from the help desk about some application being slow or down? More than you would like, I’m sure. The more troubling part is that they call about some business application (or many of them) that are affected and now you have to chase down what the underlying root cause of the issue is.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently wrapped up their annual conference. Due to the global pandemic, this conference was delivered exclusively online over a three-week period free for all attendees.

Why We Built Data Cloud

Have you ever been asked one of the following questions?

• "Was there a server outage?
• "Why is my app slow?"
• "Do I need a bigger VM?"
• "Do I need more storage?"
• "What host has that VM been on?"
• "What happened at 4 p.m. yesterday with my app?"
• "What am I paying for?"
• "What is on that cluster?"
• "What does the load at month end look like?"

We're willing to bet with virtual certainty that you've been asked all of these questions at some point in your IT career. They are central to the primary divide that exists between Applications and Infrastructure teams—and plague even the most well-run DevOps teams—and they are the questions that prevent IT from running as efficiently and performant as possible.

Last month, Turbonomic experts Brian Promes and Tom Griffin gave customers an inside look at our brand new Performance Data Warehouse: Turbonomic Data Cloud, which was invented with the sole purpose of closing the Apps-Ops divide once and for all. If you missed it, you can catch the full recording here, or keep reading for a synopsis and key excerpts.

Businesses are increasingly relying on applications to connect with their customers. This year has tested their digital dexterity as they look to provide a reliable and rewarding end user experience. It’s also never been more challenging to deliver on this promise.

I am excited to announce that Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer (IWO) is Generally Available (GA). IWO is the result of a successful OEM and engineering partnership between Cisco and Turbonomic. The respective teams have worked endlessly to deliver a solution that exceeds all customer expectations.

The last few months have been a test of resilience for us all – we’ve persevered through a global health crisis, economic uncertainty, the heightened impacts of climate change, and racial injustice… all leading up to one of the most contentious U.S. presidential elections of our time. It has never been more important to show compassion for our employees, customers, and extended community, and to lead with empathy.