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hybrid cloud architecture

Hybrid cloud architecture is a type of cloud computing architecture that combines public cloud, private cloud and on-premises resources.

By Sean Kerner • Jan. 5, 2024

7 keys to an effective hybrid cloud migration strategy

Cloud readiness, storage costs, network lag and metrics can make or break the choice to move data, applications and workloads to today's more complex hybrid cloud environment.

By Brian Kirsch • Jan. 5, 2024

cloud provisioning

Cloud provisioning is the allocation of a cloud provider's resources and services to a customer.

By James Montgomery, Spencer Smith, Kinza Yasar • Jan. 5, 2024

8 hybrid cloud security challenges and how to manage them

Hybrid cloud's benefits are many and varied but so are the security issues surrounding integration, compatibility, governance, compliance, APIs, visibility and responsibility.

By Kathleen Richards • Jan. 4, 2024

hybrid cloud management

Hybrid cloud management characterizes the processes and tools for managing applications that span public and private cloud computing infrastructure.

By George Lawton • Jan. 4, 2024

Pros and cons of 10 common hybrid cloud use cases

For businesses contemplating the advantages and disadvantages of their applications living in a distributed cloud infrastructure, take a cue from these hybrid cloud use cases.

By George Lawton • Jan. 2, 2024

The relationship between cloud FinOps and security

True FinOps maturity isn't achievable without FinOps and cybersecurity team collaboration. The first step is building the relationship between those teams.

By Will Kelly • Dec. 28, 2023

Optimize serverless apps with an observability strategy

Serverless apps come with unexpected challenges and sometimes they are nearly impossible to troubleshoot and optimize. Move away from traditional monitoring practices to succeed.

By Tom Nolle • Dec. 28, 2023

hybrid cloud security

Hybrid cloud security is the combination of technologies and practices that protect a hybrid cloud user's sensitive data, infrastructure and applications.

By Ben Lutkevich • Dec. 19, 2023

How to survive a cloud service outage

Outages might be rare, but they are rarely cheap -- any amount of downtime can cost you money. Learn how to minimize the risks and survive a cloud service outage.

By Brian Kirsch • Dec. 19, 2023

Navigate the eviction policies for Azure Spot Virtual Machines

When things go right, Azure Spot VMs are a good investment to save money. However, users need a greater understanding of how eviction policies will affect their VMs.

By Stuart Burns • Dec. 13, 2023

Compare Azure Blueprints vs. Terraform

Azure Blueprints helps companies with strict compliance needs in Azure environments, while Terraform is a versatile tool that suits multi-cloud strategies. Evaluate the tools here.

By Liam Cleary • Dec. 8, 2023

How to implement AI into cloud management and operations

AI is becoming a transformative feature of cloud, but it means nothing if you don't have a proper strategy. Find out how to fold AI into management practices.

By Will Kelly • Dec. 6, 2023

New dev tools at AWS re:Invent shape the future of cloud

Noteworthy tools and updates for developers at AWS re:Invent 2023 included AWS Fault Injection Service, Amazon Q Code Transformation and GenAI features to improve productivity.

By Paul Nashawaty • Dec. 4, 2023

SPI model

The SPI model is an abbreviation of the most common cloud computing service models: software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS).

By Kathleen Casey • Nov. 30, 2023

Evaluate serverless computing best practices

Serverless computing strategies require enterprises to evaluate tools, features and costs, while understanding application requirements and use cases. Here are some best practices.

By Ernesto Marquez • Nov. 29, 2023

Hybrid cloud connectivity best practices and considerations

Private and public clouds stress networks in different ways and don't always play well together. Here's what to know to set up a cost-effective hybrid cloud network architecture.

By Stephen Bigelow • Nov. 28, 2023

Use resource tagging to optimize cloud costs

When it comes to cost management in cloud computing, tags and additional metadata can help with reporting, allocation and optimization recommendations.

By Will Kelly • Nov. 27, 2023

Craft a data protection strategy for multi-cloud

Data protection is harder when you have multiple clouds in the mix. Manage this challenge by crafting a data protection strategy and following these best practices.

By Chris Tozzi • Nov. 27, 2023

Compare AWS, Azure and Google Cloud IAM services

This comparison dives into the differences among cloud IAM services from AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Use it to evaluate features, resource hierarchy configuration and pricing.

By Chris Tozzi • Nov. 20, 2023

cloudlet

A cloudlet is a small-scale data center or cluster of computers designed to quickly provide cloud computing services to mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets and wearable devices, within close geographical proximity.

By Kathleen Casey • Nov. 17, 2023

Deploy ML on edge devices with SageMaker, IoT Greengrass

Amazon SageMaker, ONNX and AWS IoT Greengrass help deploy machine learning models to edge devices. Steps include component creation, recipe building and core device configuration.

By Ernesto Marquez • Nov. 15, 2023

Optimize ML models with Amazon SageMaker Neo

Machine learning models that run inference tasks require optimized performance and monitoring. Amazon SageMaker Neo can be a helpful tool in the ML model release cycle.

By Ernesto Marquez • Nov. 14, 2023

3 cost optimization strategies for multi-cloud environments

Cloud environments can become costly especially across multiple cloud providers. Read about these cost optimization strategies to bring down your bill.

By Will Kelly • Nov. 9, 2023

Red Hat shares vision for open source at Analyst Day

At Analyst Day, Red Hat focused on RHEL, OpenShift, Ansible, CentOS migration and automation, reflecting its commitment to deliver open source offerings to enterprise customers.

By Paul Nashawaty • Nov. 8, 2023