Defend against DDoS attacks with Azure DDoS IP Protection

By Dustin Ward

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to rise as new threats and attack techniques emerge. With DDoS attacks becoming more frequent, it’s important for organizations of all sizes to be proactive and stay protected all year round. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) face the same risks as larger organizations though are more vulnerable as…

Azure Native New Relic Service: Full stack observability in minutes

By Dustin Ward

Digital transformation across organizations has led to workloads shifting to multicloud and hybrid-cloud environments. Modern organizations are increasingly adopting cloud-native technologies including containers, microservices, serverless, and more. With the growing complexity of distributed applications deployed on a cloud-native landscape, can organizations survive without the right observability in place? It would be like flying an airplane…

Accelerate your cloud-native journey with Azure Monitor

By Dustin Ward

This blog was co-authored by Xema Pathak, Senior Product Manager; Sahil Arora, Principal PM Lead; Matthew McCleary, Senior Program Manager and Brian Wren, Principal Content Developer. Organizations are going through an era of digital transformation and are embracing various cloud-native technologies to fuel innovation. Developers are critical to this transformation; they need to quickly bring…

Visualize and monitor Azure & hybrid networks with Azure Network Watcher

By Dustin Ward

There is a critical need for increased visibility and control over the operational state of complex networks running sophisticated workloads. Multi-cloud and hybrid network environments power new demands of remote work, 5G/Edge connectivity, microservices based workloads, and increased cloud adoption. The advent of the cloud has added agility, cost benefits, and brought along the need…

Azure Firewall Basic now in preview

By Dustin Ward

This blog was co-authored by Gopikrishna Kannan, Principal Program Manager, Azure Networking. Organizations are experiencing an increase in both the volume and sophistication of cyberattacks with the acceleration of digital transformation and the increase in hybrid work. While organizations of all sizes face similar security risks, cybersecurity is rapidly becoming a top concern for small…