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		<title>Service Manager role</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 15:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>What Does a Service Manager Do? The Service Manager has become a key piece for IT management in organizations. It is the person responsible for the implementation and monitoring of all processes linked to the management of corporate information systems. The function of the Service Manager at Geko is to provide versatility in the vision [&#8230;]</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/service-manager-role/">Service Manager role</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>What Does a Service Manager Do?</h2>
<p>The Service Manager has become a <strong>key piece for IT management in organizations.</strong><br />
It is the person responsible for the implementation and monitoring of all processes linked to the management of corporate information systems.</p>
<p>The function of the Service Manager at Geko is to provide<strong> versatility in the vision of both the client and the technical team in the different phases.</strong><br />
Adapting the client&#8217;s needs and ensuring the correct execution of the agreed actions.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the Service Manager, together with the TAM, is in charge of aligning the roadmap in the medium and long term, contributing their business/technology vision thanks to having accredited technical knowledge with the main cloud and Kubernetes certifications.</p>
<h3>Some of its most relevant functions are:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Ensure compliance with SLAs</li>
<li>Responsible for IT implementation</li>
<li>IT partner</li>
<li>IT profitability</li>
<li>Team formation</li>
<li>Skills for dealing with customers</li>
<li>Skills for dealing with management</li>
<li>Skills to communicate and train</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-8370" src="https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Captura-1-1024x702.jpg" alt="La Figura del Service Manager" width="600" height="412" srcset="https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Captura-1-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Captura-1-300x206.jpg 300w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Captura-1-768x527.jpg 768w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Captura-1.jpg 1121w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>In addition, the Service Manager must have essential qualities and skills such as:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Teamwork</li>
<li>Ability to make decisions and solve problems</li>
<li>Plan, organize and prioritize work</li>
<li>Communication capacity</li>
<li>Ability to obtain and process information</li>
<li>technical knowledge</li>
</ul>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-8361 size-large" src="https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Copia-de-Copia-de-Diseno-sin-nombre-3-1-1024x577.png" alt="La figura del Service Manager" width="800" height="451" srcset="https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Copia-de-Copia-de-Diseno-sin-nombre-3-1-1024x577.png 1024w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Copia-de-Copia-de-Diseno-sin-nombre-3-1-300x169.png 300w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Copia-de-Copia-de-Diseno-sin-nombre-3-1-768x433.png 768w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Copia-de-Copia-de-Diseno-sin-nombre-3-1-1536x865.png 1536w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Copia-de-Copia-de-Diseno-sin-nombre-3-1.png 1640w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></p>
<p>At <strong><a href="https://geko.cloud/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Geko Cloud</a></strong>, we are a Cloud Consulting formed by a team that is integrated into the day-to-day of our clients, to give value to a quality service and a totally personalized experience.</p>
<p><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f680.png" alt="🚀" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> We take off together?</p>
<p>We share some<strong><a href="https://geko.cloud/en/case-studies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Case Studie</a><a href="https://geko.cloud/en/case-studies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">s</a> </strong>where our values ​​and efforts are reflected in the results of the projects we have carried out.</p>
<p>We hope that this article has helped you to learn something new and continue expanding your knowledge.<br />
We invite you to contact us if you need information about the <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cloud</a> and <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/devops/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DevOps</a> world and keep checking our blog to find other useful publications.</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/service-manager-role/">Service Manager role</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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		<title>Geko Cloud at KubeCon and CloudNativeCon 2022</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Geko Cloud at KubeCon and CloudNativeCon 2022. From May 16 to 20, the European edition of the Linux World Congress was held at Feria Valencia, one of the main annual international events held within the technological ecosystem. The convention, organized by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, is aimed at the main open source and cloud [&#8230;]</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/geko-cloud-at-kubecon-and-cloudnativecon-2022/">Geko Cloud at KubeCon and CloudNativeCon 2022</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Geko Cloud at KubeCon and CloudNativeCon 2022.<br />
From May 16 to 20, the European edition of the Linux World Congress was held at Feria Valencia, one of the main annual international events held within the technological ecosystem.</p>
<p>The convention, organized by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, is aimed at the main open source and cloud native communities.<br />
The celebration at Feria València of KubeCon and CloudNativeCon marks the return to face-to-face attendance at this convention.</p>
<p>Part of the <strong><a href="https://geko.cloud/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Geko Cloud</a></strong> team has been present at the congress to promote networking between providers and clients.<br />
They have also attended the most relevant conferences, with the aim of reinforcing and consolidating knowledge.</p>
<p>The congress has brought together more than 5,000 highly specialized professionals in the field of open source and cloud computing, mainly from Europe but also from the United States and another 10,000 who have followed the event online. In addition, more than 200 leading firms in this technology have also participated as exhibitors and sponsors.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-8385" src="https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/kubecon-eu-2022-web-021621_snackable-1024x535.jpg" alt="Geko Cloud en el KubeCon y CloudNativeCon 2022 " width="600" height="314" srcset="https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/kubecon-eu-2022-web-021621_snackable-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/kubecon-eu-2022-web-021621_snackable-300x157.jpg 300w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/kubecon-eu-2022-web-021621_snackable-768x402.jpg 768w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/kubecon-eu-2022-web-021621_snackable.jpg 1201w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p>
<h3></h3>
<p>This new edition has surprised us thanks to the great ecosystem and the great potential of the project (CNCF) related to the cloud native.</p>
<p>This year a wide portfolio of products oriented to Companies has been presented. It should be noted that the novelty curve is flattening to make way for the Enterprise part. For the last 4 years, the technical community has been paving the way and giving way to companies and we are not just talking about startups, but corporates or large-scale companies in sectors such as banking, pharmaceuticals, food, etc.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>We share the most outstanding news and trends of the KubeCon and CloudNativeCon congress</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://opentelemetry.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OpenTelemetry</a>: Open source project incubated by the CNCF (second in number of commits), provides a single open source standard and set of technologies to capture and export traces, metrics and, in the near future, logs from your infrastructure and applications cloud native.</li>
<li><a href="https://opengitops.dev/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GitOps</a>: A best-practice process for managing infrastructure and app configurations using Git, an open source version control system, as the single source of truth for applications and declarative infrastructure.</li>
<li><a href="https://opengitops.dev/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gatekeeper:</a> Allows you to manage policies in Kubernetes. Policies enforce what fields and values ​​are allowed to be used in a given resource. Has the ability to modify resources based on conditions.</li>
<li><a href="http://Cluster API" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cluster API</a>: Set of APIs focused on provisioning, updating and operating multiple Kubernetes clusters. It allows managing these resources through CRDs.</li>
<li><a href="https://fluxcd.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FluxCD</a>: GitOps tool equivalent to ArgoCD, it does a lot of application in security (avoid possible privilege escalations, etc), although it does not have a GUI (all management is done through cli). There is a Terraform provider to manage your resources.</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.kubelinter.io/#/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KubeLinter</a>: Tool that analyzes YAMLs and Helm charts against a series of best practices with a focus on security. It is highly configurable (enable/disable checks) and allows you to generate a recommendation report.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.sigstore.dev/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sigstore</a>: Modular collection of projects that can be used independently or together, with the aim of simplifying and making software signing more transparent.</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>About KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022 Europe</h3>
<p>Cloud-native technologies enable organizations to build and run scalable applications in modern, dynamic environments such as public, private, and hybrid clouds. Containers, service meshes, microservices, immutable infrastructure, and declarative APIs exemplify this approach.</p>
<p>These techniques enable loosely coupled systems that are resilient, manageable, and observable. Combined with robust automation, they enable engineers to make high-impact changes frequently and predictably with minimal effort.</p>
<p>The Cloud Native Computing Foundation seeks to drive adoption of this paradigm by fostering and maintaining an ecosystem of open source and vendor-independent projects. We democratize the latest generation patterns so that these innovations are accessible to everyone.</p>
<p>More information about KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022 <strong><a href="https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE</a></strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/geko-cloud-at-kubecon-and-cloudnativecon-2022/">Geko Cloud at KubeCon and CloudNativeCon 2022</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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		<title>5 Reasons why the Cloud is safer than your office server</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Xènia Adan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>5 Reasons why the Cloud is safer than your office server Today one of the main concerns in companies is data security. For this reason, in this article, we will see what are the advantages that the Cloud model provides in the field of security compared to the traditional model that we have always had [&#8230;]</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/5-reasons-why-the-cloud-is-safer-than-your-office-server/">5 Reasons why the Cloud is safer than your office server</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><b>5 Reasons why the Cloud is safer than your office server</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today one of the main concerns in companies is data security.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For this reason, in this article, we will see what are the advantages that the Cloud model provides in the field of security compared to the traditional model that we have always had and there are still many companies that maintain it.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><b>Why should we have a Cloud model in our company?</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">First of all, identify the type of cloud you are working on. We remember that we have different basic models: On-Premise, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS. The management of systems and security is progressively delegated to the provider depending on the contracted services, but some points will always depend on the client. We cannot forget that if we go into prices, the cloud option is the cheapest solution for the end customer (11% cheaper). As we should know, not all infrastructure depends on the cloud provider.</span></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-7840 aligncenter" src="https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Data_Transfer_02_generated-removebg-preview-1-300x200.png" alt="" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Data_Transfer_02_generated-removebg-preview-1-300x200.png 300w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Data_Transfer_02_generated-removebg-preview-1.png 612w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These are the 5 reasons why the Cloud is more secure than your office server:</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><strong>Physical facilities</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first thing we should worry about is the space itself where the hardware is housed. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The technical room, CPD or Datacenter is a very sensitive place that must have different controls to be able to say that it is safe. First of all, it should be a separate room with restricted access with at least one lock. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Continuity of service (facility servers) is also very important.</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><strong>Perimeter security</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Security and proper functioning is essential for the sustainability of the model and therefore it is important to invest in good security.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The same could be said of intrusion detection and protection systems in the infrastructure.</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><strong>Data storage and backups</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the cloud model, there are different elements related to storage, adapting to the needs of each company and allowing for redundancy, backup and content access control.</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><strong>Redundancy (geographical redundancy)</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the main mistakes made by companies is having a location that is too close to the main CPD. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">In cloud service providers, by contract, they have geo-redundant services in different CPDs with a great distance between them, thus ensuring business continuity in the event that a site is compromised.</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><strong>Updates</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a general rule, the systems need to be updated in order to have a better service. Along with these updates, security updates are introduced that allow you to protect yourself from possible threats on the market. In the cloud model, the provider is responsible for updating all the systems it manages (PaaS/SaaS).</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As we have seen in this brief explanation, it is very important for companies to be up-to-date and have a good cloud service, essential for their business strategy and above all to avoid external attackers that could damage the company.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you want more information <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/contact/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contact us</a> and we will inform you without obligation.</span></p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/5-reasons-why-the-cloud-is-safer-than-your-office-server/">5 Reasons why the Cloud is safer than your office server</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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		<title>What is Azure?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Xènia Adan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Cloud services are becoming more popular because they are cost-effective and scalable. Azure is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft that offers various services from data storage to virtual machine and data management. In the following post we explain the advantages of using its services, some differences with AWS, and many more. What is [&#8230;]</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-azure/">What is Azure?</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cloud services are becoming more popular because they are cost-effective and scalable. Azure is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft that offers various services from data storage to virtual machine and data management. In the following post we explain the advantages of using its services, some differences with AWS, and many more.</span></p>
<h2><b>What is Azure?</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Microsoft Azure is a cloud platform offering a number of cloud services, such as computing, analytics, storage, and networking. Users can choose from these services to develop and scale new applications, or run existing applications in the public cloud. Azure offers 4 different forms of cloud computing: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and serverless.</span></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="How does Microsoft Azure work?" width="800" height="450" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KXkBZCe699A?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<h2><b>Advantages of using Azure<br />
</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Each cloud provider has a series of characteristics that make it better than other competitors, in the next point we will explain some of the advantages of migrating to the cloud with Azure and that can help you clear up some doubts, such as whether this platform in the cloud adapts to your needs.</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>PAY-PER-USE</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Like AWS, Microsoft charges for Azure on a pay-as-you-go basis, meaning you don&#8217;t need to maintain any hardware or invest in new infrastructure to grow your business, and you only pay for what you use.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>22% of the cloud market:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Microsoft Azure has grown to become the second of the top three public cloud platforms, just behind market leader Amazon Web Services (AWS) and ahead of Google Cloud Platform (GCP). AWS has the largest market share, but Azure has the most regions, and GCP is growing rapidly.<br />
</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Security</strong>: Azure is secure. Instead of having all your data on-premises, it&#8217;s in the cloud, which means you don&#8217;t have to worry about hackers trying to access your data on-premises. Microsoft is responsible for the security of the infrastructure, and has several measures in place to ensure that its solutions remain secure.<br />
</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Scalable</strong>: Azure can grow with your business or shrink quickly if you need to downsize.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Service offerings:</strong> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Azure has a wide variety of service offerings that continue to grow every day such as analytics, identity and access management tools, and IoT solutions. Since Microsoft has been supporting on-premises customers for more than 40 years, it has an extensive hybrid cloud offering to bring all of its existing customers to the cloud. They also have very good integration with existing tools and technologies such as Visual Studio, Active Directory, and File Storage.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<h2><b>Azure vs AWS</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Currently, among the most important cloud providers that exist in the market, AWS is in the first place, followed by Azure, so it is not surprising that comparisons are made between these two large companies. Some of the differences are:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Database</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: AWS uses a relational database as a service using RDS, while DynamoDB uses it for NoSQL and for caching uses Elasticache. Meanwhile, Azure uses SQL, MySQL and PostgreSQL database for relational database, it makes use of Cosmos DB for NoSQL solutions and Redis Cache for caching.<br />
</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Open Source Developers</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: AWS is great for open source developers as it embraces Linux users and offers various integrations for different open source applications. Azure, meanwhile, offers users the ability to use their currently active directory to log in to the Azure cloud platform and run the .net framework on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Networking</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Azure offers a virtual network through which we can create isolated networks, subnets, route tables, range of private IP addresses just like in AWS.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Storage</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">:  Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and Azure Blob Storage are the competing object storage services. Despite the variation in terminology used to describe their services, they offer similar functionality. Each object is stored in an assembly unit, and has a unique key and an associated metadata record that contains the pertinent information: object size, last modified date, media type, and so on.<br />
</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you want to know more about the differences between these two providers, in our post “<a href="https://geko.cloud/en/aws-vs-azure-which-one-should-i-choose/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AWS vs Azure</a>”, we give you more details.<br />
</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-7088" src="https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/shutterstock_1458581246-1_compre-1-300x185.jpg" alt="azure" width="600" height="369" /></p>
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<h2><b>Azure pricing and costs</b></h2>
<p>Switching to a new <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-the-cloud/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cloud</a> provider, price is an important factor to consider that also raises many questions and concerns. Like other public cloud providers, Azure offers a lot of different services, products, and locations. All at different prices.</p>
<p>Azure-native tools like Azure Cost Management can help you monitor, visualize, and optimize your cloud spend. It is also possible to use third-party tools, such as Cloudability or RightScale, to manage the use of Azure resources and the associated costs.</p>
<p>If you want to know an estimate on Azure prices, we recommend you read our colleague Antonio&#8217;s post <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f449.png" alt="👉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/azure-cost-estimate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Azure: Cost estimation and best practices | Gecko Cloud</a></p>
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<h2><b>Azure and Geko Cloud </b></h2>
<p>Microsoft Azure enables businesses and individuals to build, run, and manage applications and solve various technical challenges with flexibility across multiple clouds and on-premises data centers.</p>
<p>At Geko Cloud we are c<strong>loud experts</strong> and we work with <strong>DevOps</strong> methodology, accompanying our clients throughout the process from migration to <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/cloud-management/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cloud management.</a> Contact us without any commitment! <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f60a.png" alt="😊" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-azure/">What is Azure?</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For DevOps engineers, keeping up to date with all the tools surrounding new technologies is more important than ever. Two essential tools today are Kubernetes and Docker, both of which may seem the same at first glance, both allow you to do similar things like running containers, however both work on different layers of the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/kubernetes-vs-docker-find-out-how-they-are-different/">Kubernetes vs Docker, find out how they are different</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">For DevOps engineers, keeping up to date with all the tools surrounding new technologies is more important than ever. Two essential tools today are <strong>Kubernetes</strong> and <strong>Docker</strong>, both of which may seem the same at first glance, both allow you to do similar things like running containers, however both work on different layers of the Cloud infrastructure. In this blog post, we will try to clarify both terms.</span></p>
<h2><b>What is a container?</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">Let&#8217;s start with a brief definition of what exactly a container is. Containers are a form of operating system virtualisation. A single container can be used to run anything from a small microservice or software process to a larger application.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">A container is like a compact box that contains all the dependencies of an application in one place. This not only allows an application to run quickly on a system, but also makes it portable, easy to transfer from one environment to another.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">Unlike virtual machines, containers only provide virtualization for the operating system layer and necessary dependencies, making them lighter and more portable, with a significantly lower system load. They can be easily transferred from one environment to another and operate consistently at all times by containing everything necessary for the application to function.</span></p>
<h2><b>What is Docker?</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;"><strong>Docker</strong> is an open source containerisation platform launched by Docker Inc. in 2013, i.e. <strong>Docker</strong> is a technology used to create and run software containers. In essence <strong>Docker</strong> is a system that allows to build, transfer, deploy and run containers with the applications inside in a very simple and reliable way, guaranteeing a scalable deployment in an efficient way regardless of the host operating system.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;"><strong>Docker</strong> streamlines the creation of containers with tools such as dockerfiles, and streamlines the code-like definition of containerised applications through docker-compose. These tools are used to create a development lifecycle, from defining what goes inside a container, to establishing its environment and access to resources. </span><span style="font-weight: 2000;">It also helps developers move workloads from their local environment, to testing to production, eliminating inconsistencies and dependencies between environments. As the container being deployed will be the same as the one in which it was developed, the environment will have the same predictable outcome.</span></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-6718 aligncenter" src="https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Docker-infraestructura.png" alt="Docker infraestructura" width="546" height="329" srcset="https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Docker-infraestructura.png 827w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Docker-infraestructura-300x181.png 300w, https://geko.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Docker-infraestructura-768x462.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px" /></p>
<h2><b>What is Kubernetes?</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;"><strong>Kubernetes</strong> (also known as <strong>k8s</strong>) is a container platform orchestrator, like <strong>Docker</strong>. To be more precise, Kubernetes is a set of open source tools for building a scalable, fault-tolerant platform designed to automate and centrally manage containerised applications. Learn more in detail about this tool in our post <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-kubernetes/">What is Kubernetes?</a> <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f448.png" alt="👈" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></span></p>
<h2><b>So how are Docker and Kubernetes similar or different?</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">As we can understand from the above, <strong>Docker</strong> and <strong>Kubernetes</strong> are related technologies, but they cannot be directly compared with each other. In fact, the two tools complement each other and help build cloud-native or microservices architectures. In other words, <strong>Kubernetes</strong> builds on top of <strong>Docker</strong>, using it as an engine to run containers, but it takes care of exactly how these containers are run: configuration, replication, access to system resources, or network communication. It takes care of generating these configurations and communicating them to <strong>Docker</strong> so that it can apply them. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">What is the difference between <strong>Docker</strong> and <strong>Kubernetes</strong>? <strong>Kubernetes</strong> is meant to run on a cluster, whereas <strong>Docker</strong> runs on a single node by default, with no replication management or container health maintenance, just running a container as declared. So the fundamental difference between <strong>Docker</strong> and <strong>Kubernetes</strong> is that <strong>Docker</strong> is a containerisation platform, meaning that it handles container creation, whereas <strong>Kubernetes</strong> is a container orchestration platform.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">Therefore, the comparison between <strong>Kubernetes</strong> and <strong>Docker</strong> is not as simple as creating a list of pros and cons or feature by feature. However, there is a <strong>Kubernetes</strong>-like orchestration technology developed by Docker Inc. called <strong>Docker Swarm</strong>, which provides us with <strong>Kubernetes</strong>-like elements such as replication management or load balancing between containers.</span></p>
<h2><b>Conclusion</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">In summary, <strong>Docker</strong> provides an open standard for packaging and distributing containerised applications and is sufficient to address simple use cases and <strong>Kubernetes</strong> leverages a broad ecosystem of tools along with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) and other DevOps practices to orchestrate large sets of containers from development to production environments.</span></p>
<p>At Geko Cloud we are at your disposal if you are looking for a partner to implement <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/kubernetes/">Kubernetes</a> or <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/microservices-architecture-docker/">Docker</a>, <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/cloud-migration/">migrate to the cloud</a>, move to a <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/microservices-architecture-docker/">microservices</a> model, or <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/cloud-management/">manage your platform in the cloud</a>. <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/contact/">Contact us</a> to find out more about <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/">our services</a>.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Xènia Adan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 10:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Since last year with the COVID-19, online commerce has undergone a growth trend becoming the main sales channel for customers, especially in peak sales seasons such as Black Friday, sales, Cyber Monday, &#8230; So that you are prepared to face this period of peak sales and do not disappoint your customers with a slow site [&#8230;]</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/how-to-scale-efficiently-if-you-have-a-sales-peak/">How to scale efficiently if you have a sales peak</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">Since last year with the COVID-19, online commerce has undergone a growth trend becoming the main sales channel for customers, especially in<strong> peak sales</strong> seasons such as Black Friday, sales, Cyber Monday, &#8230;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">So that you are prepared to face this period of <strong>peak sales</strong> and do not disappoint your customers with a slow site or errors, from Geko Cloud we have prepared a list of tips that can help you successfully manage and avoid stress during this important period of the year.</span></p>
<h2><b>Reasons for the sales peak</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">A <strong>sales peak</strong> is when there is an exponential growth in sales, in this case, online sales. These peaks tend to occur during holiday periods, such as Christmas, Valentine&#8217;s Day, Halloween, Black Friday, etc.</span></p>
<h2><b>4 points to bear in mind so that your website doesn&#8217;t crash</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">A<strong> sales peak</strong> can generate high profits for your business, but in order to obtain the expected results, you must know how to manage it effectively to get the most out of it. Below we explain some of the points that you should take into account to efficiently scale the <strong>sales peak</strong>:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><strong><u>Omni-channel</u>:</strong> To achieve omnichannel under-delivery you need to move away from legacy technology and look for solutions specifically designed to leverage both distribution centers and shops. Doing so can help you keep your brand promise to the customer and maintain profitability through smarter use of stock, which is critical to meeting consumer demands during <strong>peak sales</strong>.</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 2000;"><strong><u>Manage the peak traffic of your e-commerce</u></strong>: You should identify how much traffic your website can support, this way you can anticipate, optimise performance in high<strong> sales peaks,</strong> and make an estimate of the resources needed to prevent visitors from abandoning your website due to low performance. One of the most important resources is to have a good hosting provider that is prepared to receive a large number of visitors. Another method of managing your website traffic, in scenarios such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday or during the Christmas season, is to improve the traceability of your platform through monitoring technologies, such as Prometheus, FLuent, InfluxDB, among others, to identify and be able to predict the volume of traffic to your e-commerce and take the appropriate measures to avoid saturating your website.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 2000;"><strong><u>Monitor the loading speed at all times</u></strong>: Next you should test the loading speed of the website, not only of the main pages but also of the product pages, to see if it can handle a one-off <strong>traffic increase</strong>, thus exploring options to scale the server capacity when necessary. Some of the tools that can help you are Google&#8217;s PageSpeed Insights or GTmetrix.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 2000;"><strong><u>Scalable infrastructure</u></strong>: Page speed is not the only factor that affects conversions or bounce rates. In order for your platform to properly support <strong>traffic peaks</strong>, it is advisable to have an infrastructure that adapts to the needs at all times, for this, it is advisable to use auto-scaling groups for the machines, so that they are properly monitored and configured, so that they adapt as quickly as possible to the needs of each moment without wasting resources and, therefore, money. Having a microservices-oriented platform can also be of great help in these cases, as they allow us to scale resources more locally and, therefore, more efficiently in terms of performance and costs. Technologies such as <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/kubernetes/">Kubernetes</a> or other container orchestrators facilitate this configuration by allowing us to scale our services with respect to countless parameters, such as CPU usage, memory consumption, or a number of requests received, among many others.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 2000;">At Geko Cloud we have extensive experience in architecture, deployment, <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/monitoring/">monitoring</a>, and<a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/24x7-devops-support/"> 24&#215;7 support</a> of on-premise and <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/cloud-migration/">cloud</a> platforms. Find out about all our services and<a href="https://geko.cloud/en/contact/"> contact us</a> now with no obligation.</span></p>
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		<title>5 reasons to jump into cloud migration</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 15:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Cloud migration is here to stay. Cloud technologies have been with us for a few years, but many companies are cautiously trying to migrate their critical applications to cloud. Companies still do not understand the change that implies, although they know its benefits, and there are many doubts about the return of that investment or [&#8230;]</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/5-reasons-to-jump-into-cloud-migration/">5 reasons to jump into cloud migration</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Cloud migration</strong> is here to stay. Cloud technologies have been with us for a few years, but many companies are cautiously trying to migrate their critical applications to cloud. Companies still do not understand the change that implies, although they know its benefits, and there are many doubts about the return of that investment or the initial expense of outsourcing this service.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fortunately, today, most companies already have one or more cloud services and their old IT infrastructure is gradually<strong> migrating to the cloud</strong>. It is also true that, in recent years, the ease and services disposed to have hybrid environments allow dedicated physical environments to coexist with different cloud providers thus has given companies more guarantees and confidence in the face of this transition.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But what reasons does a company have to <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/migration/">move to cloud</a> beyond adapting spending to actual resource consumption, scalability and flexibility?</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Accessibility: Your company always available</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Migrating your company to cloud offers great advantages beyond availability from anywhere and on any device. Without a doubt, it is a huge advantage, since it removes the working barriers. The COVID pandemic has made it clear that our infrastructure must be prepared to operate without access limitations and to collaborate with the entire team, regardless of its origin, and all without forgetting the security criteria that limit access throughout moment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remote-managed cloud technology solutions offer high levels of information availability and accessibility. In addition, they are always alive solutions, that evolve with innovation, integrating new updates constantly. A migrated to cloud company improve and get benefit from the constant technological evolutions in which we live.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pay per Use Concept</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instead of replacing and repairing old servers on their premises, companies can host their services in a cloud infrastructure, so you can save the costs traditionally associated with other types of computing solutions, such as software licenses or investment in hardware. In addition, professional <strong>cloud computing</strong> solutions have an associated pay-per-use concept, which means that the company will only pay for resources consumed by their cloud hosting </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of course, it is necessary to reorient and review the architecture of the legacy platforms to adapt them to this format, which on the other hand requires being able to implement scalable systems. Points such as user session, intermediate cache, queuing systems, are architectures that allow the existing model to evolve into a model that supports and contributes to this adaptation to cloud.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monitoring</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The <strong>cloud computing</strong> model allows you to monitor resources as part of the service itself at all times. Although monitoring is already implicit in any IT department, it has always been treated as an entity independent of the infrastructure itself. With the new public clouds this paradigm has completely changed and the infrastructure is subject to monitoring so that scalability, support, and alert automatisms can control the correct operation of your systems.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Observability, as we are now calling the predictability, knowledge, and trend of evolution data based on monitoring, allows us to make short, medium and long-term decisions on consumption we are going to need and the efficiency of the actual use of our applications. Based on these data we can have a very high degree in our budgets and forecast models to be able to offer data to our organizations.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prepare for growth</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Initially, when we start <strong>cloud migration</strong>, we won&#8217;t have a lot of information transferred, but over the months, that volume grows. Professional <strong>cloud computing</strong> solutions for companies offer the possibility of increasing the resources destined for business at any time. And, perhaps, the most important advantage, it does it dynamically without having to deal with aspects such as outages and operational time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The services we have in the cloud have reached such a high level that we have practically all the services that an organization may require. This allows us to structure applications and services by building blocks of all those necessary services to be able to migrate and build new services using self-managed services by the provider itself and forget about its maintenance and the costs derived from it.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Focus on business</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cloud hosting from a managed service provider allows a company the most important thing: time, resources and people focused on their business.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Starting the <strong>cloud migration</strong> of your company involves a challenge and it is understandable that there are doubts, but the benefits of migrating your company to the cloud are many more. The clincher to successfully <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/migration/"><strong>migrating to the cloud</strong></a> is having an expert team in infrastructure and development in the cloud to advise you, take responsibility, and accompany you throughout the process. At Geko Cloud we have a multidisciplinary team, expert and certified in the main cloud technologies that ensure the cloud migration of your company is in best hands.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://geko.cloud/en/contact/">Shall we start?</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>How to get my website ready for Black Friday. As every year, Black Friday arrives to offer the biggest discounts on all kinds of products, more and more stores are jumping on the bandwagon, and this year more than ever, online shopping will be promoted to avoid coronavirus infections. This means that online stores will [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>How to get my website ready for Black Friday.</h2>
<p>As every year, <strong>Black Friday</strong> arrives to offer the biggest discounts on all kinds of products, more and more stores are jumping on the bandwagon, and this year more than ever, <strong>online shopping</strong> will be promoted to avoid <strong>coronavirus</strong> infections. This means that online stores will have to prepare their platforms to support a notable growth in demand these days.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve all experienced those moments when a website goes down, we try massively to take advantage of a unique offer or a very popular product at a very low price. But is this normal? Why do websites collapse when many users come at once? <a href="https://geko2.factoryfy.com/wp-content/uploads/cloud-crying.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2969" src="https://geko2.factoryfy.com/wp-content/uploads/cloud-crying-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="80" height="80" /></a></p>
<p>Here are a few tips for websites down in times of crisis and increase in traffic, because a proactive website is worth two!</p>
<p>First, let&#8217;s analyze the problem, your website may fall down for any of the following reasons:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>1. Capacity plan</strong>:</p>
<p>Review the limitations of your <strong>hosting plan</strong> in terms of growth in both computing and storage capacity.</p>
<p>Are your services able to scale automatically? What is the usual loading <strong>capacity of your platform</strong>? What is the growth margin of your business in sales VS what your platform can tolerate without suffering service impairment?</p>
<p>These are some of the questions you should ask yourself to face a <strong>Black Friday</strong> at a growth level, to anticipate the behavior of your systems at specific demand peaks.</p>
<p>Review your <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/monitoring/">monitoring</a>, scaling strategies and operations proactively.</p>
<p><strong>2. Demand peaks:</strong></p>
<p>As it is the case, during <strong>Black Friday</strong> many people will access your website and you need to choose a hosting that foresees the future: a dedicated server, private server, <strong>cloud hosting</strong> or <strong>reseller hosting</strong>.</p>
<p>Remember that in the face of abrupt growth peaks, traditional growth methodologies are not enough, you must anticipate over-dimensioning by time slots.</p>
<p><strong>3. Resource overloads:</strong></p>
<p>The resources of your system architecture and database can become saturated by these traffic peaks mentioned above. It is important to prevent them, detect them in real time and know your response time to failures and average recovery time. Train it and know your predictable growth failure points.</p>
<h4><strong>Create alerts that keep you informed and help you anticipate these saturation situations.</strong></h4>
<p>Overloading can mean loss of customers, brand reputation and above all: lost sales.</p>
<p><strong>4. Your website is not optimized:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Optimization</strong>, both of the applications and of the infrastructure, is key for the speed and loading times of your website. To do this you must take into account a variety of points:</p>
<ul>
<li>Match the assests requests with sub-domains</li>
<li>Uses previous layers of security and CDN</li>
<li>Use an APM to monitor your application&#8217;s call performance</li>
<li>Uses event orientation</li>
<li>Prioritize architectures with asynchronous calls</li>
<li>Reviews data structure and separates according to relational and non-relational data</li>
<li>Check access to shared data</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to make sure your platform is prepared for demand spikes.</h4>
<p>Thanks to the <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/devops/">DevOps</a> methodology, a correct management of the servers, the cloud and the appropriate technical support, your platform will be able to support high demand peaks in key days such as <strong>Black Friday</strong>.</p>
<h4>Monitoring</h4>
<p>Improve the tracking of your platform through <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/monitoring/">monitoring</a> technologies, such as <strong>Prometheus</strong>, ELK, Fluent, InfluxDB&#8230;Identify and be able to predict the volume of traffic to your website and compare it to peaks in demand in similar scenarios, such as last year&#8217;s <strong>Black Friday</strong>, <strong>Cyber Monday</strong> or <strong>Christmas</strong> days.</p>
<h4>Accelerate improvements in your production environment</h4>
<p>Implement integration and <strong>deployment pipelines</strong> to accelerate the processes of <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/integration-and-deployment-cicd/"><strong>continuous integration</strong></a>, ensuring the quality of delivery and following the flows and processes of your business, so you can avoid loss of time, errors and possible falls in times of high demand.</p>
<h4>Includes 24&#215;7 support</h4>
<p>If your development team does not have operational support, you can count on an external team that <strong>guarantees the continuity of your platform</strong> at all times, just as we do at <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko</a> with companies such as <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/case-studies/case-study-venca/">Venca</a> or <a href="https://shopery.com/">Shopery</a>.</p>
<p>You can find more information about technologies and our <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/cloud-management/">cloud solutions</a> in other posts in our <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/blog/">blog</a>. We are waiting for you!</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2020 09:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The importance of e-commerce grows, much more even after the situation caused by COVID-19, which has changed the trend of users consumption in a migration from physical stores to electronic commerce. As a result, many companies have been encouraged to open their own online shopping platforms betting hard on internet as a powerfull sales channel, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/increase-your-ecommerce-sales-by-migrating-to-cloud/">Increase your eCommerce sales by migrating to cloud</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of e-commerce grows, much more even after the situation caused by COVID-19, which has changed the trend of users consumption in a migration from physical stores to electronic commerce. As a result, many companies have been encouraged to open their own online shopping platforms betting hard on internet as a powerfull sales channel, and existing electronic stores have to improve their infrastructure to adapt themselves to this growing demand. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And in this, <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-the-cloud/">Cloud</a> is a great ally. The cloud is the ideal place to host your e-commerce platform and offers you many possibilities that are available to all types of companies: large, medium, small businesses, B2B or B2C orient</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cloud environments offered many advantages for your ecommerce: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scalability </span></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-the-cloud/">cloud computing solution</a> will allow you to adapt the resources to your needs. Migrating your e-commerce to <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-the-cloud/">cloud</a> allows to increase or decrease the capacity of your website depending on demand, thus optimizing speed and response time and this translates into a better experience for your users. The response speed of an e-commerce is a key point and a poor server service that slows down the loading of the web page can lead to a 20% loss sales for every second of delay. Seasons like Christmas, black friday or sales, where there is a great demand, you must have an e-commerce capable of yielding and always giving its best version to the final user. In these cases, having an online store hosted in a <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-the-cloud/">cloud</a> infrastructure is clincher, since the cloud will increase resources based on those peaks in demand and will reduce them when they are no longer needed.. </span></p>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cost savings </span></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This scalability and optimization of resources also allows you to save costs, <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-the-cloud/">cloud</a> infrastructures are so flexible that you will only pay for the resources you consume and really need. In addition to saving on the classic infrastructure of servers and hardware. This implies greatly reducing your first investment, in addition to the fact that maintenance costs are also lower than the usual tech infrastructure. With this savings you can redirect that investment to aspects that really boost your business, such as marketing or SEO.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With this, the cloud allows us to start from a first version of the store as a proof of concept or test with very affordable costs with the advantage that if the project prospers, we can grow resources vertically or horizontally to prepare the infrastructure to higher user demand and never lose the business opportunity, balancing investment against demand in a very balanced way. A good <a href="https://geko2.factoryfy.com/que-es-cloud/">cloud</a> implementation will also make it possible for the infrastructure itself to make growth or decrease decisions in real time so that the client does not always have to be on the lookout and can only focus on his business.</span></p>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Greater security</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hosting your online store in a <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-the-cloud/">cloud</a> infrastructure implies 24/7 availability and reduces the risks of server breakdowns, cyber attacks &#8230; This is an important point, because e-commerce deals with sensitive customers data and in case of cyber attack from Data theft could be a legal and economic catastrophe. However, the worst thing that can happen to you with a <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-the-cloud/">cloud</a> ecommerce is a server crashing, which means little more than a bad image and a conversions reduction.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As we have commented, security levels improve depending on the investment made in perimeter access layers such as implementation of CDN, WAF modules, firewalls, etc. All this can be phased and quantifiable so that it is not necessary to make a significant initial investment, but it is essential to have these tools and be prepared</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another fundamental point is to be able to guarantee with objective data and ISO, PCI, etc. certifications the quality of the security of access to the data, both for your client and for possible investment sources that could participate in the future of the project. They will always ask us for quality criteria and security control. At this point, the cloud gives us a totally oriented environment for these purposes.</span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ease of management</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://geko.cloud/en/what-is-the-cloud/">Cloud</a> infrastructure management is very easy and intuitive. This, in adition with the services of an expert <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/migration/">cloud migration</a> team like Geko, makes it easy to deploy your business online in a cloud environment and manage it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our<a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/24x7-devops-support/"> 24X7 implementation</a>, <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/cloud-services/monitoring/">maintenance and monitoring</a> policy, thanks to our tools, allow us to have a vision of the consumption and use trend of your platform and thus, react and prevent any event on your platform, on demand for traffic, security attack etc. At Geko Cloud we work </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In short, hosting your e-commerce in the cloud means cost savings, scalable infrastructure, data security and ease of management. All this allows you to offer online store service through a cloud platform without having to spend a lot of time or resources.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What are you waiting for to take your online store to the cloud? <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/contact/">We help you?</a></span></p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/increase-your-ecommerce-sales-by-migrating-to-cloud/">Increase your eCommerce sales by migrating to cloud</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://geko.cloud/en/">Geko Cloud</a>.</p>
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