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Automation poses risk and reward for cloud operations teams

While there's some concern among IT staff that automation will displace jobs, don't panic yet. There are several ways to stay relevant, and even thrive, in the age of automation.

By David Linthicum • Sept. 28, 2018

Navigate your options for Oracle cloud certifications

Oracle certifications, including those for cloud, can build foundational knowledge or expand existing IT skills. The first challenge, though, is to find the right training path.

By Alan Earls • Sept. 28, 2018

SQL Server deal portends problems with AWS BYOL approach

A BYOL approach gives enterprises flexibility with their cloud vendors, but be sure to have an exit strategy in case any licensing agreements come to end.

By David Linthicum • Sept. 28, 2018

VMware Integrated OpenStack 5 improves Kubernetes support

VMware Integrated OpenStack 5 comes in the Carrier and Data Center editions and incorporates enhanced Kubernetes support, better security and the new VIO in a Box feature.

By Sander van Vugt • Sept. 28, 2018

Quiz yourself on cloud-native app development tools

There are many app development tools in the cloud market, including those from top IaaS providers. Take this quiz to gauge your knowledge of some popular native options.

By Kathleen Casey • Sept. 28, 2018

Expanded DynamoDB features might come up short for some

Expanded features for DynamoDB target tedious workarounds for availability and backups, but might only appeal to large enterprises with massive heaps of data.

By Tim Culverhouse • Sept. 28, 2018

CAIQ (Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire)

The Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) is a survey provided by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) for cloud consumers and auditors to assess the security capabilities of a cloud service provider.

By Linda Rosencrance, Madelyn Bacon • Sept. 28, 2018

The first 5 steps to build a private cloud infrastructure

To implement a private cloud, IT teams must start at the beginning -- and define what a cloud strategy will mean, exactly, to their organization -- before they proceed.

By Bob Plankers • Sept. 28, 2018

AWS Single Sign-On (AWS SSO)

AWS Single Sign-On (AWS SSO) is a service from Amazon Web Services that enables IT to manage user access to multiple applications and AWS accounts from a single, centralized console.

By Tim Culverhouse • Sept. 27, 2018

For AI on AWS, it all starts with experimentation

For enterprises, the term artificial intelligence comes with a lot of baggage. Start from scratch with these expert tips to get your Amazon AI project off the ground.

By Trevor Jones • Sept. 27, 2018

Amazon Aurora Parallel Query blurs database lines

AWS continues to add features to its managed transactional database service. The latest takes advantage of Aurora's scale-out approach to potentially double query speed.

By Trevor Jones • Sept. 27, 2018

Cost management the next big issue in multi-cloud computing

Multi-cloud computing continues to make its way into the enterprises and, as it does, introduces some significant cost management challenges.

By Alan Earls • Sept. 26, 2018

Use AWS DeepLens to develop AI skills

The DeepLens service partners well with other AWS offerings and opens the door for numerous user- and customer-facing applications. Get started with the deep learning technology.

By George Lawton • Sept. 26, 2018

Single-tenant cloud services help alleviate security concerns

What happens when an enterprise wants the benefits of cloud but without the multi-tenancy? Isolated services are available for those willing to pay.

By Paul Korzeniowski • Sept. 26, 2018

AWS’ managed cloud services lighten the load for IT

AWS continues to find ways to move up the stack and ease the burden on IT. Take advantage of these services to improve productivity, and stop worrying about low-level maintenance.

By Chris Moyer • Sept. 26, 2018

Serverless platforms limit programming language options

Serverless computing can reduce infrastructure costs and streamline development processes, but don't assume that your programming language of choice will be available.

By Zachary Flower • Sept. 25, 2018

Plan ahead for traffic spikes with AWS CDN

While Amazon CloudFront can make traffic spikes more manageable, IT teams still need to carefully prepare their environment for these increases in user activity.

By Ofir Nachmani • Sept. 25, 2018

Google Cloud CTO talks Cloud Services Platform hybrid play

Google Cloud CTO Brian Stevens envisions an IT landscape where enterprises can more easily develop and manage apps that span on premises and the cloud. Hint: Kubernetes plays a big role.

By Kristin Knapp • Sept. 24, 2018

Microsoft embraces Azure cloud platform as its strategic heart

Microsoft's showcase of Azure-based offerings asserts the cloud at the heart of the company's future, and further cements its position against cloud archrival AWS.

By Ed Scannell • Sept. 24, 2018

Avoid messy breakups with your AWS consulting partner

Maintain control over cloud credentials and permissions to avoid a bad breakup with your AWS consultant, and structure your contract to safeguard against deals gone awry.

By Alan Earls • Sept. 24, 2018

Compare IaC tools for hybrid, multi-cloud environments

Infrastructure-as-code tools come in two flavors: third-party and those native to a certain cloud provider. Keep these factors in mind to choose the right one.

By Tom Nolle • Sept. 19, 2018

AWS bare-metal instances target a niche market -- for now

AWS' addition of bare-metal instances runs counter to its heritage but is another example of how the vendor wants to keep users on its cloud and also attract new ones.

By Kurt Marko • Sept. 19, 2018

Improve hybrid cloud monitoring through automation, alerts

To effectively monitor hybrid cloud infrastructure -- without being overloaded with data and alerts -- IT teams need to rethink some of their existing processes. Use these five best practices to get started.

By George Lawton • Sept. 17, 2018

Centralize AWS account management with native SSO tool

Some third-party tools have longer track records, but AWS SSO offers an appealing alternative as a native service to handle cloud account management.

By Ofir Nachmani • Sept. 17, 2018

How Azure Cloud Shell can streamline resource management

Azure Cloud Shell's browser-based model frees IT teams from installation headaches but presents some formatting and timeout issues that admins need to watch for.

By Adam Bertram • Sept. 13, 2018