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What are the main features of Azure Storage Explorer?

With Azure Storage Explorer, cloud admins can centrally manage storage accounts and resources. Here are some key features to tap into.

By Stuart Burns • Nov. 16, 2021

PaaS showdown: AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs. Google App Engine

AWS and Google Cloud offer their own flavor of PaaS. While they share some similarities, take a closer look at their core features and use cases before you choose an offering.

By Kurt Marko • Nov. 9, 2021

Edge computing security risks and how to overcome them

IT administrators must incorporate the right strategies and tools to anticipate, prevent and overcome common edge computing security risks and realize the value of edge technology.

By Tom Nolle • Nov. 8, 2021

Best practices for endpoint security in the cloud

As the proliferation of cloud services continues, IT teams should revisit -- and potentially revamp -- their endpoint protection strategies.

By George Lawton • Nov. 5, 2021

Kion, formerly Cloudtamer, expands cloud management features

Cloudtamer, a cloud management startup, rebrands as Kion for the platform's 3.0 release. New features include expanded support for Google Cloud Platform and cloud finance tools.

By Tim McCarthy • Nov. 5, 2021

Where cloud cryptography fits in a security strategy

IT teams face a never-ending challenge as they try to secure data. When that data lives in the cloud, encryption is a key concern. Implement these data encryption tips and tools.

By Stuart Burns • Nov. 1, 2021

Oracle Cloud VMware Solution simplifies cloud migration

Moving on-premises VMware VMs to the cloud doesn't have to be difficult. VMware and Oracle offer a managed deployment of VMware vSphere integrated into the Oracle Cloud.

By Alastair Cooke • Oct. 29, 2021

hybrid IT

Hybrid IT is an approach to enterprise computing in which an organization provides and manages some information technology (IT) resources in-house but uses cloud-based services for others.

By Katie Terrell Hanna • Oct. 28, 2021

Compare products within the Azure Stack portfolio

Azure Stack Hub, Azure Stack HCI and Azure Stack Edge all support a hybrid cloud architecture. Learn their key differences in terms of form factor, management options and more.

By Kurt Marko • Oct. 26, 2021

3 best practices for Amazon S3 cost optimization

Everything a business runs in the cloud costs money, and AWS S3 storage is no exception. Smart AWS users understand how to adjust S3 storage levels to control costs.

By Stuart Burns • Oct. 15, 2021

Google adds hardware flexibility to distributed cloud

Google Distributed Cloud Edge, available in preview, takes the company's cloud computing infrastructure to the private data center, colocation facility or a remote location.

By Antone Gonsalves • Oct. 13, 2021

How to negotiate a cloud agreement that works

In a cloud initiative, the difference between disappointment and success is connected to the quality of the contract. Consider these negotiation strategies.

By Tom Nolle • Oct. 13, 2021

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a managed message queuing service technical professionals and developers use to send, store and retrieve multiple messages of various sizes asynchronously.

By Katherine Martin, TechTarget Contributor • Oct. 8, 2021

Amazon Braket

Amazon Braket is a fully managed AWS cloud service designed to allow users remote access to a single development environment for quantum computers.

By Alexander Gillis • Oct. 7, 2021

Amazon VPC traffic mirroring

Traffic mirroring is a feature for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). The feature is used to monitor the network-level traffic of workloads.

By Alexander Gillis • Oct. 7, 2021

VMware launches integrated services for multi-cloud operations

VMware Cross-Cloud services for multi-cloud environments faces competition from startups and in-house operational tools supplied by public cloud providers.

By Antone Gonsalves • Oct. 7, 2021

HPE GreenLake vs. AWS Outposts: 2 approaches to hybrid cloud

GreenLake and Outposts both deliver on-premises, cloudlike services, yet have stark differences in the approaches they take. Determine which fits your organization's needs.

By Kurt Marko • Oct. 6, 2021

When to use Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling vs. AWS Auto Scaling

They sound similar, but Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling and AWS Auto Scaling have different purposes. Let's break down what each enables you to do and how exactly they differ.

By Ernesto Marquez • Sept. 30, 2021

How to create EC2 custom metrics with Amazon CloudWatch

Amazon CloudWatch provides useful monitoring information with its built-in capabilities, but for additional data, it might be time to consider custom metrics.

By Michael Levan • Sept. 30, 2021

How to manage cloud transfer and egress charges

It's expensive -- sometimes shockingly expensive -- to move data out of the cloud. Consider these factors to avoid costly data transfer bills.

By Brian Kirsch • Sept. 27, 2021

Cisco routes to market expand amid cloud marketplace growth

Cisco cited a significant shift toward the cloud and a decline in reselling. However, the company said resellers will remain important to its sales approach.

By John Moore • Sept. 22, 2021

How to avoid 4 common errors in EC2 Instance Connect

The EC2 Instance Connect feature enables users to securely connect instances, but there are certain pitfalls to avoid. Here are some issues to look out for.

By Ernesto Marquez • Sept. 21, 2021

Operational strategies for isolation in cloud computing

While it's inevitable that certain cloud-hosted applications will share resources, the vulnerabilities these connections expose make isolation strategies an absolute necessity.

By Tom Nolle • Sept. 15, 2021

6 steps to build a comprehensive cloud tagging strategy

A poorly executed cloud resource tagging strategy, or having no strategy at all, can cost a bundle down the road. Build the best tagging strategy with these six steps.

By Tom Nolle • Sept. 14, 2021

How to use Google Cloud Operations suite

Follow along to set up Google Cloud Operations' Monitoring and Logging services, try Google's Monitoring Query Language and automate dashboard creation with the API.

By Michael Levan • Sept. 10, 2021