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DoD’s JEDI cloud contract favors AWS, with Microsoft on deck

AWS is expected to win the DoD's $10 billion JEDI cloud contract. The single-cloud vendor deal has brought criticism and some believe Microsoft will eventually play an important role, too.

By Ed Scannell, Beth Pariseau, Chris Kanaracus • July 24, 2019

Is a Cloud Foundry deployment right for you?

Enterprise PaaS needs have grown from streamlining app deployment to the ability to use the hosting infrastructure of their choice -- which has put Cloud Foundry in the spotlight.

By Chris Tozzi • July 24, 2019

Hybrid cloud deals dominate 2019’s cloud computing market news

It has been a busy first half of 2019 for the cloud computing market. Here is a rundown of the biggest cloud news stories so far this year with implications for the industry and customers.

By Chris Kanaracus • July 23, 2019

What to expect -- and not expect -- from serverless computing

The scope of serverless computing continues to evolve as cloud providers try to reduce the drawbacks and join the technology with containers.

By Tom Nolle • July 23, 2019

Conduct cloud security training across the business

A well-educated staff is one of the best tools in the fight against security breaches. Consider these tips to prepare your employees for the risks in the cloud.

By Will Kelly • July 22, 2019

Microsoft Azure feature targets application latency woes

An additional Microsoft Azure function can place VMs associated with a multi-tier application inside the same cloud data center to reduce latency.

By Chris Kanaracus • July 19, 2019

VMware on Azure gains early adherents

Microsoft's Azure VMware Solutions service will compete with the VMware Cloud on AWS offering, and reflects a move to the cloud for virtualized workloads.

By Chris Kanaracus • July 19, 2019

Best practices for negotiating a SaaS SLA

SaaS apps offer convenience, but enterprises still need to do their due diligence with prospective vendors. Follow these tips to get the best SaaS service-level agreement.

By Alan Earls • July 19, 2019

Prepare for the deprecation of Amazon S3 path-style API requests

AWS' users should start building apps with virtual-hosted API requests, if they aren't already. Learn about the S3 path-style change and how it could affect your workloads.

By Kurt Marko • July 19, 2019

Hearst puts cloud governance first in move to AWS, Azure

Cloud governance, both from a security and cost perspective, was crucial for Hearst Corp. as it moved its IT operations to AWS and Microsoft Azure.

By Chris Kanaracus • July 18, 2019

Inside Amazon Managed Blockchain components and pricing

Many enterprises can benefit from blockchain technology, but few should build it from scratch. See how Amazon Managed Blockchain works, and its pricing, as one option for blockchain as a service.

By Stephen Bigelow • July 18, 2019

Manage cloud APIs wisely with these 4 tips

Users can get caught in the weeds of APIs in the cloud. Learn the best tools, top factors and cost optimization techniques for cloud APIs to maximize application performance.

By Sara Grier • July 17, 2019

How to use Athena to troubleshoot AWS operations issues

Amazon Athena runs analysis against data stored in S3, where AWS admins can find a trove of ops data for troubleshooting and optimization. Use it on ELB, VPC and other services.

By Ernesto Marquez • July 16, 2019

Why the PaaS market failed to live up to the hype

PaaS' days as a stand-alone tech may be numbered as the cloud layer gets absorbed by IaaS platforms from AWS and others. See what went wrong for the market that once held such promise.

By David Linthicum • July 16, 2019

Amazon’s Werner Vogels talks AWS Outposts, innovation

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels talks about the company's Outposts hybrid cloud hardware, how AWS approaches innovation and future plans for cloud cost containment.

By Chris Kanaracus • July 15, 2019

Linode GPU instances offer accelerated computing power

Linode's GPU instances are built on Nvidia's Quadro RTX 6000 GPU cards, designed to power high-performance applications and use cases for artists, scientists, engineers and more.

By Sabrina Polin • July 15, 2019

Alluxio updates data orchestration platform, launches 2.0

The latest version of the Alluxio data orchestration platform includes several new capabilities and features designed with hybrid and multi-cloud environments in mind.

By Tanner Harding • July 12, 2019

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on transparency, developers, multi-cloud

In this Q&A, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels dishes on transparency, technology roadmaps, developers, multi-cloud and more.

By Chris Kanaracus • July 12, 2019

Cloud cost implications of the 5 V’s of big data

Moving analytics to the cloud opens a lot of doors for users, but only if they keep costs in check and understand the 5 V's of big data -- volume, variety, velocity, veracity and value.

By Will Kelly • July 12, 2019

AWS Summit widens net with services for containers, devs

AWS' latest crop of tools monitors container clusters on its services and simplifies developers' use of preferred IDEs and languages, backed by an emphasis on security.

By Chris Kanaracus • July 11, 2019

Do DevSecOps with AWS to practice cybersecurity vigilance

While there may be some contention over the name, DevSecOps is still the way to tackle AWS security at scale, especially with the cloud security skills shortage.

By Ryan Dowd • July 11, 2019

IT teams face an uphill battle with serverless migrations

Moving serverless functions between cloud platforms is met with various obstacles. Make sure to look out for the following key features before starting the process.

By Kurt Marko • July 11, 2019

Red Hat-IBM deal closes, both promise a friendly coopetition

IBM and Red Hat formally signed off on its $34 billion deal as the combined company sets off to make its mark in the hybrid cloud market.

By Ed Scannell and Chris Kanaracus • July 9, 2019

Get to know the VMware HCX platform

HCX connects on-premises systems, private clouds, VMware Cloud on AWS and hosted cloud infrastructures, creating a hybrid or multi-cloud environment for vSphere workloads.

By Robert Sheldon • July 9, 2019

Use AWS IoT device shadows to improve app-device communication

IoT apps are only as good as the data they collect. Shadows can help improve communications between the app and its related devices, so things don't go awry when network issues arise.

By Stephen Bigelow • July 9, 2019