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AWS enterprise strategy targets industry verticals

AWS could soon add services specialized for industries such as healthcare and finance. It might be lucrative, but not everyone agrees it's a smart move.

By Trevor Jones • Dec. 7, 2018

COBOL applications can go serverless on AWS Lambda

More business-critical applications can now move to a serverless architecture in the cloud with the arrival of COBOL support in AWS Lambda.

By Chris Kanaracus • Dec. 6, 2018

AWS’ enterprise efforts shift to prescriptive services

AWS gives users plenty of options, but with that diversity comes complexity. In response, the cloud vendor is poised to move into new territory to appease its enterprise customers.

By Trevor Jones • Dec. 6, 2018

AWS Outposts shaped by on-prem forerunner from Microsoft

AWS Outposts immediately drew comparison to Microsoft Azure Stack, but Amazon said it designed its service differently based on perceived weaknesses in the competition's offering.

By Trevor Jones • Dec. 5, 2018

An overview of ARM templates for Azure resource deployment

Azure Resource Manager templates streamline the way IT and development teams deploy cloud resources. To get started, grasp these key concepts around formatting, syntax and more.

By Kurt Marko • Dec. 4, 2018

AWS License Manager spotlights BYOL compliance

Many AWS customers use the bring-your-own-license model. Now, the cloud vendor has given them a tool to ensure they comply with third-party contract agreements.

By Chris Kanaracus • Nov. 30, 2018

AWS improves Lambda serverless platform for developers

Several touches to AWS Lambda aim to soothe developers' concerns over the serverless computing platform, including the ability to use their choice of tools.

By Darryl Taft • Nov. 30, 2018

5 best ways to minimize cloud scaling costs

Many factors can contribute to a high public cloud bill -- one of which is scalability. Apply these five practices to effectively scale cloud resources without breaking the bank.

By Tom Nolle • Nov. 30, 2018

Third-party partners fill gaps in AWS’ multi-cloud support

Even if AWS lags behind Microsoft and Google on its public embrace of multi-cloud, there are tools and services available for users who want to go that route.

By David Linthicum • Nov. 30, 2018

How to use Azure Site Recovery Deployment Planner

A successful disaster recovery procedure is more complicated than most people think. Learn how an Azure service can streamline the process of VM replication and failover.

By Mike Pfeiffer • Nov. 30, 2018

IBM multi-cloud portfolio grows with more tools, acquisitions

IBM continues to build out its multi-cloud management portfolio, but it's still far from alone in a highly competitive market.

By Kenneth Milberg • Nov. 30, 2018

Integration tactics to ease hybrid, multi-cloud environments

Hybrid and multi-cloud are increasingly common deployment models, which makes integration a priority. Review three specific approaches to connect on-premises and cloud-based systems.

By David Linthicum • Nov. 30, 2018

Compare Docker containers vs. VMs for app dev environments

While there are important technical distinctions between VMs and containers, the reasons developers opt for the latter are often more philosophical, or cultural, in nature.

By Chris Riley • Nov. 30, 2018

AWS Firewall Manager

AWS Firewall Manager is a tool from Amazon Web Services that an organization can use to configure policies for the cloud vendor's native web application firewall (WAF) service.

By Trevor Jones • Nov. 29, 2018

Amazon SageMaker updates take on workflows, data labeling

AWS has extended its AI portfolio with more options for developers who want to more easily and quickly incorporate machine learning into their applications.

By Darryl Taft • Nov. 29, 2018

Consider these options to reduce AWS data transfer costs

While it's free to get data onto AWS, it can be expensive to get it off. Avoid being stung by hefty egress fees with services such as CloudFront, Direct Connect and Snowball.

By Ofir Nachmani • Nov. 29, 2018

AWS Outposts amplify signals of a hybrid cloud world

AWS will transport its software stack into customer data centers with Outposts, a managed service that incorporates the same hardware the cloud provider uses for EC2.

By Chris Kanaracus • Nov. 29, 2018

Google Cloud Filestore lends itself to legacy enterprise apps

Among other uses, Google's cloud file storage service can simplify the migration of legacy apps to the cloud. Learn about its main features, and how it compares to the competition.

By Kurt Marko • Nov. 27, 2018

Discover practical applications of machine learning on AWS

Many organizations still don't know how to get value out of AI, but industries ranging from finance to manufacturing have found practical applications for Amazon SageMaker.

By Stephen Bigelow • Nov. 26, 2018

Assess native cloud monitoring tools from top IaaS providers

Monitoring tools from Google, AWS and Azure all share a common goal: help developers optimize application performance. But they also have key differences that users should note.

By George Lawton • Nov. 26, 2018

Cloudlets extend cloud power to edge with virtualized delivery

Cloud computing power for IoT and mobile devices is within reach due to the capabilities of cloudlets, which use virtualization and small data centers to extend computing power.

By Robert Sheldon • Nov. 26, 2018

AWS adds another backstop for S3 security

An added AWS feature helps users ensure Amazon S3 storage buckets that contain sensitive information are kept from public view and not exposed to potential cybercrimes.

By Chris Kanaracus • Nov. 21, 2018

Design data center redundancy based on cloud outage lessons

Public cloud providers have had catastrophic outages, but IT administrators can learn from cloud redundancy failures and successes -- and apply them to on-premises infrastructures.

By Mark May • Nov. 20, 2018

Amazon Redshift Spectrum

Amazon Redshift Spectrum is a feature within Amazon Web Services' Redshift data warehousing service that lets a data analyst conduct fast, complex analysis on objects stored on the AWS cloud.

By Trevor Jones • Nov. 20, 2018

Control resource sprawl in multi-cloud architectures

Resource sprawl can occur quickly and easily in a multi-cloud deployment. Learn how to dodge this costly, yet common, issue with these five best practices.

By Chris Tozzi • Nov. 20, 2018