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Understand AI and machine learning security impacts on cloud apps

Cloud-based machine learning can alleviate and aggravate security concerns. Review analysis and advice from our experts to stay on top of this emerging aspect of IT.

By Trevor Jones • March 11, 2019

Hosted private cloud speeds Epic EMR system rollout

A healthcare firm faced the daunting deadline challenge of deploying an Epic EMR system in eight months. US Signal's hosted private cloud helped the client beat the clock.

By John Moore • March 8, 2019

AWS Security Hub centralizes an organization’s cloud security view

AWS Security Hub consolidates an admin's sprawl of cloud assets into dashboards for better security insights. But its resource limitations may blunt its effectiveness, for now.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 7, 2019

Google Cloud Storage price plan stresses data gravity’s pull

Google Cloud Storage's expanded annual budget framework may give customers more cost savings and control, but they should consider other factors such as vendor lock-in.

By Chris Kanaracus • March 6, 2019

AWS CloudFormation complaints spark roadmap pledge

AWS has responded to user complaints over feature lag and a perceived lack of organizational support for CloudFormation, its popular native infrastructure-as-code service.

By Chris Kanaracus • March 6, 2019

Amazon Forecast melds time series data with machine learning

Consider Amazon Forecast to help with data predictions, resource planning and more. Find out how the service works and ways it can be customized to meet enterprise needs.

By Ofir Nachmani • March 5, 2019

Google tool signals move to greater cloud transparency

Access Transparency users can review the work Google admins did on their cloud accounts. It's a step toward greater accountability, but large organizations will want even more.

By Paul Korzeniowski • March 4, 2019

AWS vs. Oracle cloud services: Compare costs and capabilities

AWS has established leadership in the cloud market, but long-standing software vendor Oracle could chase it down as a viable alternative. See how these cloud services compare.

By George Lawton • March 4, 2019

Azure Sentinel adds AI-driven SIEM for cloud security

Azure Sentinel, Microsoft's take on a security information and event management platform, relies on AI for threat detection and competes with the likes of Splunk.

By Chris Kanaracus • March 1, 2019

Amazon EC2 to S3: A guide to AWS products

The AWS product list is as vast as it is confusing. Here's what you need to know about the most vital AWS products, up to and including Amazon EC2, along with pricing information.

By Alexandria Hubbard • March 1, 2019

Examine the top low-code development platform options

Nontechnical users can now build applications with little or no coding experience. However, there are many factors to consider before you jump in.

By Kathleen Casey • Feb. 28, 2019

Pick a cloud IDE that best fits developer projects

Cloud IDEs give developers more flexibility with when, where and how they create, deploy and manage code. Although enticing, end users should understand all aspects -- the good and the bad -- of cloud IDEs.

By Chris Tozzi • Feb. 28, 2019

TaylorMade Golf takes a shot with Oracle cloud database

TaylorMade Golf's move to Oracle's cloud data warehouse has produced major performance improvements, but other important Oracle workloads will remain on premises for now.

By Chris Kanaracus • Feb. 28, 2019

The problems with cloud-based email security

Cloud-based email security can be challenging for enterprises to achieve. Learn what makes it a challenge and how to secure email in the cloud from expert Dave Shackleford.

By Dave Shackleford • Feb. 28, 2019

Explore FAQs on Azure subscription management

For some IT teams, particularly those new to Microsoft's public cloud, Azure subscriptions spark a number of pressing questions related to billing, resource management and more.

By Kurt Marko • Feb. 28, 2019

AWS App Mesh faces tough race in microservices market

As AWS and its rivals continue to evolve their service mesh technologies, they'll have to do so with enterprise demands, including those for multi-cloud capabilities, top of mind.

By Alan Earls • Feb. 28, 2019

Cloudability seeks to broaden the cloud cost management discussion

Enterprises can use a variety of software tools to control cloud spending, but they would further benefit from an operational model that aligns IT more closely with finance teams.

By Chris Kanaracus • Feb. 27, 2019

Overcome IoT challenges for cloud-based workloads

Organizations often build IoT apps on public clouds for their scalability, but these platforms introduce their own obstacles. Factor in these network, storage and security impacts.

By Stephen Bigelow • Feb. 27, 2019

Words to go: Google cloud security services

Digging through all of Google's cloud security tools can seem overwhelming. Get a snapshot of key services, and when to use them, with this quick list.

By Kathleen Casey • Feb. 27, 2019

AWS acquisitions continue with focus to build on core services

Explore what AWS' recent IT purchases say about the cloud vendor's overall acquisition strategy and why it likes to make the smaller deals instead of any big splash.

By David Linthicum • Feb. 27, 2019

Compare reserved instances pricing for AWS, Azure and GCP

Got commitment issues? When it comes to long-term instance reservations, cloud users should look closely at what AWS, Microsoft and Google offer.

By George Lawton • Feb. 25, 2019

Know your options for Elasticsearch services on AWS

Determine which Elasticsearch tool is right for your organization with a comparison of key features in Amazon's Elasticsearch Service and Elastic's Elasticsearch.

By George Lawton • Feb. 25, 2019

AWS WebSocket support ushers in real-time serverless features

The WebSockets vs. HTTP debate has changed for AWS users. With WebSocket support for Amazon API Gateway, users can build serverless applications that can communicate instantaneously.

By Chris Moyer • Feb. 22, 2019

AWS predictive scaling boosts cloud’s resource management

AWS Auto Scaling offers adjustable resources for workloads with fluctuations in demand. With predictive scaling, AWS applies machine learning to anticipate spikes in capacity needs.

By Ofir Nachmani • Feb. 21, 2019

Automation drives next wave of multi-cloud management tools

The current cloud landscape indicates a clear need for management tools that can span multiple platforms -- and they'll likely place an emphasis on automation, abstraction and orchestration.

By David Linthicum • Feb. 20, 2019