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Hivelocity Announces Black Friday 2025 Deals

Hivelocity has unveiled its highly anticipated Black Friday deals, offering massive savings on premium web hosting solutions. This year’s promotions include 30% off annual VPS and VDS plans and 50% off Instant Dedicated Servers for the first six months, making enterprise-grade hosting more accessible than ever. VPS & VDS Plans: …

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5 signs you outgrew aws
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5 Signs You’ve Outgrown AWS and Need a Better Cloud Strategy

Cloud infrastructure needs evolve as businesses mature. What works for a startup may not serve a scaling enterprise, and recognizing when your organization has outgrown its current cloud provider is crucial for long-term success. Amazon Web Services (AWS) remains a powerful platform, but it’s not the right fit for every …

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what happens when aws goes down again
Enterprise Cloud

What Happens When AWS Goes Down (Again)?

Picture this: You’re sipping your morning coffee when notifications start flooding your phone. Your application dashboards turn red. Customer support tickets surge. Revenue streams halt. Welcome to the reality of a major AWS outage—a scenario that transforms from theoretical risk to business-critical emergency in minutes. The October 2025 AWS outage …

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AWS Egress Fees Explained: What You're Really Paying to Leave
Enterprise Cloud

AWS Egress Fees Explained: What You’re Really Paying to Leave

Moving data out of Amazon Web Services isn’t just a technical consideration—it’s a financial one that can significantly impact your cloud budget. AWS egress fees, the charges applied when data leaves Amazon’s network, have become one of the most scrutinized aspects of cloud economics. These costs can accumulate rapidly for …

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taming the aws bill: how to regain of your cloud costs
Enterprise Cloud

Taming the AWS Bill: How to Regain Control of Your Cloud Costs

Enterprises will waste an estimated 21% of their cloud infrastructure spending on underutilized resources in 2025, totaling $44.5 billion. That’s not a typo. Approximately 21-32 % of cloud investment delivers no business value, with idle resources, overprovisioned instances, and hidden costs bleeding budgets dry. If your AWS bill has become …

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Enterprise Cloud

Cloud Repatriation: Why Workloads Are Moving Off AWS in 2026

The narrative of the last decade has been dominated by a one-way migration to the public cloud. Enterprises stampeded toward providers like AWS, driven by the promise of infinite scalability, agility, and a “cloud-first” ideology. However, the operational realities of running extensive workloads in the public cloud have begun to …

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Why Bare Metal Beats Cloud For Validators: Latency, Slashing & ROI Explained
Validators

Why Bare Metal Beats Cloud For Validators: Latency, Slashing & ROI Explained

Blockchain validators operate in a world where milliseconds matter and downtime costs real money. As specialized nodes responsible for maintaining the integrity of Proof-of-Stake networks like Solana, Ethereum, and Cosmos, validators face a critical infrastructure decision: bare metal servers or cloud virtualization. This choice directly impacts three fundamental aspects of …

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Cloud TOS Crypto: When Your Validator Gets Banned
Validators

The Cloud TOS Problem: When Your Validator Isn’t Welcome Anymore

The promise of Web3 is decentralization—a network where no single entity holds the reins. Yet a closer look at the infrastructure supporting blockchain networks reveals an uncomfortable truth: much of this “decentralized” ecosystem runs on a handful of centralized cloud platforms. When Hetzner abruptly blocked Solana validators in November 2022, …

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What 0.1s of Latency Means for Solana Validators
Validators

What 0.1s of Latency Means for Solana Validators

In Proof-of-Stake (PoS) networks, validator performance is paramount. While uptime has historically been the primary metric, validator latency has now emerged as the central variable in the economic equation of staking operations. For high-throughput chains like Solana, where block times are measured in milliseconds, even the slightest delay can have …

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PoS Validators: Home Lab to Hosted Bare Metal
Validators

PoS Validators: Home Lab to Hosted Bare Metal

Proof-of-Stake (PoS) has transformed the blockchain landscape, offering a more energy-efficient and scalable alternative to Proof-of-Work. At the heart of this mechanism are validators: specialized nodes responsible for proposing, verifying, and securing the network. For a validator, uptime is not just a goal; it is a direct measure of performance …

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