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AWS Config Rules price change could cut cloud compliance costs

AWS Config Rules will switch to usage-based pricing, which could spur cloud compliance service adoption and be kinder to customers' budgets.

By Chris Kanaracus • May 24, 2019

AWS Pricing Calculator promises better cost estimates, with limitations

Quickly generate cost estimates for your cloud with the AWS Pricing Calculator. Find out how it could help you budget, as well as how it stacks up to other pricing tools.

By George Lawton • May 24, 2019

Use vCenter maps to get better insight into your environment

Managing a VMware environment can be complex, but a single mapping tool can smooth the process significantly by showing the relationships between objects.

By Brien Posey • May 23, 2019

Couchbase cozies up to Kubernetes for multi-cloud deployments

Couchbase adds support for Kubernetes container-based deployments of its popular NoSQL database across multiple clouds, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google.

By Chris Kanaracus • May 23, 2019

Storage Gateway basics to set an AWS hybrid storage strategy

AWS Storage Gateway deploys a gateway that connects on-premises tasks and applications to the AWS cloud. This sets your IT infrastructure up for disaster recovery and backup.

By Stephen Bigelow • May 23, 2019

AWS Storage Gateway performance depends on resource placement

Senior technology editor Stephen Bigelow breaks down how AWS Storage Gateway can trip up users' hybrid cloud strategies. Beware these issues with latency and security.

By Stephen Bigelow • May 22, 2019

Google, Informatica deepen ties around big data in the cloud

Google and Informatica have expanded their partnership and product integrations as enterprise customers seek to move large data sets into the cloud for processing and analytics.

By Chris Kanaracus • May 22, 2019

Amazon Translate

Amazon Translate is a cloud service for changing large amounts of text written in one language to another language. Amazon Translate supports 25 languages, with the official documentation detailing which languages can be paired up for translation.

By TechTarget Contributor • May 21, 2019

Can you run an enterprise workload on VMware Cloud on AWS?

There is a small list of enterprise-class deployments and integrations known to run on VMware Cloud on AWS, but not all complex workloads are suited to the cloud yet.

By Stephen Bigelow • May 21, 2019

Multi-cloud management tools fall short of expectations

Multi-cloud presents new management issues for enterprises. Users want better visibility and control of multiple clouds, but vendors struggle to meet these needs.

By Paul Korzeniowski • May 21, 2019

Access and modify data for mobile apps with AWS AppSync

Consider AWS AppSync to support mobile app development. Look into key features, such as real-time updates and in-app data querying, to determine if the service is right for your apps.

By Kurt Marko • May 21, 2019

Follow this step-by-step guide to use AWS Lambda with PowerShell

Explore the process needed to prepare, package and publish Lambda functions with PowerShell modules. Use the examples in each step to model your own functions.

By Prateek Singh • May 20, 2019

Microsoft hands developer advocates keys to the kingdom

Microsoft views developers as key to not only maintaining its customer base, but expanding it through interaction with open source communities.

By Darryl Taft • May 17, 2019

Poor hybrid data placement can swell cloud costs

Enterprises that rely on public clouds are no stranger to egress traffic charges, but those costs can skyrocket when it comes to hybrid cloud data placement and usage.

By Tom Nolle • May 17, 2019

Apptio buys Cloudability for cloud cost optimization

Apptio looks to strengthen its cloud cost optimization services with the addition of Cloudability, as the industry continues to coalesce around hybrid and multi-cloud management.

By Chris Kanaracus • May 16, 2019

Cloud cost management tactics that work

This guide looks at strategies and best practices for cloud cost savings. We'll focus on public clouds, although many of these tips apply to private and hybrid cloud architectures as well.

By Chris Tozzi • May 15, 2019

Stay up to date with the VMware Cloud on AWS roadmap

Upcoming features on the VMware Cloud on AWS roadmap include two SDKs, disaster recovery testing improvements and increased VMware Site Recovery protection.

By Stephen Bigelow • May 15, 2019

VMware’s Bitnami buy targets multi-cloud deployments

VMware has inked a deal to buy Bitnami, maker of a catalog that vets and packages up popular software, such as MySQL, for quick, secure multi-cloud deployments.

By Chris Kanaracus • May 15, 2019

Learn about VMware Cloud on AWS pricing and availability

VMware Cloud on AWS offers three pricing tiers for different types of businesses and is available in most major global AWS regions. Learn which tier works best for your business.

By Stephen Bigelow • May 15, 2019

Test your knowledge of Google Cloud management tools

Are you a Google Cloud expert? Can you ace this quiz focused on Google's management and monitoring tools? Find out how you stack up against your colleagues.

By Sara Grier • May 15, 2019

AWS IQ marketplace taps demand for AWS experts

AWS is at work on IQ, a job marketplace that matches AWS experts with customers. Similar in appearance to the likes of Upwork, IQ is set for launch later this year.

By Chris Kanaracus • May 14, 2019

Take advantage of these 4 VMware Cloud on AWS features

VMware features, such as Site Recovery, vSphere vMotion, vSAN stretched clusters and Elastic Distributed Resource Scheduler, are available on VMware Cloud on AWS.

By Stephen Bigelow • May 14, 2019

Build a multi-cloud application with these 4 tips

A multi-cloud architecture is often more aspirational than practical, but it's doable if you plan ahead. Follow these tips to learn when and how to build apps to span multiple public clouds.

By Trevor Jones • May 14, 2019

Set and track backup activity with the AWS Backup service

AWS Backup service configures, tracks and manages backups across multiple data storage services. It can save time and resources, but still has limitations.

By Ernesto Marquez • May 13, 2019

Break down 11 Google big data services

Navigating the range of big data services on Google Cloud Platform can be a challenge. Here is a list that breaks down what Google offers in the realm of big data analytics.

By Kathleen Casey • May 13, 2019