DigitalOcean July 2024 Monthly Resource Round-Up

As developers and businesses, we strive to build rock-solid systems that maintain customer trust and avoid privacy breaches. But sometimes, things go sideways. Servers crash, databases corrupt, or human error leads to accidental deletions. And as we saw earlier this month with a global IT outage, even the third-party systems we rely on can fail spectacularly, leaving us scrambling.

This is where backups become an important part of your application arsenal. Regular, comprehensive backups can mean the difference between a minor hiccup and a full-blown crisis. They’re your insurance policy against the unexpected, ensuring that even when the worst happens, you can get back on your feet quickly and minimize damage to your operations (and reputation).

Dive into our latest article on Backup as a Service (BaaS) and discover DigitalOcean’s robust backup solutions at your fingertips. While you’re at it, catch up on some product updates you might’ve missed at Deploy— from powerful GPU Droplets to our new Covered Products for HIPAA workloads.

Product updates

GenAI Platform (Early Availability)

Deploy Generative AI capabilities to your applications using familiar third-party foundation models. Experiment and customize models with techniques like fine-tuning and retrieval augmented generation (RAG). Watch the GenAI Platform in action and sign up to try it in early availability!

GPU Droplets (Early Availability)

Launch instances with 1 or 8 NVIDIA H100 GPUs for exceptional performance in AI/ML workloads. Flexible deployment options make it easy to tailor to various use cases and budgets. Watch the product walkthrough video and sign up to try a DigitalOcean GPU Droplet!

HIPAA Covered Products

Host electronic Protected Health Information on select DigitalOcean products. This allows healthcare providers and HealthTech organizations to build and scale sensitive workloads regulated under HIPAA. Visit our HIPAA information site!

Global Load Balancer (Beta)

Balance HTTP traffic across regions to enhance global resiliency and minimize latency. This service routes traffic based on the geographical proximity of the end user, providing dynamic multi-region failover and leveraging edge caching. Learn more!

Resources

Webinars

Why App Platform is a better alternative to AWS for Startups Tuesday August 6, 10am CEST

Discover why DigitalOcean’s App Platform is the ideal cloud solution for startups. Learn how this PaaS (platform as a service) solution simplifies app deployment and management, offering cost savings and ease of use. Join Jack Pearce, Solutions Architect at DigitalOcean, for a demo. Plus, hear webbar, a DigitalOcean partner, share examples of cost savings and benefits achieved by customers migrating from AWS to App Platform. Register now.

Videos

Configuring Advanced Load Balancer Settings in DOKS

Learn how to configure advanced load balancer settings on a Kubernetes cluster in this DigitalOcean walkthrough. This tutorial covers renaming your load balancer, applying firewall rules, and providing a deep dive into the annotations needed for these configurations.

DOKS Advanced Monitoring

Join Akshit Pratiush, a Senior Solutions Architect at DigitalOcean, as he shares how to set up advanced metrics, including deployment status metrics, like DaemonSet pod scheduling and availability. Advanced metrics are useful for in-depth views into Kubernetes-specific metrics.

Articles

• Check out our blog about the availability of GPU Droplets, HIPAA Covered Products, and more

• We are excited to unveil the Beta release of our Global Load Balancer, a crucial upgrade to our load balancer suite. Designed to enhance application resilience, remove single points of failure, and greatly reduce end-user latency, this solution marks a significant advancement in our offerings.

• DigitalOcean and HIPAA: Enabling Healthcare Innovation on our Platform

• DigitalOcean Load Balancer: Scaling to 1,000,000+ Connections

• Deploying your Microservices Architecture App in App Platform using Managed Kafka

Customer stories

Traceable, a leading API security company that provides customers with API visibility and attack protection, uses DigitalOcean’s cloud platform to power its educational workshops and test its security sensors.

Cloud resources from The Wave

• Learn what it takes to become a successful cloud engineer, including the essential skills, responsibilities, and career prospects.

• Unearth how AIOps uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help IT teams work better, spot issues early, and keep systems running smoothly.

• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of DigitalOcean, Linode, and Vultr to determine the best cloud hosting provider for your needs.

• Explore top Microsoft Azure App service alternatives for your application needs.

• Assess Heroku alternatives that offer robust features for application hosting and deployment.

• Discover Backup as a Service (BaaS) and how it simplifies data backup in the cloud.

• Understand the ins and outs of containerization and how it provides scalable, reliable, and cost-effective solutions for websites and applications.

Digital agency owner resources from UGURUS

• Attend the Run Your Agency Like A Pro Live Training Series hosted by Brent Weaver. These live sessions will focus on attracting leads, winning deals, and delighting clients. Register for free.

• Schedule a free 1:1 Agency Audit. We’ll discuss your agency’s foundational elements and tackle your biggest issues and roadblocks. By the end of the call, you’ll have actionable next steps, a renewed sense of motivation, and clear direction. Book here for free.

• Get access to Hire Smart: The Hiring Playbook for Agency Owners. You’ll learn how to double your capacity, tackle more projects, and scale your agency. Get access for free.